Anguilla Helicopter Tours?

[13snoopy]

I will be on the Island of Anguilla next week and was wondering if
there were any helicopter tours available?
Thank you for any replies!

[WylieCoyote]

It's been a few years now since I was there but from what I hear there are no longer any operators who'll be able to help you with a flight. All have ceased operating for one reason or another. But there are a couple of locals hanging around on pprune who might know otherwise.

[13snoopy]

How about at St. Martin?

[WylieCoyote]

Should of said but St Martin was our base and I don't think anybody ever replaced us.

[AngelBob]

We live on Anguilla and wanted to take a helicopter tour. We could not find one, either on the Web or by asking at the airport. We did, however, recently take Anguilla Air Services' round-the-island tour after finding it at this Web site:

Anguilla Flights... See Anguilla From The Sky (http://www.anguilla-beaches.com/anguilla-flights.html)

It's not something that most locals even think of, and it didn't have the impact of a helicopter tour, but was still terrific. The St. Martin idea above is terrific.

It looks like we could have arranged a helicopter tour through them:

Island Helicopters St.Martin-St.Maarten-Sight seeing tours - Jimmy Buffet St.Barth transfers - Charter Flights - Medevac - VIP helicopter Charters - Helicopter Transfers - Juliana Airport to St.Barth - Juliana Airport to Anguilla - Private Helicopter (http://www.islandhelicopters.net/)

I'll be contacting them to see if they will tour Anguilla (it's only a few minutes across a narrow strait). On the other hand, Anguilla is flat while St. Martin is magnificently mountainous, perfect for a helicopter tour. Here's an excellent description that I found:

AIR ST. MAARTEN - Leeward Islands Helicopters Feature (http://www.airsxm.eu/page.php?page=75)

Hope this helps. I wish I thought of trying St. Martin! It's never too late, since we live here most of the year. I'll report back. :-)

Best,
Bob

[AngelBob]

I called the St. Martin company and they confirmed they DO do helicopter tours of Anguilla.

So good news! On the other hand, like I said, once you're on St. Martin, which is much more mountainous, THAT island might be more interesting.

Best,
Bob