Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Kaua'i - Day 02
For our second day on Kaua'i we booked a helicopter tour. We disembarked from the ship and met the van that would take us to the helicopter company. First we had to watch a safety video and they tried to sell us videos of the flight. They also weighed us so that they could break us into groups based on maximum weight. Then they put us into a van and drove us to the helicopter landing pad. We waited a few minutes while our helicopter landed from a previous tour.
Helicopter Ride on Kauai
Ian and I were lucky and got to sit in the front next to the pilot (there were two rows of seats, 6 people total, including the pilot). We put on headsets and seatbelts and we were off!
Helicopter Cockpit & Ian w/Headset
The flight was amazing. We first flew over our ship, then all over the island, with excellent aerial views of Waimea Canyon (The Grand Canyon of Hawaii) and the Na Pali Coast. We flew over too many waterfalls to count and into narrow inlets and over scenic beaches. (The photos aren't the best as I was taking them through the helicopter window.)
Waimea Canyon on Kaua'i from Helicopter
Na Pali Coast on Kaua'i from Helicopter
It was so beautiful and a really great way to see the island since there are so many places that you can't reach by car or hiking. Unfortunately Ian got a little air sick, but luckily it was towards the end of the flight.
Once we were off the helicopter we needed to head back to the ship as we set sail for the Big Island of Hawaii at 1pm.
~ Christina
Next Hawaii January 1-15, 2006 Post:
January 11 Hilo, Hawaii
Helicopter Ride on Kauai
Ian and I were lucky and got to sit in the front next to the pilot (there were two rows of seats, 6 people total, including the pilot). We put on headsets and seatbelts and we were off!
Helicopter Cockpit & Ian w/Headset
The flight was amazing. We first flew over our ship, then all over the island, with excellent aerial views of Waimea Canyon (The Grand Canyon of Hawaii) and the Na Pali Coast. We flew over too many waterfalls to count and into narrow inlets and over scenic beaches. (The photos aren't the best as I was taking them through the helicopter window.)
Waimea Canyon on Kaua'i from Helicopter
Na Pali Coast on Kaua'i from Helicopter
It was so beautiful and a really great way to see the island since there are so many places that you can't reach by car or hiking. Unfortunately Ian got a little air sick, but luckily it was towards the end of the flight.
Once we were off the helicopter we needed to head back to the ship as we set sail for the Big Island of Hawaii at 1pm.
~ Christina
Next Hawaii January 1-15, 2006 Post:
January 11 Hilo, Hawaii
# posted by Christina @ 10:02 PM 
