We purchased 4 of the $199 Air Maui gift cards at Costco. When I called to make the reservation the girl was super helpful explaining the options for the number of people and our total weight. She suggested we do this particular tour since it was only done on the week days (because of the landing on private property is only available during the week). We just needed to pay the additional $80 for each person.
Place was easy to find with emailed directions. We arrived 30 minutes prior as requested to get the safety overview and vests.
Troy was our pilot, he was nice, shared some great nuggets of info along the way and had a great music playlist. He was a great pilot too. He even took a few family pics for us.
We saw some amazing waterfalls and cliffs.
I can't recall the other tour I took several years ago, but I seem to remember seeing a whole lot more of the island. This tour I feel is fairly limited in what you see. Stopping for 25 minutes at the private landing spot with no water was fun for about the first 5 minutes, but once the pics were taken that was about it. Very very limited exploring was available since it was private property and someone was living there. Not everyone may be adventurous enough to walk along the lava rocks by the water.
After the 25 minute stop we were back to the heliport. Everyone in the shop was very friendly.
Overall, I think the tour company was great. If you haven't seen much of the island this might be a good tour for you. Don't get me wrong we saw some cool sights, but some of the other tours may show you more of the island.
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Aug 2018
Thank you for the feedback regarding the Oceanfront landing tour. I do agree that on this flight there is not much of Maui that you see. The flight route focuses on West Maui but more on the North shore of Molokai for the waterfalls and sea cliffs. To see more of Maui you would have probably been happier with the Complete Island tour. I am so sorry this was possibly mis-understood in what you and your group were really wanting to see at time of booking. That aside I am still happy you enjoyed the views and music with your pilot Troy. Aloha~