Sunday 8 March 2015

8th March 2015 helicopter tour of Jurassic Park on the Island of Kauai

This tour took in the virtually uninhabited west side of the island where there are few or no roads and dramatic scenery including the set of Jurassic Park and King Kong, canyons , volcanic craters and waterfalls descending from what was described as the wettest place on earth ...

The view was astounding and at time scary. The restricted space on the plane ( vibration as my arm touch the door )  meant that some shots are not of my usual quality (!!) .....

The pilot managed to fly the plane single-handed while describing the scenery, cracking jokes and pointing out hikers directly below us in places where there was clearly nowhere to go if something happened to the craft ...also I noticed many other helicopters in the area notably several right below us in the bottom of the canyons ..

11 minutes ....




Route marked 7 was our approximate route .. although I think we took in 8 as well from the pictures below which are in order of the journey

Route marked 7 was our approximate route .. although I think we took in 8 as well from the pictures below 




We seemed to be flying very close to the mountains and ridges .....








This house belonged to the 'robinson family' but has not been lived in for many years ... maybe they couldn't get there .. ?

Our multi tasking captain ....

Amazing Canyon views

Amazing Canyon views




Handy listening post







Interesting turbulence as we went over the ridge towards the sea ....




The wettest place on earth .. glad we didn't fly through it ...

Our hotel ... we are at the far right hand end of the complex 

Phew ... been there and done that .....


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