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Oahu Air Tour - Hawaii Island Seaplane Tour

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Relive the romance of old Hawaii as you take off and land on historic Keehi Lagoon with Hawaii's only seaplane operation, Island Seaplane Service. Soak up the beautiful and dramatic Oahu scenery from the air – every passenger has a window seat!

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Location: Honolulu, South Oahu
Time: Daytime
Duration: 30-60min
Available: Daily
Transportation: R/T from Waikiki

Aloha Flight (30 min)

After an exhilarating take-off from the water, you'll fly alongside Honolulu Harbor and Aloha Tower before passing offshore of Waikiki Beach for look down into Diamond Head Crater. Then you're off to the prestigious Kahala area, the volcanic landscape of Koko Head Crater, Hanauma Bay, and the cliffs of Makapuu Point. As you travel North along the Eastern shoreline, the scenery softens into beautiful lush green mountains, and Kaneohe Bay is the picture of paradise with its scattered sandbars and reef formations. Returning through the dramatic jagged mountains of the Pali Pass, your journey ends with views of the Arizona Memorial and a thrilling water landing in Keehi Lagoon.

Islander Flight (60 min)

This flight includes all the spectacular sights of the 30-minute Aloha Flight and continues over Kaneohe Bay, along the Windward Coast of Oahu. You'll enjoy views of Chinaman's Hat Island, Kaaawa Valley (the movie site of Jurassic Park and Godzilla), Kahana Bay, the Polynesian Cultural Center, the Mormon Temple and BYU Hawaii Campus, the old Kahuku Sugar Mill, the Windmill Farm and the Turtle Bay Hilton Hotel. You'll also view the world famous surfing areas of Sunset Beach, Banzai Pipeline, Waimea Bay, Haleiwa and beautiful Waimea Falls Park. Proceeding southbound you'lll view awesome pineapple fields, the remains of old sugar cane fields, Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Air Field and finally Pearl Harbor, the Arizona Memorial, Battleship Missouri, and Hickam Air Force Base before touching down at Keehi Lagoon for a picture-perfect water landing.

The Aircraft & Crew: Island Seaplane Service is the only aerial tour on Oahu recommended by Frommer's, National Geographic Travel Guides and AAA. The pilots are Part 91 Certified and offer over 44 years of experience operating seaplanes in Alaska, Canada, the Arctic, and the Caribbean. The company president, Pat Magie has over 36,000 accident free hours of flight time with more than 29,000 of them in seaplanes – he has now broken the world record for seaplant time and was chosen as the 2000 National Seaplane Pilot of the Year.

The company operates two aircraft; the DeHavilland Beaver can accommodate the pilot plus six passengers, and the Cessna 206 can accommodate the pilot plus three passengers. All flights are pilot narrated with a two-way intercom that allows you to converse along the way, and each passenger will have a window seat!


Location: 85 Lagoon Drive, Honolulu, South Oahu

Time & Duration: *The times are approximate and are subject to change

P/U from Waikiki Check-in Departure Duration Return
Aloha Flight 8:45am 9:00am 9:15am 30 min 9:45am
10:15am 10:30am 10:45am 30 min 11:15am
11:45am 12:00am 12:15pm 30 min 12:45pm
1:15pm 1:30pm 1:45pm 30 min 2:15pm
2:45pm 3:00pm 3:15pm 30 min 3:45pm
4:15pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 30 min 5:15pm
Islander Flight 8:45am 9:00am 9:15am 1 hour 10:15am
10:15am 10:30am 10:45am 1 hour 11:45am
11:45am 12:00am 12:15pm 1 hour 1:15pm
1:15pm 1:30pm 1:45pm 1 hour 2:45pm
2:45pm 3:00pm 3:15pm 1 hour 4:15pm
4:15pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 1 hour 5:45pm

Days of Operation: 7 days a week

Transportation: Round-trip transportation from Waikiki hotels


Comment Board

Pilot was very knowledgable about all the points of interest of the island.The plane needs to be replaced, it's pretty rundown.


    Age/ Unit
*Price
 
Aloha Flight (30 min) No Transportation Adult/Child $135.00 Book Now
Transportation incl. Adult/Child $135.00 Book Now
Inclusion(s): Guide
Additional Information: for all packages

    Age/ Unit
*Price
 
Islander Flight (60 min) No Transportation Adult $250.00 Book Now
Transportation incl. Adult $250.00 Book Now
Inclusion(s): Guide
Additional Information: for all packages

Additional Information(for all packages):
Inclusion(s)
    Guide
Restriction(s)
  • Participants may not scuba dive within 24 hours prior to this activity.
Important Notices:
Children under the age of 2 seated in the lap of an adult fly free.
Cancellation Policy: Any cancellations made within 24 hours of the activity start time will be subject to a(n) 100% charge.
*This cancellation policy is set by the activity provider.
Cancellation Service Fee: No (0%) Cancellation Service Fee is applied for cancellations made outside of the above cancellation policy set by the activity provider.
*The prices are not inclusive of tax & fees
GE Tax (4.712%) will be added to the price above.