"ISLAND EXPRESS HELICOPTER TO AVALON" Top 5 Page for this destination Avalon Transportation Tip by travelgourmet

Santa Catalina is about 22 miles from Long Beach, California. There is one town on Catalina and it is called Avalon. About 4,000 people call it home but thousands more come each week as a day visitor by sea or air. Cruise ships arrive one a week to let the passengers roam the town and the mountain areas. Pleasure boat owners come over from the mainland of California to spend time in the Avalon Harbor and fish around the island. There are other modes of transportation to Catalina with the catamaran style ocean vessel at Catalina Express that takes about one hour to travel the channel between Long Beach and Avalon. The fastest way is by air. There is an airport on the island for those able to fly in and there is a helicopter service, as well.

Only 15 minutes to Avalon by helicopter on ISLAND EXPRESS from their Long Beach, California heliport located next door to the popular docked Queen Mary Liner that is now a maritime museum. This is the quick way but the more expensive way to get over to Santa Catalina and Avalon. It is also a fun way with the experience of a helicopter flight as the views from up in the air. In fact, the pilot of the helicopter on which I was on, flew right over the Catalina Express boat that was taking the sea voyage way and had left about 10 minutes before my flight. Fast is fast and as we approached Avalon, a large cruise ship was in the bay. So a thrill a minute on the helicopter continued as the pilot tilted the copter so we could see straight down on the sun deck of the cruise ship. Seemed like a lot of cruisers near the ship's pool were looking up at us. We made a smooth landing at the heliport in Avalon and I have a very short video on my Avalon VT pages of the helicopter landing from the passengers point of view. If you visit California and want to see the island of Santa Catalina up close and personal, then to get there fast and comfortable as well as a great overview of the ocean, go via the ISLAND EXPRESS helicopter just for the thrill of it.

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