Tressie Kaufman Review of Paradise Helicopters
We did he Lava and Rainforest tour. Our tour guide...
We did he Lava and Rainforest tour. Our tour guide was quiet, didn t tell much info. Being from Oahu we were hoping to learn a bit.
The crew... very strict on everything hand in a strap policy... they took our phones in a very mean was and attempt to take our go pro (which had a ridiculous strong body clip and strap) they were saying the strap wasn t good enough and I argued with them. They tried to manipulate my argument but I refused to allow them to take it for it had a secure strap just as their policy stated. Then the crewmemeber decided to check our jean pockets and told my boyfriend he couldn t keep his wallet in his very deep pocket (long style wallet), didn t even show outside his pocket. Boyfriend argued there was no possible way it would fall out at all. They continued to belittle us and accuse us of things we were not doing. I got teary and they finally left us alone. They gave us our headphones and said we would need a live vest for we were going over the ocean (yeah, no, we didn t whatsoever)...
We got to Lava and there wasn t much flowing that you could tell during the day. I felt bad for the professional photographer Mr on our doors off flight because when we reached the top, the pilot tilted the heli and circled the crater the opposite way of him when the pilot finally went the other way so the photographer could get a view the pilot went much much higher and there was nothing to see not that we were even close to begin with. Very dispappointing. I did not enjoy the tour at all and it was not worth the money. Pilot did not know the names of the falls we were going over, was very monotoned and boring. We were sooo high up from the falls they were merely specs. You do not feel the heat of the lava whatsoever, you don t even get close to it whatsoever.
I was so upset after our tour... I ve used Paradise on Oahu and Kauai and never had issues, they were great. But as one of the woman on the crew said we are Kona and have our own rules, I don t care how your other tours have been ... I will never recommend this company on Kona or for Big Island.
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