(I Am Not A Paid Advertiser, I Swear)

It's the last day of school. You stumble home, stagger up the stairs, fling yourself onto your bed, and vow to stay there forever. You proceed to marvel at all the stress and toil repressed in your system and realize you're on the brink of eruption. You stare at the ceiling and remark, "I need a vacation".

You soon break your oath to stay eternally spread-eagle'd on your bed to go demand a reward for all your hard work in the semester. Your family brings up the idea of going on a guided tour to somewhere nice. Now, what does a tour involve? Yeah yeah, visits to some famous landmarks, a taste of some signature cuisine, and of course, being inevitably shepherded to a bunch of local shopping centres your annoying tour guide has most obviously been colluding with. In short, not worth it!

But what if you can take your aforementioned urge for eruption to a volcanic site? What if, instead of going to Hawaii just for the beaches and suntanning, you abolish these cliches and take an aerial tour of its fabled archipelago of active volcanoes in a helicopter? Now that's something. 


Source: Peek

As claimed in the title of my post, I'm not paid to advertise for Safari Helicopters Co., but boy, does the world deserve to be informed of this cool stuff. My fellow sufferers, take home a decent mark in Earth and Space Science at the end of the semester, so as to have your hair ruffled and your volcano sightseeing flight sponsored by your delighted parents.

Safari Helicopter's touring flights depart from Hilo; during departure, you can feast your eyes upon the thousand-foot volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. However, the real adventure lies ahead- your helicopter will take you to Big Island's most active volcanoes, where you will most likely see for yourself flowing lava!


Source: Safari Helicopters

If you have concerns about safety, fear not. Being in one of Safari Helicopters' ASTAR 350B2-7's means experiencing a "balance of power, technology and comfort"! Their cabins are all air-conditioned, soundproof, and equipped with noise-cancelling headsets. You should visit safarihelicopters.com to see for yourself!

With the prospect of experiencing such luxury and excitement sweeping us off our feet, there is but one more question left to ask. 

How much is this darn thing going to cost?????


Works Cited:

"Exploring Hawaii's Lava." Safari RSS. Web. 17 Oct. 2014.
"Volcano and Valley Landing | Helicopter Tours from Kona in Big Island | Peek." Peek. Web. 17 Oct. 2014.