The 31st October was the first day we woke up on the Big Island, and being the first day on a “big island”, it was the perfect time to do a helicopter tour of the island. It was my wedding gift to Morven. It is a bad feeling knowing that my wedding gift to my wife made her feel sick. We used Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, and did a 2-hour ‘Big Island Spectacular’ tour:

Discover both the Big Island’s beauty and its volcanic fury. Tour the most geologically active environment on earth-the famous Kilauea volcano, which has been continuously erupting since 1983. View lava flows and black sand beaches. Experience all the awesome spectacle of Madame Pele’s lava and volcanic badlands, then explore the lush rainforests of the Hamakua Coast. The towering sea cliffs open into the dramatically deep and meandering valleys of the Kohala Mountains. Beautiful waterfalls cascade thousands of feet into the rainforest below and remnants of ancient Hawaiian settlements are still visible. This is the perfect finish to the ultimate Big Island adventure. This tour was voted #1 by The Travel Channel as the “World’s Best Helicopter Thrill.”

The tour was exactly as described as per their website.  We have a 2 hour DVD of the flight, which is the best way comprehend how amazing and beautiful it is to see the Big Island from a helicopter.  We don’t expect anyone to sit through it, so the next best thing is to present some of the photos which we found to be highlights of the tour.

The helicopter we flew in