We had one false start when a copter came in to be fueled up and then flew away without us. Another couple was getting on the same flight and we all sat together and drank terrible coffee poured for us into plastic cups by the guys in the booth. It was a very casual affair two guys in reflective vests in a little shed with a bench behind it. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we arrived at the heli pad on-time – 40 minutes before the flight.
Comically, at the bus station on our way back I saw a poster for a 15 minute sightseeing helicopter ride – for $150. It cost about $30 apiece for our roughly 15 minute flight. It didn’t take long to find the timetables online and only a couple more minutes to book our route. The first night that Ellen and I were in the Faroes together we loosely planned out our days and I insisted on trying to get a helicopter ride on the schedule. But really, who am I kidding, everything about it is awesome. Tourists are only allowed to take it one-way so it can’t be your main form of travel, and you’re restricted to routes that you can get back to your car on the bus. The idea is that since some of the islands are SO remote that there isn’t even a regular ferry, the government subsidizes – what else – a helicopter taxi. I never even thought to put a helicopter ride on the list, but if I had, I would have checked it off in the Faroe Islands!īefore going to the Faroes I did some reading on other blogs and found a couple mentions of the helicopter taxi. I have a bucket-list, albeit a pretty short one these days.
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