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All Reviews for Hilo in Big Island

Overall Rating

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Reviews

586 reviews

Hawaii Zipline Tours - Big Island Waterfall & Rainforest Zip Adventure

Best Zipline and Crew

Reviewed by: Cameron, 2016/01/06

First time zip-lining with my 10 year old daughter. Cant imagine a better zip line tour not only in Hawaii but in the US. You finish strong with an incredible 3,000+ foot zip line ride that goes over a waterfall and canyon. The crew is great too. Very professional, courteous. My 10 year old daughter thought this was awesome and so did I.

Comments from activity operators

Mahalo Cameron for taking the time to submit your review. We appreciated the positive feedback and will share with the Akaka Falls staff on what a wonderful job they do for us there. We are certainly glad you had a wonderful experience! Please spread the word along and tell your friends to come and visit us too!

Aloha!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/12/28
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Kilauea Volcano Helicopter Tour - Blue Hawaiian Circle of Fire Flight from Hilo

Helicopter Ride

Reviewed by: Cameron, 2016/01/02

Very professional staff and felt very safe. I would just say that this experience had a lot for me to compare to for me and my daughter on this trip to Hawaii. We did ziplining, Parasailing, horse back riding and went from high-octane outdoor activities to passenger sightseeing. However, if I were to rank this tour as a stand-alone activity I would give it very high marks. To see the volcanic areas from the air is really interesting since you are seeing a "live" mass in motion (can't see it move but it is moving). Trees are burning from the lava, smoke and craters really lets you know who is in charge, nature.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/12/30
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キラウエア火山 ヘリコプター遊覧 水~土曜日10:30限定で日本語パイロットのリクエスト可能<フライト100分/英語パイロット/ワイコロアヘリポート>

念願の・・・

Reviewed by: なまけたろう, 2015/12/31

ハワイ島ヘリコプターに搭乗!!!

金額のことを考え数年躊躇していましたが・・・
搭乗して大正解!金額を払っただけの価値はあります♪
(めちゃめちゃ高所恐怖症の私でも安心できるヘリコプターの安定感です)

搭乗後は地上からは決してみることのできない景色の数々に興奮しきりでした。
滝、キラウェア、溶岩後、渓谷、大地・・・どれをとっても文句なしです!
(後部中央席に座ったいたのでベストショットがなくてすみません・・)

そして日本人パイロットのTOSHIさん(タイミング的にラッキーだったようです!(^^)!)が丁寧にハワイ島の説明をしてくださいました。
(聞いているようで聞いていない?ことがバレてしまいましたが・・(笑))
次回搭乗の際には改めてハワイ島のことをもうちょっと勉強して臨みます!

ということで、次回も必ず搭乗したいと思います!

  • 少~しですが溶岩流が見れました。自然なものなので、大きさはタイミングですね。

  • ハワイ島の周りは滝でいっぱい!(ヘリに乗ってはじめて知りました)

  • 渓谷側からの海!(ワイピオ渓谷は一つじゃない!)

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Attended as: Friends
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Kilauea Volcano Helicopter Tour - Blue Hawaiian Circle of Fire Flight from Hilo

Absolutely amazing!

Reviewed by: Teresa, 2015/12/01

Riding in a helicopter and seeing a live volcano checked off two of the entries on my life list. Scott, our pilot, was as excited as we were to see the molten lava gushing out in neon orange waves. It was definitely one of those,"Oh wow!" moments.

None of the retired ladies in our group had ever ridden in a helicopter before, and Scott had just the right combination of confidence and professionalism that reassured everyone. I would definitely fly with him again!

This tour was the highlight of our trip, and I would recommend it to everyone. It was worth every penny!

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2015/11/25
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Private Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Tour from Hilo

Private VIP volcano tour

Reviewed by: Renee H., 2015/10/27

We had an amazing time! There is no way we could have seen or learned as much as we did without this private tour! Our guide Lee was fantastic. He was a wealth of knowledge from history to current events and even local legends. Our group consisted of 4 adults who wanted to go and see it all and we did. I highly recommend this tour.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/10/24
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Big Island Spectacular Circle Island Helicopter Flight with Landing Option

Should have done this sooner!

