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Sunshine Helicopters Kauai Na Pali Coast Air Tour from Lihue

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The only way to see the island!

Reviewed by: ATJJ, 2023/10/07

What a magnificent way to see the beauty the island has to offer. Worth the price. The pilot was great - she took us really close to the waterfalls and canyons. The trip was smooth. Highly recommend!

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Activity Date:2023/09/13
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Great views

Reviewed by: Kara, 2023/08/21

Tons of gorgeous falls, views of the canyon, so much greenery!!

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Activity Date:2023/07/15
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Outstanding

Reviewed by: Trey, 2023/07/29

Awesome people, crew and pilot. Views were outstanding and the best money spent in Hawaii. Would absolutely do it again. Even offered us a ride back to the cruise ship. Great company

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Activity Date:2023/07/27
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Fun Experience

Reviewed by: Kara, 2023/07/17

Beautiful views, safe helicraft and great flight pilot.

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Attended as:Friends
Activity Date:2023/06/01
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Awesome Experience

Reviewed by: Kara, 2022/11/21

Pretty to see waterfalls and the nature of the beautiful green Kauai

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Activity Date:2022/11/17
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Clear Skies

Reviewed by: Kara, 2022/06/23

Best way to see the Na Pali coast for sure!!! Beautiful waterfalls from above

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Activity Date:2022/06/21
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Breathtaking!

Reviewed by: Pattimax3 , 2022/04/20

It was truly an amazing flight and Arthur is very knowledgeable!!!

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Activity Date:2022/04/18
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Maui Residents LOVING Sunshine Helicopters Tour

Reviewed by: Maui Mondays, 2021/06/08

What an amazing experience. The pilot was just spectacular and so knowledgeable. Truly an epic experience. Kauai is so beautiful from above and we feel so grateful to have this opportunity to see the 80% of the island that most never see. We put together a cool video about our experience that we will share on our YouTube Channel: Maui Mondays as well as our social platform. Mahalo Cannot wait to try out Sunshine Helicopter on Maui

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Attended as:Couples
Activity Date:2021/06/02
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amazing experience

Reviewed by: Lynda, 2020/02/03

the whole experience of the helicopter ride was incredible.....wonderful to see areas you would probably not otherwise be able to see or experience of the island .....Incredible ocean views,canyon and volcano sites....Our female pilot described areas we saw and answered ?'s asked of the guests....

Reply from activity provider

Thank you Lynda! I am happy to hear that you had a great experience with Sunshine Helicopters. We look forward to seeing you folks again on another one of our tours. Please, enjoy the rest of your day!
Kelly - Sunshine Helicopters

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Attended as:Friends
Activity Date:2020/01/31
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Great fight!

Reviewed by: Steffen, 2019/07/17

Perfect pick up to headqurter,
Great flight with many impressions, witch you would not have got without this flight.
Friendly pilot who has tried hard that we can see everything interesting.
No better way!

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Activity Date:2019/07/14
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Truly unique way to see the island

Reviewed by: Kfw, 2019/04/02

All in all, we liked this a lot just because of where you get to go and how close you’re able to fly . Very comfortable ride, excellent pilot but his narration was pretty tired sounding. Luckily , we had learned a lot of the names and stories beforehand so that didn’t bother us much, but it might others.
Their flight video needs an upgrade also- it is tough to get good shots from inside, so we totally would have bought a high quality video had it been available.
Overall 4/5 stars. Helicopters are cool !

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Attended as:Couples
Activity Date:2019/03/31
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Amazing!!

Reviewed by: Karri, 2019/02/23

Took the “early bird” flight with Sunshine. Absolutely stunning tour - no other way to really see all that the island has to offer. Shay, our transporter and safety guide, was a delight. Wayne was an Outstanding pilot and provided great information and detail during the flight. Awesome! Highly recommend this adventure for anyone coming to Kauai.

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Attended as:Solo Travelers
Activity Date:2019/02/23
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view was great, but left my ears ringing and aching

Reviewed by: yaust, 2019/02/21

The tour itself was great because the island is filled with breathtaking land formation.

However, since the tour operator didn't tell us how to adjust the headphone's volume, I had no idea about how to stop the pilot's extremely loud voice thoroughout the flight. I had to keep wearing the headphone cut to the Cooper's loud rotator.

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Attended as:Couples
Activity Date:2019/02/13
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Highlight of the whole vacation!

Reviewed by: Kaua'i visitor, 2018/07/08

The helicopter tour of Kaua'i with Sunshine tours was the highlight of our trip. Comfortable ride. The front seat upgrade was well worth the extra cost. Kaua'i was our first Hawaiian visit and the views on the helicopter tour show what allows you to see this incredible island in the best possible way.

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Attended as:Couples
Activity Date:2018/06/20
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Kauai Heli Tour

Reviewed by: Alice, 2018/05/31

I really enjoyed the aerial view of the island and Wayne was a superb pilot, very smooth and we didn’t feel the bumps at all. It’s a great way to see the island from up top including the crater, Napali coast, the valleys, mountains, and waterfalls. We even saw where the Rock is filming. I would certainly recommend!

