Exclusive doors off tours by paradise helicopters are one great way to experience shoot film the volcano.
Doors off over kilauea.
This long term eruption has caused lava flows over 100 sq km and is adding new coastline to the island.
You will see all the beauty and majesty of the big island literally from the edge of your seat.
After a decent amount of research we decided to go with paradise copters in hilo.
Hop aboard a doors off helicopter and fly over kilauea in volcanoes national park.
Doors off flight for the best viewing experience.
I decided the best way to see it was to book an open door helicopter ride and fly right over it.
Their pilots are truly the best and i say this with the experience of having had the opportunity to have flown with 3 other different companies during preivous visits to the islands.
This is an extreme adventure with the doors off.
After your hilo volcano tour scour the big island for towering waterfalls.
Travel channel calls this the hottest helicopter ride on earth fly over the big island s kilauea volcano and its current activity.
Going to see kilauea was at the top of my long list of things to do.
It was an amazing way to see the scope of the eruption.
KÄ«lauea volcano has been continuously erupting for 30 years and even at 500 feet above the flowing lava and open vents you will feel waves of hot air rolling off the subsurface flows which can.
My family and i took this amazing tour with charlie on a doors off flight over the erupting kilauea volcano.
Your senses will be amazed as you soar above the island and feel the heat created by kilauea volcano.
Plenty of great photo opportunities.
See the volcano and lava structures with unobstructed views that you can get nowhere else.
See hilo and the nearby rainforests and waterfalls.
Doors off over the volcanoes the ultimate helicopter experience we have flown with paradise helicopters on oahu several times and each time was nothing short of excellent.
We flew over the caldera and saw several spots of hot lava and places where the lava was igniting the surrounding forests in a slow motion burn.
After checking in and being given a very complete safety briefing we were taken out to the flight line and given head phones to talk to charlie our pilot and each other.
Kilauea lava flow in hawaii helicopter tours.
The kohala coast is a 90 minute drive on the opposite side of the island from hilo so it gave us a chance to explore more of the island.