Reviewed by: Jim P, 2015/10/20

Very high quality experience. The pilot was knowledgeable of the area and very experienced in flying making it a comfortable and interesting tour. The day before the weather was very rainy so we were afraid we would not see much but we lucked out and actually had very good viewing. But if we had flown with them when we were there in 2013 it would have been totally clear, even the tops of Moana Kea and Moana Loa. So, don't put it off!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/10/11
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Kilauea Volcano Doors-Off Helicopter Tour from Hilo [Not Operating]

What the --, I can't ... OMG! I cried.

Reviewed by: Silas, 2015/10/14

Thank you to Jork our pilot for an amazing flight. After breakfast, me and my friends hit up the Volcanoes Winery for some wine tasting and then whipped through the Volcanoes National Park to get an idea of what we'd see from the sky before heading to the airport for our helicopter flight. The check-in was easy (I gained a few pounds from all the Hawaiian food I ate, but it was okay) and the ground crew was super friendly. Make sure you get a phone strap if you want to take pics with doors off, or you can't take your phone with you. I really didn't expect a lot but as soon as we were hovering over small lava ponds I cried a little bit. It was so epic - it looked like we were on another planet. The black lava landscape stretched to the horizon. It was cold up there but whenever we got over the bright orange lava spots you could actually feel the waves of warmth, so soothing! We finished with a fly over bubbling pots waterfalls and some of the towns. All the buildings and cars were so tiny and perfect like a miniature model city. Thanks again to Paradise Helicopters and HawaiiActivities.com. Definitely an unforgettable moment on the Big Island. Ah man!

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Attended as: Friends
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Kilauea Volcano Helicopter Tour - Blue Hawaiian Circle of Fire Flight from Hilo

looking for lava

Reviewed by: toni turnham, 2015/09/28

A enjoyable flight, if they can they take you up to the vent, to try and see lava, which may not always be flowing, the staff are very friendly, organised.

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2015/09/09
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Kilauea Volcano Helicopter Tour - Blue Hawaiian Circle of Fire Flight from Hilo

Exciting and majestic way to see the Big Island from above

Reviewed by: KJGS, 2015/09/23

Go for the Eco star! The viewing windows and space provide an excellent ride. Brandt was a great pilot who gave us an informative tour with funny antidotes. It's the closest feeling you can get to literally flying since it such a smooth ride, felt like we floated over billowing volcanoes and gushing waterfalls. Footage from video at the end had great clips inside and outside the helicopter but was too pixeled and fuzzy to want to purchase, hopefully as technology improves so will DVD. Pics and videos we took ourselves turned out good, even with an IPhone 6 and point and low end point and shoot camera. Take the ride, it's worth it!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/09/18
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Kilauea Volcano Doors-Off Helicopter Tour from Hilo [Not Operating]

Not So Hot!

Reviewed by: GeeBee, 2015/09/22

Now being honest the weather was not good at Hilo, very wet and cloudy. But in spite of the weather the flight did go ahead. I do have to say doors off is definitely the way to go! We flew over several areas of coastline and lava flows and then headed up to the Puʻu ʻŌʻō, again the weather wasn't great but you could see the ground pretty well. Heading up the mountain we saw a small area of fresh lava but it was over in a flash and then we were heading back to Hilo.

Now I fully understand that when weather and visibility are not good you might not see everything but at no point did the pilot state what we would or would not see. Obviously the vent or flowing lava is the main part of the "show" and you keep waiting for that to appear. But it wasn't until a guest asked that we were told that we went as far as we could.

Feel the heat? No we certainly did not.

A word of warning for passengers with longer hair wear a beany or make sure your hair is tied back tight, due to the wind it ended up with my wife's hair being badly knotted around the headset.

Two stars - to be honest only for the fun aspect of the doors off.

It would have been so much better if we were kept informed of the visibility and weather (now on Hawai'i this might not be a normal issue) and what we would be able to see as opposed to not being told anything and not experiencing what the flight was all about and coming away with the slightly cheated feeling.

