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I took a 45 min tour of most of Oahu. Very professional crew. Great flying experience, noice-cancelling equipment worked very well. A lot of views of Oahu it would be very difficult to get in any other way. Perfect as a first sight-seeing - gives you a grasp of the geography. Looking at a map later I could say I'd been there, there and there already. Obviously, there are more scenic islands than Oahu, but that's a different story.
At the start of our vacation, we decided to take a helicopter tour of Oahu to get more familar on the sites we were interested in seeing, potential roads we could take to further explore Oahu, and to see attractions that are only accessible by air. We chose "Blue Hawaiian Helicopters Tours" because of all the strong, postive reviews and endorsements we discovered during our research; we had very high expectations as a result of our research.
I'm glad to write that Blue Hawaiian was able to exceed our expectations with flying colors. We flew in one of their state-of-the-art ECO-Star Helicopters, which had windows that provided fantastic visibility. Our pilot/tour guide, Tobi, did both an excellent job of flying and describing all the major points of interest. In fact, it was a very windy day when we flew, but Tobi was able to provide us with a very smooth flight (no one in our party ended up with symptoms of motion sickness). The helicopter was also equipped with BOSE noise-cancelling headsets, so we only heard very little helicopter engine and blade noise; the music played over the headsets was also a very nice touch. We were also provided with push-button activated mikes in order to ask the pilot/tour guide questions during our 45-minute tour. Another cool feature is the aircraft is equipped with several on-board cameras that capture video of the trip, which includes passenger facial reactions as they see some of the sites. A DVD could then be purchased after the flight for a reasonable $25. Lastly, the staff members were all very freindly and professional.
Bottom line, this is probably the only vacation that my family will get to take in Hawaii, so the added expense of the helicopter tour was money well spent! In fact, the Blue Hawaiian helicopter tour--by far--is the best and most enjoyable activity that I've got to do while on vacation, and I've done a lot of traveling in my life. Currently, we're considering going to the big island toward the end of our Hawaiian vacation; if we do, we'll be taking the Blue Hawaiian "Circle of Fire plus Waterfalls" tour.
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