Sunshine Helicopters

In Kauai, my brothers and I took a helicopter tour over the island with Sunshine Helicopters.

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They took our picture standing outside the helicopter and gave it to us later, so this is a picture of a glossy picture. My apologies for the quality.

Getting ready to go!

This was my view out the front...not the best. They assign seats based on weight, and I ended up in the middle of the back row.

Out the sides was much better

There's a glare from the window in some of these, but you get the idea.

Can you believe the color of that water?

The helicopter was able to get down into canyons that would take days to hike to, and we saw so many waterfalls. 

Absolutely breathtaking

So much of this island is uninhabited and only accessible by air.

This was an INCREDIBLE way to see it!

After calling to make our reservation, we got a call back asking if we could change our time by about an hour. For our trouble, we were offered free pictures (the one at the top) and a free DVD of our tour. We didn't mind at all and wouldn't have expected to get free stuff, but it was definitely a nice bonus! All of the people we worked with were incredibly nice, funny, and dedicated to making our experience with them as good as possible.

I did, unfortunately, have to make use of the complimentary barf bags toward the end of the flight...but that wasn't their fault. My body's aversion to any and all motion was to blame for that, but everything that was under their control was perfect. It really was such an amazing experience...one I would recommend to anyone without hesitation.

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