Would I go again - yes - but I would certainly be asking a lot of questions about the weather conditions, visibility and expected viewing. It is a lot of money to pay, and especially if you are not local to not "Feel the Heat" because why else would you fly "doors off"

In additional I have to say the staff at Paradise were very understanding when we raised our points.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/09/18
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Kilauea Volcano Doors-Off Helicopter Tour from Hilo [Not Operating]

Awesome, Breathtaking, Not Enough Great Words to Describe

Reviewed by: DWAungst, 2015/09/21

The flight was amazing, but we did not fly from Hilo. When our scheduled time (from Hilo) arrived, the weather was below minimum at the volcano. This was very disappointing since Hilo weather was nice. But, Hawaii weather is very volatile.

We rescheduled for the next day as a "reserve flight" (needed more people to "confirm" the flight). Before the scheduled time, Paradise Helicopters called to say the flight was still only "reserved", but they had an opening in a different, circle the whole island, flight from Kona. They would upgrade me for no additional cost to take that one. We jumped at it.

The flight was amazing. We got to see the whole island, in addition to the volcano and real, live, flowing lava. Our pilot was Koji and he was awesome. The weather over the volcano was mixed, but he was able to navigate through the clouds enough to maintain the FAA rules for height and get us over the actual volcano caldera. Then, we headed for the current eruption points on the southern slopes and saw even more lava in the second vent. Moving further to the new lava fields, he located some live, flow lava. "WOW!!!" is all I can say.

The rest of the flight was great, too. Flying low up the valley on the north shore was wild. Seeing all the waterfalls was also terrific.

  • "Captian Cook", his initial landing point on the Big Island.

  • Green Sand Beach

  • Main Volcano Laval Pool on the Caldera

  • Lava pool in the second vent on the southern slopes of the volcano.

  • Flowing Lava - we were hovering only about 50 feet off this, the heat wash from the lava made the ride bumpy but worth it.

  • More Flowing Lava, Oozing Out of a Crack

  • North Shore Cliffs

  • One of Many Waterfalls

  • Intrepid Adventurers (us), Post Flight

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Attended as: Couples
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キラウエア火山 ヘリコプター遊覧 水~土曜日10:30限定で日本語パイロットのリクエスト可能<フライト100分/英語パイロット/ワイコロアヘリポート>

初ヘリ

Reviewed by: 匿名さん, 2015/09/20

初めてヘリに乗ったっていうのと、うっすらながら赤い溶岩も見れたっていうのは、貴重で面白い経験だった。
ちょっと値段は高めだけど、思い切って参加してよかったです。

ヘリに酔うって話も聞いていたけど、乗り物酔いしやすい嫁さんでも大丈夫だったので、そのあたりは心配しなくてもいいのかもしれない。

乗った時の映像が、帰還して20分くらいで購入できるので、記念に買ったみた(まだ見てないけど)。

ただ、後ろの真ん中席だと外が見づらいので、座席で値段を分けてほしいと思いました。

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/06/28
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Kilauea Volcano Doors-Off Helicopter Tour from Hilo [Not Operating]

Fantastic

Reviewed by: Miked, 2015/09/17

First helo ride ever and we had the doors off. It was fantastic! Our pilot Rob was great! Would definitely recommend this if you want a close up view of a volcano!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/09/14
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Kilauea Volcano Doors-Off Helicopter Tour from Hilo [Not Operating]

Awesome Flight!!!

Reviewed by: DWAungst, 2015/09/13

Weather cancelled booked flight. They upgraded me to a whole island tour for second flight next day. Bucket list item checked off - I saw real, flowing lava! Amazing flight. I wanna do it again.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/09/10
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Big Island Spectacular Circle Island Helicopter Flight with Landing Option

Trip Highlight

Reviewed by: Texas T, 2015/08/29

The helicopter ride was the greatest way ever to see the entire island. Our pilot Marco was most informative during the ride. We would highly recommend Blue Hawaii and would use them again.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/08/08
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キラウエア火山 ヘリコプター遊覧 水~土曜日10:30限定で日本語パイロットのリクエスト可能<フライト100分/英語パイロット/ワイコロアヘリポート>

