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Hawaii Volcano Helicopter Tour

Hawaii is famous for having one of the most active volcanos in the world, Kilauea, and the tour companies take advantage of this by offering helicopter tours to it. You can go on a tour and see lava flowing into the ocean, causing huge plumes of smoke to boil up from the ocean. The volcano is only accessible by helicopter, so if you wish to see it, then you will have to go up in one of the helicopter tours.

Blue Hawaiian Volcano Tours

Blue Hawaiian offers two tours that incorporate the Kilauea volcano on Big Island that are some of the best tours in Hawaii. One of them is the Circle of Fire plus Waterfalls tour, which will take you right by the mouth of the volcano and put you up close to some of the gorgeous waterfalls. For more information, you can read the full description below. The other tour is the Big Island Spectacular. It is similar to the Circle of Fire plus Waterfalls, but is more in depth and goes to a much larger area of the island. It is also longer, giving you more chances to get some good pictures.

Circle of Fire Plus Waterfalls

The Circle of Fire plus Waterfalls tour is a great tour and is considered by many to be the most satisfying helicopter tour of Hawaii. It focuses on volcanic activity and lava. You will get to see lava, black sand beaches, lava flowing into the ocean creating plumes of smoke, and tropical rain forests. They will also take you by some of the biggest waterfalls in the nation, a whole wall of waterfalls falling 1000 feet. You will experience all of this while hearing about Hawaii from your pilot/tour guide.

Big Island Spectacular

The Big Island Spectacular is similar to the Circle of Fire tour, but it will also take you by some ancient Hawaiian settlements and show you the Pele's badlands and the Hamakua rainforests. This tour is extremely popular and was voted the "World's Best Helicopter Thrill" by the Travel Channel. If you want to go on this one, then you need to book it quite a bit ahead of time. This will ensure that you will have a spot on the helicopter.

Other Volcano Helicopter Tours

Although there are other volcanos are on the islands of Hawaii, only Kilauea is currently active and so it is the main tour for people wanting to see a volcano. Blue Hawaiian is not the only one that offers tours of Kilauea, but it is the cheapest if you book online and has received the most recognition.
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