How to Plan a Santorini Helicopter Tour for the Experience of a Lifetime

You can experience a Santorini boat tour, on a wine tour, on with your personal chauffeur-guide showing you around the island… but what about from the sky? A private Santorini helicopter tour is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With its unique geology and landmarks, Santorini is surely one of the best places for it. Learn more about our Santorini Helicopter Tours below.

On your Santorini helicopter tour, soar above one of the world’s most famous islands and take it all in from a bird’s eye perspective. Enjoy the dramatic boundaries between the spectacular cliffs, the white, black, and fiery red beaches, and the twinkling emerald sea beyond.

As soon as you lift off into the skies, you’ll be blessed with incredible views of dramatic scenery that have been formed over thousands of years, set alongside Santorini’s picture-perfect sugar-white villages.

It’s worth choosing a Santorini helicopter tour that lets you glide over the uninhabited island of Nea Kameni, known by locals as the Santorini volcano. After its last small eruption in 1950, it has some of the youngest lands in the eastern Mediterranean. Seeing the volcano is a must when in Santorini… and all the better if you can enjoy it by helicopter!

As you fly over the Red Beach near the important archaeological site of Akrotiri, you’ll get to see even more of the island’s awe-inspiring geology. Let your pilot tell you about the caldera cliffs: the edges of the half-submerged volcano from thousands of years ago. For the most complete big-picture view of the island’s past and formation, it has to be from above. Be sure to view the cliffs from the water on our Santorini sunset cruise.

On the 30-minute Santorini helicopter tour, you’ll have time to hover over the vineyards where fertile volcanic ground produces the authentic local Santorini wines you can sample when back on the ground and you’ll also get a closer look at the jewel of Santorini: the iconic village of Oia with its pristine whitewashed houses and blue three-domed church.

As the helicopter reaches the west of the island, take in the luxurious traditional mansions of Megalochori, famed for its wealthy history of exporting the Vinsanto wine that the island still produces.

When you touch down, you’ll have seen the best of Santorini from the most memorable vantage point– the beautiful Greek sky.

Your questions answered

What are the main sights you’d recommend seeing on a Santorini helicopter tour?

For the most iconic views of Santorini, you can choose the 30-minute helicopter flight over Oia, the vineyards, and the volcanic islands.
The 30-minute flight covers also the Red Beach and Nea Kameni (Santorini volcano), especially if you’d like to capture the volcanic craters of the island from above.

You will also glide over Therasia, the sleepy island that was once united with Santorini before the volcanic eruption. With Nea Kameni between the two, you can imagine what the island might have looked like in ancient times. You can see all of these landmarks of Santorini on this 30-minute helicopter flight.

How long does the helicopter tour last?

Standard flights are 20 and 30 minutes but get in touch about our custom helicopter tours and private helicopter transfers if you’d like more flexibility.
We also offer private helicopter transfers between Santorini and Mykonos and to various more Greek islands and destinations, if you want to travel in style during your trip to Greece.