飛べなかったけど

Reviewed by: りゅうのすけ, 2015/08/27

予約した日にお天気の関係で飛べず、再チャレンジで2日後に予約しましたが、またまたお天気がNGでダメでした。ワイコロアは晴天なんですけどね、ヒロ側がダメで。両日ともフライト中の緊急避難や安全確認のビデオも全部見終わっていたんですが、最後に事務所からスタッフの方が出てこられて「ごめんなさいね」と。
自然相手ですからこういうこともありますね。
最後に日本人パイロットのTOSHIさんが出てこられて「今回は本当に残念です。次の機会に是非来てくださいね!お待ちしています」と名刺を渡してくださって爽やかにご挨拶してくださいました。こういう心遣い、とても嬉しかったです。来年こそTOSHIさんのヘリに乗せていただきたいです。

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2015/08/01
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Hawaii Zipline Tours - Big Island Waterfall & Rainforest Zip Adventure

Hilo Zipline Adventure

Reviewed by: Patrick, 2015/08/25

My Son, Daughter and Myself had a great time, our guides were funny, helpful and very personable. What can you say about finishing the day with a 3,350' run that lasts over a minute, WHOW! This is our second Hawaii Zip Line and I would recommend it as a bucket list for everyone.

  • Here we are at the end, we came over the waterfall in the background. The green tree above the waterfall was the starting point

  • My daughter can be wierd in a photo op

  • Getting ready to do the 3,350' run

  • At the end of the last run

  • One of the intermediate runs. They were a blast too!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/07/27
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Tour & Tropical Waterfalls Sightseeing from Hilo

An excellent tour

Reviewed by: Chun-chieh Wang, 2015/07/06

I enjoy the tour very much. In addition to National Volcano Park, we also visit other interesting places, such as Black Sand Beach and Rainbow Falls. Our tour guide, Walter, helps us a lot and shares much information and living experience and makes this tour so knowledgeable. But there is one thing to remind. If you don't want to have lunch at Volcano House, you should buy your lunch earlier.

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2015/06/30
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キラウエア火山 ヘリコプター遊覧 水~土曜日10:30限定で日本語パイロットのリクエスト可能<フライト100分/英語パイロット/ワイコロアヘリポート>

ビッグアイランド そのもの!! 

Reviewed by: moo, 2015/06/28

ハワイ島が、ビッグアイランドと云われるのは当たり前です!!
空からのキラウエア火山とワイピオ渓谷を見て、自然の偉大さ、
大地の雄大さに圧倒されて、大変感激しました。
縦横に道路が火山大地の間を縫ってつなっがていて、レンタカー
で観光するのも良いかと思いますが、多少費用は掛かりますがぜ
ひとも、空からの遊覧観光をお勧めします。

地球の息使い(噴煙)が目の当たりに観えるキラウエア火山、自
然が作った緑の渓谷や流れ落ちる様々な滝とその滝壺。

あなたもキット自然に対する畏敬の念を持ち、ここハワイ島に溶
け込むことになってしまうことでしょう。

惜しくも外人パイロットのため、ガイドの内容はあまり理解出来
ませんでしたが、空からの景色を見ているだけで、40分あまり
がアッと過ぎてしまい、大変楽しみました。

  • ヘリコプターに乗り込みます

  • キラウエアの息使い!!

  • ワイピオ渓谷の滝々

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/05/30
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Private Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Tour from Hilo

Wonderful

Reviewed by: Andrea, 2015/06/27

Very knowledgable about the history and local culture. Fabulous time!

  • Rainbow Falls

Comments from activity operators

Aloha folks! Mahalo for such a wonderful time together discovering the beauty of Nature and the wonderful Hawai'i Is;and.......
Blessings, Lee

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2015/06/23
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Hawaii Zipline Tours - Big Island Waterfall & Rainforest Zip Adventure

What a blast

Reviewed by: Mindy, 2015/06/27

This is a must do! Our guides were simply amazing! Friendly and knowledgeable. And what an awesome job they have! Would love to get to do that everyday! There were 6 in our party from 11 to 43 and everyone had a blast. Even the one who is afraid of heights!!

