Private Big Island Experience: 3 of 4 Window Seats
Recommended by 99% of travelers
Big Island of Hawaii, USA
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Flight time: 2 hours
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
This comprehensive helicopter tour of the Big Island treats you like a VIP. Take your Hawaii adventure to the skies, departing from Kona International Airport. Your pilot narrates the terrain below, including valleys, waterfalls, coastline, and—of course—an active volcano. You’ll head straight to Kilauea via the saddle running between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Hawaii’s tallest mountains.
- Private 4-passenger helicopter tour of the Big Island, from Kona
- See Kilauea from above on this epic aerial adventure
- Amazing photo ops of continuous lava flow into the ocean
- Select among several departure times for flexibility
What's Included
- Airport/Departure Tax
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Fuel surcharge
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Mauna Loa Helicopter Tours - Big Island of Hawaii73-310 Uu St, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
Mauna Lao Helicopter Tours - Head Office 73-310 Uu Street, Kailua Kona, 96740
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
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Island of Hawaii
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Total weight per passenger: 275 lbs
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum age requirement of 7 years old
- Requires minimum of 3 passengers and maximum of 4 passengers
- Individual weight limit cannot exceed 275lbs with a total weight of 750lbs
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Tour is done with the Doors ON only.
- Check in is 30 minutes prior. Late check ins will be considered as a no show and subject to full price.
- Strict 24 hour cancellation policy enforced
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
poolidge
This was a fantastic way to open our Big Island vacation experience. We got a great overview of the Muriel’s climates of the island and what we want to explore more. Thanks!
Reviews
5.0
based on 91 reviews
poolidge, Jun 2025
This was a fantastic way to open our Big Island vacation experience. We got a great overview of the Muriel’s climates of the island and what we want to explore more. Thanks!
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Mahalo for choosing to kick off your Big Island adventure with us! We’re so happy you enjoyed getting a bird’s-eye view of the island’s many climates (one of the coolest things about the Big Island, right? 🌋🌈) and that it helped you plan what to explore next.
Wishing you an amazing rest of your vacation, and we’d love to have you fly with us again when you’re ready for another sky-high adventure!
Veronica_B, Dec 2024
Amazing but was accidentally over charged. We hope to work it out. The doors off experience was definitely worth the extra money! Lovely experience!
Rebecca_B, Oct 2024
The history and overview was spectacular! Going in the canyon and turning around on a dime was amazing! Jasmin was so professional and fun at the same time. We would do it again!!!
Our favorite excursion!!!
Derek_S, Sep 2022
This is a fabulous way to see the whole island. You get to see Dow in the volcanos. Our pilot was knowledgeable and super fun!!!
lorna_B, May 2022
We were immediately greeted by a charming, personable young lady. Our knowledgeable, expert pilot Ben had a sparkling clean helicopter. Seeing the island and volcano from a different perspective was spectacular and the remote valley we were lucky to see due to ideal weather was the highlight.
Libby_K, May 2022
It was a very cool experience. Our pilot was very kind and knowledgeable. He gave us a ton of interesting facts, especially about lava. He also gave us some food recommendations that we followed that night and it was on point. We got to see the volcano and my favorite part was seeing the coast line. We were slightly disappointed we couldn’t see the valleys and waterfalls but it was no one’s fault as we can’t control the weather. Overall it was a great experience.
Toni_K, Jan 2022
Seeing the beautiful green cannon with a waterfall that seemed to go on forever! Flying over a volcano while it was erupting!
Christine_W, Jul 2021
We loved the canyon with the waterfalls, the Kilauea viewing and the Maunas. The different climates were amazing and our pilot made it very interesting.
Randy_M, Jul 2021
Most memorable? Hard to choose. Certainly circling Kilauea Iki deep, steaming crater and towering waterfalls in sheer-walled "Keyhole" canyon. Dramatic, informative, best helo flight ever taken. Spectacular even without flowing lava.
Mina_P, Jun 2021
Valley is most beautiful and volcano
‘S destruction is most mother-natures creation. No matter how much money man can have still can’t achieve Mother Nature’s creation. Enjoyed the ride
David_W, Apr 2021
The helicopter ride was a wonderful experience. Our pilot Conner was very informative about the island. He made us feel safe throughout our ride. I would highly recommend going at the beginning of your stay so you can appreciate the beauty of the island. Seeing it from air is a wonderful experience.
Andreas_S, Jan 2022
2 Stunden Flug, uns war vorher bekannt, dass wir für drei Personen zahlen, obwohl wir nur zu zweit sind. Dafür hatten wir beste Sicht (keine Mittelsitze), meine Frau saß vorne neben dem Piloten.
Unbedingt möglichst alles (Gewand, Taschen, ...) in schwarz halten, damit Spiegelungen vermieden werden.
Dank guten Wetters und eines neuen Lava-Flusses ein tolles Erlebnis.
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