Helicopter Tours on the Big Island of Hawaii

No other experience captures the Big Island's immense scale and dramatic beauty quite like a helicopter tour. The island's active volcanoes, hidden waterfalls, inaccessible valleys, and rugged coastline are best appreciated from the air — and many of the Big Island's most spectacular sights can only be seen by helicopter.

Helicopter tours fly over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park where you may see active lava flows, steaming craters, and the vast caldera of Kilauea. Routes continue along the lush Hamakua Coast past towering waterfalls that plunge hundreds of feet into remote valleys, over the dramatic sea cliffs of the Kohala Coast, and above the snow-capped summit of Mauna Kea.

Big Island helicopter tours offer various options including doors-on and doors-off flights (for photographers), waterfall landing tours where you touch down at a remote cascade, and circle-island flights that cover the entire island in one spectacular journey. Flight times range from 45 minutes to over 2 hours.

All tours are conducted by FAA-certified pilots with deep knowledge of the island's geography, geology, and Hawaiian history. Two-way headset communication lets pilots narrate the flight while passengers enjoy unobstructed views through large windows or open doorways.