  • The gang

  • So pretty!!

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2015/06/02
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Private Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Tour from Hilo

Private VIP Volcanoes & Waterfalls Sightseeing Tours (from Hilo) Half Day Private Guided Tour

Reviewed by: Leung, 2015/06/21

Excellent experience, learned a lot about Hawaii culture, especially pleased to taylor making to cope my cruise departure time. In addition, the guide was flexible to bring us to the local fruit market to buy papaya and see the turtles.

Comments from activity operators

Thank you so much for your comments! We always thrive to make our guest's Hawaii vacation the most memorable. Our itinerary can be flexible to meet your interest and comfort.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/06/09
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Kilauea Volcano Helicopter Tour - Blue Hawaiian Circle of Fire Flight from Hilo

Fun and informative flight

Reviewed by: J. Ford, 2015/06/02

It was worth every penny to get to fly over the lava fields. Grant, our pilot, has over 30 years experience piloting. He knows the area well. "Luxury" flight only allowed for 4 passengers so there was plenty of room and we all had a great view. We were also given the opportunity to ask the pilot all kinds of questions regarding the lava fields and surrounding area. I highly recommend this activity. Very much a highlight of our trip.

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2015/05/25
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Big Island Spectacular Circle Island Helicopter Flight with Landing Option

Luxury Volcano Helicopter Tour

Reviewed by: Bill & Linda Beagles, 2015/06/01

Although the ceiling was relatively low, Dale made sure we saw some lava flows and "hot spots". We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/05/29
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Hawaii Zipline Tours - Big Island Waterfall & Rainforest Zip Adventure

DO IT!

Reviewed by: Melissa, 2015/05/22

This was sooooo awesome! It was my first zipline. The company was very professional and courteous. The guides had samples of local foods in the area for us to try. They helped me with my GOPro (even though I had not rented it from them) and took still pictures for me. By the way, if you don't have a GoPro, rent it from them! It mounts right to the helmet and It is so worth it to have the video! The zips start out with a small practice line and build up to the big one. The whole tour wasn't too long or too short and the final zip was a lifetime adventure with a beautiful water fall in front of me on the way down! Just do this!

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2015/05/15
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キラウエア火山 ドアなし ヘリコプター遊覧 <英語パイロット/フライト60分/ヒロ空港集合> by パラダイスヘリコプター

すごい‼

Reviewed by: ykt, 2015/05/16

一人で参加しました。
4人乗りの小さなヘリコプターで約1時間の空中散歩でした。地上からは絶対に見られない場所なので非常に貴重な体験でした。
ただ説明が全て英語なので聞き取れない私には少し残念でした。
写真も撮り放題だし最後に記念撮影もしてくれるので良い思い出になりました。

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2015/04/22
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Kilauea Volcano Doors-Off Helicopter Tour from Hilo [Not Operating]

Pretty cool

Reviewed by: K. Hayes, 2015/05/11

I would definitely recommend the doors off experience to the doors on. You are able to get much better pictures and video, in my opinion. There were only a few active spots for us to view, but our tour guide answered most of the questions we had and explained a lot about the landscape. The waterfalls were beautiful- I would recommend hiking to them if you are staying in Hilo for more than a day.

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2015/04/14
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Hawaii Zipline Tours - Big Island Waterfall & Rainforest Zip Adventure

Hilo zipline adventure

Reviewed by: Natascha, 2015/05/10

Great activity. Guides were good. Unfortunate about weather.

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2015/04/16
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Kilauea Volcano Helicopter Tour - Blue Hawaiian Circle of Fire Flight from Hilo

Volcano tour

Reviewed by: Marsha, 2015/05/01

We had a great time flying over the volcano and seeing how lava makes an island. A very good way to see the vast flows. As on Kauai, the staff at Blue Hawaiian was great. They know their island and their love of it shows.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/04/26
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Kilauea Volcano Doors-Off Helicopter Tour from Hilo [Not Operating]

Wonderful!

Reviewed by: Tim and Jan, 2015/04/28

The helicopter ride and seeing the volcano steam pots was amazing! Wish we could have seen the waterfalls closer though.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/04/20
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