Helicopter Tour of Clearwater Beaches, Sand Key and Belleair Country Club
4.5
Helicopter Tour of Clearwater Beaches, Sand Key and Belleair Country Club
By Tampa Bay Aviation
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About
Ages 0-99
Duration: 20m
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- Licensed Tour Guide
What's not included- Gratuities
- Start:
- 1000 N Hercules Ave, Clearwater, FL 33765, USA
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 136908P2- Most travelers can participate
- Price is per person. Three person minimum or private tour fee of $30 will be assessed for groups of 2 or less
- Please enter your desired departure time in the Special Requirements box at check-out.
- Children under the age of 5 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Total passenger weight must not exceed 550 lbs (249 kg).
- Helicopter weight max is 300 lbs per seat.
- Same day tours are available just call to book.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 136908P2
Itinerary
- 1000 N Hercules Ave, Clearwater, FL 33765, USA
- Pass byPier 60Clearwater BeachHoneymoon Island State ParkCaladesi Island State ParkSand Key ParkTampa Bay Aviation
About the operator
Don’t take it from us – here’s what people have to say about this operator:
- R5480DSpamelag0 contributionsFun Adventure with Tampa Bay Aviation!Incredible helicopter ride by Tampa Bay Aviation and pilot Angelo. Best way to see our beautiful city. Recommend this adventure for a birthday, anniversary, or just looking for something to do!Written April 21, 2024
- Camper664593382170 contributionsWorst company in the areaHorrible experience kept canceling over six weeks in a row constant mechanical issues and failures. Poor customer service, and would not issue a refund. Do not waste your money or your time go to a reputable company. This place is garbage.Written January 28, 2024
- alust4lfe0 contributionsFirst Rate Introductory Helicopter Flight Training !!I have always wanted to experience flying a helicopter. Yesterday with the assistance of Tampa Bay Aviation and an excellent instructor (Kevin Watkins) I did just that. We flew out of Tampa Executive Airport. I was taught how to turn, maintain altitude, ascend, descend, turn, and even hover about three feet above the ground. It was an amazing experience, one that will never forget !Written September 24, 2023
- ioner3160 contributionsHelicopter rideWe had a wonderful time. Mike, ou pilot, was calm, professional and knowledgeable..He made us feel comfortable and relaxed!Written August 19, 2023
- R4521UJarthurb0 contributionsFrom zero to eight hundred feetMy wife, our 9 year old granddaughter, and I were positively impressed with TBA's efficient and professional scheduling procedures. That said, Angelo, our helicopter pilot and tour guide for the Treasure Island flight, is an impressively competent pilot, clearly well informed and knowledgeable guide with polished interpersonal skills. His steady hand on the controls and smooth transitions with the tower made our trip memorable. Sooner than later we plan to schedule the same trip with "Isla's" 11 year old sister. If you read this review and want to have "once in a lifetime experience at 800', ask for Angelo. Your life will be forever enriched.Written August 4, 2023
- courtneybS1620JC0 contributionsLoved it!Angelo was an awesome pilot, my sons and I had a great time! Staff was amazing as well, very seamless easy process. Highly recommend!Written July 18, 2023
- 547kathleenf0 contributionsAn hour wait for crapTerrible business plan! These people penalized ALL paying guests by making them wait an hour while all the rented tours were late due to weather. Instead of just cancelling/moving the tour that had weather problems - ALL TOURS were forced to be an hour late. Also, helicopter flew way too low and you couldn't get a view of the interests on the ground or water. TERRIBLE WASTE OF MONEYWritten March 27, 2023
- Caz51280 contributionsReally hope someone can contact us...Desperately trying any avenue to get hold of you. My husband has a booking tomorrow (17th) but has received an email with a voicemessage on that he cant open. We have emailed, tried to phone, (voice options on automated message all say 'invalid option chosen' I have also completed the contact us page on your website. Please can someone come back to us if this is going ahead and confirmed or not?? booked through trip advise as confrimation number 1366881503 Tickets not received yet. He is only avialable to attend the booking 2-4pm tomorrow.Written February 16, 2023
- vincentvolaju58910 contributionsThe Flying EngagementI had a wonderful experience with my fiancée. Matthew and Jenna were very polite and professional. Jenna was an excellent pilot and tour guide. They both made our experience memorable with my marriage proposal before flight!Written December 31, 2022
- ABock10 contributionsAwesome tour! Awesome pilot/guide!Our pilot Jenny was amazing! She was a wonderful tour guide and highlighted many interesting sites. Including a fever of stingrays. She was very knowledgeable of the area and made the trip interesting and funWritten November 7, 2022
- Alex M0 contributionsBirthday TourI surprised my wife with this tour and we both absolutely enjoyed it! Beautiful views of the St. Petersburg area, and great info provided during the tour. Matthew and our pilot Jenna were very great and hospitable!Written September 29, 2022
- Samantha1990 contributionsBest helicopter Tour! Friendly safe and fun!Sisters weekend!! Jenna was outstanding, Jim in communications was on it! The welcoming greeting by Matt was nice! I was scared at first but Jenna made me feel comfortable and away we went. I thought 30 mins was scary but I felt like it was 10 mins I was having so much fun!! She is a smooth operator of that helicopter and I can’t thank her enough for the amazing experience! Shout out to my sister Sabrina for booking the best helicopter flight! Top notch ! Thank you!Written August 15, 2022
- RobCovalt0 contributionsSisters weekend!Amazing time :) Went on the helicopter ride to kick off our Sisters weekend. Jenna was wonderful. Views are beautiful. Was a great time and perfect start to our weekend! Highly recommend! Don’t miss this adventure!Written August 13, 2022
- 22jebb0 contributionsExcellentGina was very informative about the area we visited And gave us a history of the area and building sWritten May 2, 2022
- C9334LAbrookeh0 contributionsDon't miss out of this Incredible Experience!Jena was amazing and full of great knowledge of the area! She was so kind and the views were just stunning. My son and I would love to be able to do this again!Written April 18, 2022
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Stephanie M
18 contributions
This was our first helicopter ride, and it was awesome, the ride was smooth and we had a lady pilot she was the bomb; all that. The view was lovely and beautiful. I recommend this helicopter tour, short but sweet, we were able to see everything within clearwater and tampa bay.
