Kauai - A sightseeing flight over Waimea Canyon & the Napali Coast (USA)

After we had already made a catamaran tour along the Napali Coast in the morning, we went to the hotel for a short time and made our way to Lihue airport at half past four, because our private sightseeing flight with Wings over Kauai was scheduled for 4 p.m.

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The route of our scenic flight over Kauai

When we arrived at the terminal at Luhue airport, we were greeted with a Hawaiian necklace by a member of staff who then gave us a brief briefing on the planned flight route. Since it was very windy, she also told us that the flight could be a bit bumpy. The information that our pilot has already made the round trip more than 6,000 times really reassured us a lot.

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Our flight route via Kauai

The start of our sightseeing flight with Wings over Kauai

A few minutes later we sat in the little Cessna, our pilot Bruce greeted us and gave us some instructions. And then it started. We waited for another Hawaiian Airlines plane and then rolled onto the runway. First we saw the harbour with our hotel and the beach, which became known through Harrison Ford’s “6 days, 7 nights”. We were often accompanied by rainbows 🙂

Start at Lihue Airport

Our pilot Bruce from Wings over Kauai

We are ready for take off

Die Nawiliwili Bay

Makawehi Point

The south coast of Kauai

A rainbow

The Waimea Canyon

And then the flight already went over the Waimea Canyon, which we had already seen yesterday from the road.

Round trip over Waimea Canyon

The flight along the Napali Coast

Then we continued towards Napali Coast. The rain in the mountains caused dozens of waterfalls to form on the Napali Coast.

Sightseeing flight over the Napali Coast

The Napali Coast on the West Coast

The green slopes of the Napali coast

Waterfalls on the Napali Coast

The green slopes of the Napali coast

Waterfalls on the Napali Coast

The Napali Coast on the West Coast

Der Ke'e Beach

A video of our flight over Kauai

Here is a short video of our flight along the Napali Coast:

As you can see, the sky was very obscure, so we didn’t have the very best view. But the flight was fortunately by no means bumpy and through the clouds sometimes also beautiful light plays gave up. Finally we flew over the Waimea waterfalls, which we saw from below yesterday.

The sun comes through the clouds

The Waimea Waterfalls

Landing at Lihue Airport

After 65 minutes we landed safely at the airport in Lihue. It was a great flight!

Unsere Reiseberichte von Hawaii (2015)

Unsere Weltreise führte uns nach fast 2 Monaten vom amerikanischen Festland nach Hawaii. Inmitten des Pazifischen Ozeans gelegen, 3.600 Kilometer vom US-amerikanischen Festland entfernt, liegt der 50. Bundesstaat der USA. Für viele der Inbegriff der Südsee. Während unseres zweiwöchigen Aufenthalts auf Hawaii haben wir vier der sechs Hauptinseln besucht: Kauai, O‘ahu, Maui und Big Island. Jede dieser Inseln hat ihre eigene Persönlichkeit, Natur und Sehenswürdigkeiten und bietet allen Geschmäckern unterschiedliche Aktivitäten: Von der Großstadt Honolulu mit dem berühmten Waikiki Beach, dem faszinierenden Waimea Canyon und der atemberaubenden Napali Coast auf Kauai, der bekannten Road to Hana auf Maui bis hin zum aktivsten Vulkan der Welt auf Big Island. Die Inseln versprühen ein einzigartiges Flair und haben uns sehr schnell mit dem berühmten Aloha-Charme verzaubert.