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Attended as:Solo Travelers
Activity Date:2018/05/28
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Ok, but could have been better

Reviewed by: Cindy, 2018/05/26

This was our second helicopter experience and a bit disappointing because our view from the back seat was limited and it was difficult to take pictures without obstructions in the way. Also, although the pilot was knowledgeable, he seemed to be terribly lacking in enthusiasm, making the presentation somewhat boring. To be fair, our first experience was in a “no doors” helicopter so we were able to enjoy a much better view. In addition, the pilot on our first trip took more time to show the attractions from both sides of the helicopter to ensure that everyone on the helicopter had the opportunity to get a good view of the main attractions. This was not the case with the 2nd trip (taken last week).

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Activity Date:2018/05/22
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Life Changing Trip

Reviewed by: Josh Mishkin, 2017/12/17

This helicopter ride will change you!!! They are the absolute best, and there is no better way to see the beauty of Kauai than with Sunshine!!! Will definitely be back!!!

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Activity Date:2017/11/25
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Good but...

Reviewed by: Jem, 2017/12/03

Our helicopter adventure was good. A few things that could’ve been better was our pilot’s voice could be louder. It was hard to hear him at times. Also, at the end of our helicopter flight, we wanted to buy the USB video of our actual flight and photo but the person responsible for the USB forgot our video in the helicopter. My boyfriend and I wanted to buy both but we couldn’t. We were asked if we could return to the Sunshine Helicopters office in an hour but we couldn’t as we were flying out that day and our schedule was already tight. No other options were able to give us the USB video unless we were to pay shipping to Canada. That option didn’t even guarantee the USB getting delivered to us as it wouldn’t have a tracking number. It just sucked that we didn’t have the chance to get the USB video even when we really wanted to buy it.

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Attended as:Couples
Activity Date:2017/11/30
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Beautiful tour

Reviewed by: Stephanie, 2017/09/24

We came from the cruise boat for an excursion and loved the helicopter ride! Great tour guide! Beautiful view!!

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Activity Date:2017/09/21
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Very Awful Experience

Reviewed by: anonymous , 2017/07/29

Extremely cramped helicopter and almost no visibility from the middle seats; nearly fell asleep due to monotonous and unenthusiastic narration

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Activity Date:2017/07/18
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The best view so far for us

Reviewed by: Sakhom, 2017/07/25

It was a great experience with so much view to absorb during the flight. We all did enjoy it so much and still feel so thrilled and excited looking back to the video from the helo.
The time and views are so memorable for all of us. It was real worth going to the trip with them.

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Activity Date:2017/06/25
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The most awesome way to see Kauai and its beauty

Reviewed by: Fishers, 2016/08/08

Bruce was our driver; he was interesting to listen to. His knowledge of the island was amazing. The beauty of this island is hard to truly see unless you see it with Sunshine Tours. It was a awesome experience.

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Activity Date:2016/08/05
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Brilliant adventure

Reviewed by: Caroline , 2015/08/01

Wonderful way to view Kauai. Beautiful scenery. Fantastic pilot. Best way to see island overall

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Activity Date:2015/07/28
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Super fun!!

Reviewed by: MaryAnne, 2015/01/09

We had so much fun ziplining! Perfect for our family (2 teenagers). The dip part of the trip was our own private oasis - so totally cool!! The guides were great!9 I highly recommend to anyone.

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Activity Date:2015/01/05
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Sunshine chopper tour

Reviewed by: Zack and Debbie , 2014/08/10

You have to do this the first day on the island!!!!!!The pilot will tell you all of the places to go and you can see it from a Birdseye view.

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Activity Date:2014/08/07
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service

Reviewed by: anke, 2012/10/11

Excellent pilot and staff on the ground, especially Bones who was very funny and put everyone at ease.
Thank you for a fantastic experience.

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SunShine Helicopters

Reviewed by: Donovan, 2012/10/04

Very nice partly cloudy and 75 degrees at check-in at 7:15 am. Seemed to wait forever before getting to the pad around 8... safety talk.. what to do in case... The driver and safety guy... sorry I forgot their names.. were high energy and very comedic.. fun... from there on it was down hill.

We were always really high up... and far away.. ok save once. The pilot was canned and dull... no humor... his favorite sentence was "isn't it beautiful" He must have muttered it a hundred times, so yea, it was beautiful... tell us something we don't know... which he did on 4 or 5 occasions... I did not know it was the 50th anniversary of Elvis' Blue Hawaii... I know dealing with the public and doing the same flight and talk 7-9 times a day is going to get boring... but geez.. next time DON'T SAY ANYTHING!

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enjoyable... great pilot

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous, 2012/08/06

We don't remember the name of our pilot, but he was great and very genuine. Give him a bonus....

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review of service

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous, 2012/06/18

the welcome was warm and easily put everyone at ease ..
the sale gimmick of taking a photo near the helicopter nad selling it at a exhorbitant price soured the experience to some extent..suggesstion is to give it as a momento at a throwaway price..the good will it would create would build the brand immensely..

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Very impressive trip

Reviewed by: Meng, 2012/04/28

That is the best choice for my family when we visit the Kauai. So so so beautiful views, never forget......

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