Written December 1, 2021
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Chad H
Inman, SC30 contributions
We had a sterling experience! Grace was a great tour guide and an expert pilot. She answered all our questions and put us at ease immediately. Would highly recommend her, and if we should ever do another tour, we will request her.
Written October 8, 2021
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lilian
2 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
the pilot was very friendly and a great guide. the trip was very smooth and will definitely recommend
Written October 2, 2023
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Natasha M
7 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
We booked this tour in May 2023 for the 7th August had confirmation and numerous emails from Mathew to confirm all booked. Then 1 week ago was emailed to say can we move to st. Peterburg bit of a change but fine still doing the flight for my husbands 50th and for my 7 year old son to experience, both really excited to take part. Then Monday 31st July recieve a random call from Tampa saying are we still doing the flight from clear water on Sunday the 6th?To which I replied no it is booked for Monday 7th and has moved to st.Peterburg. oh he said we dont fly on Mondays!!!! So i have now today less then 12 hours before we fly to Orlando recieved an email saying i was so concerned with moving your location did not see it is a Monday. Yet they confirmed a Monday back in May. Now offering a sunday or Tuesday our days are booked we cant just change at such short notice. DO NOT USE this company. I dont even know at this point what they are going to do I am assuming they will refund us but no offer of that yet. Very disappointed with the company. Sersiously avoid if you dont want to have celebrations ruined. We have planned our whole day in Clearwater around this flight which is now being cancelled one they could have told us about back in May as it appears the pilot has never worked Mondays. Why have it as an option to book and why confirm not just through trip advisor but by numerous emails with Mathew too. Extremely disappointed.
Written August 1, 2023
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Cathy Z
Spring Hill, Florida, United States3 contributions
May 2022 • Couples
Highly recommend we’ve lived in Florida for 25 years and it was fun seeing the area in a different way. Our pilot Gena was great as well.
Written May 12, 2022
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sart1234
Evergreen, CO2 contributions
Haven’t gone yet but booking was HORRIBLE! They sent tickets with wrong dates even though the text said the correct date, double charged me and still haven’t straightened things out after 2 phone calls and multiple emails. Huge disappointment as this was supposed to be something fun & now I’ve wasted 4 hours & nothing cleared up yet!
Written March 9, 2022
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We apologize for the inconvenience, but you chose to book your tour through a 3rd party discount site. As we also explained, that site which you chose to book through does not allow us to rebook/reschedule. Instead, they require that you work thru them. We cannot do that ourselves as the discount site you used will not allow us to do so.
Written January 31, 2024
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Ismet H
Lutz2 contributions
Oct 2020 • Couples
Tour was worth it. Pilot was friendly and knowledgeable and cool. Got to see a lot of cool things. Fun times.
Written October 11, 2020
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Thank you for coming in, we are happy to see you had a blast!
Written October 13, 2020
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Mario N
1 contribution
Oct 2020 • Couples
The pilot was very knowledgeable about the area made us feel comfortable very well spoken and it was my first time flying and probably the best he set the bar pretty high for future pilots
Written October 4, 2020
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We are proud to have some incredible pilots working for us! Thank you for the review. We are happy to see your first flight was a wonderful experience!
Written October 9, 2020
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Zach K
1 contribution
Jun 2020 • Couples
My wife and I wanted to do something unique for our honeymoon, so we decided to go with this helicopter tour! It was a great time and we loved every second of it! Our tour guide Marshall was amazing, so if you are thinking about doing this, I would strongly suggest it and requesting Marshall as your guide!
Written June 11, 2020
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Thank you for flying with us! We are happy to see you enjoyed your flight with Marshall, hope to have you back in again soon.
Written June 17, 2020
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tessasaathoff
Orlando, FL13 contributions
Aug 2019 • Couples
My husband and I had a wonderful time flying over Clearwater. The pilot was very informational when flying over and pointing things out. I would highly recommend, especially if you’ve never done it before like us. The pilot also took tons of pics for us.
Written August 18, 2019
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Our helicopter tours are a great way to get some awesome photos! Hope to have you back in for a flight some time soon.
Written August 20, 2019
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We have a group of 8. Can we all go together? Did not see how many the helicopter sat.
Written April 10, 2023
Traci H
Palm Harbor, Florida
I am trying to arrange this for a group of 4-8 people. Do you have a group rate? How many can go on the tour/helicopter at same time?
Written January 9, 2021
How much a 3 person tour and are you available today?
Written August 27, 2020
srividhya v
St. Petersburg, Florida
Hello,
Is this tour price applicable for 2 persons?
Thanks
Written February 19, 2020
Sorry I’m gona follow this as I have same question apart from my kids are a little older 👍
Written November 6, 2019
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