Puerto Rico from an Aerial View

Take a bird's eye tour of Puerto Rico in this compilation video by DroneTV, which featrure some of the best footage from the "Puerto Rico from an Aerial View" collection.  You'll soar over Old San Juan, the lighthouse of Cabo Rojo, the beaches of Arecibo, and other sights from this idylic island, which has shores along both the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.  It's one of hundreds of DroneTV videos from some of the most popular tropical and beach destinations around the world.  

Top contributor Thatdroneview created this marvelous aerial tour of Puerto Rico, the United States Territory in the Caribbean Sea.  The video features bird's eye views of the island's crystal clear waters, mangrove-lined beaches, and the jade-colored mountains, and other natural and cultural features which make it a perennial favorite amongst Caribbean travel destinations. The video was shot using a combination of aerial footage from a DJI Phantom 4 drone and ground camera footage.  

With five days to spend in Puerto Rico, contributor and drone pilot kazukihashiroto wasted no time in getting the most out of his visit.  He ventured to all the attractions of the Caribbean island equipped with a DJI Mavic Pro drone and joined by his friends.  He captured aerial footage of all the good times they shared splashing in the warm sea, riding in boats, and chilling on the beach.  The video was shot prior to the island (a US territory) being devastated by Hurricane Maria in September, 2017.

Experience the semi-tropical Caribbean island of Puerto Rico in this excellent piece by top AirVuz contributor and drone pilot Thatdroneview.  The video will take you over some of the most beautiful coastal areas of this US territory, as well as parts of its mountainous interior.  Some of the best sequences are action shots involving a number of the aquatic activities on offer here, including stand-up paddleboarding, and powerboating; views of the island's semi-hidden coves; and more.  

Take in these beautiful aerial views of the island of Puerto Rico, compliments of Unlock Puerto Rico.  The video opens with shots around Juana Díaz, in the mountains which lie along the island's southern coastline.   Starting at about the :36 mark, you'll see the Los Morrillos lighthouse on Cabo Roco, at the southwestern corner of the island.  Then it's on to San Juan, the capital city, on the island's northern coast.  Other featured locations include the Central Mountain Range around the town of Orocovis and the small island of Vieques.

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist Drone_Alaska brings us this excellent drone video from the US territory of Puerto Rico.  Shot with a DJI Mini 2 drone, the video features footage from the following locations, all of which are on the island's southern (Caribbean Sea) shore: Guayama, a municipality on the eastern side of the southern coast shore; Ponce, a municipality roughly in the middle of the coastline; and Cayos De Barca a small island which is part of a chain of islands forming the entrance to the Bahía de Jobos. 

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist Alexander Schmidt Photography returns to AirVuz after a three year hiatus with this outstanding aerial video from Puerto Rico.  Filmed with a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone, the video opens with some breaktaking shots of some of the Caribbean island's beaches.  At about the :36 mark, you'll see the famous Los Morrillos Lighthouse in Cabo Roco, at the southwestern corner of the island.  Further on in the video, you'll fly over some of the mountains and rainforests which cover much of the island's interior.  

Take in these marvelous (mostly) aerial views of San Juan, Puerto Rico, compliments of top contributor 8 Fifty Productions.  Most of the video was shot around the "old city" on the island of San Juan, which forms the northern side of San Juan Bay.    Some of the featured locations include the 16th century fortress of El Morro at the :15 mark; the Castillo San Cristóbal, an 18th century fortress near the middle of the island (starting at around the :50 mark); the Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery (1:53); and more.

For a first upload to AirVuz brand-new contributor and drone pilot PJ Mala brings us this excellent aerial view of the northern coast of the US island territory of Puerto Rico.  The video was filmed on the stretch of Atlantic Ocean coastline bounded by Arecibo to the west and Barceloneta to the east.  Barceloneta is located about 35 mi. (around 60 km) west of San Juan, the territory's capital city.  Arecibo is located about a half hour drive further west. The video was filmed with a DJI Air 2S drone.  

Vega Baja beach (Playa de Vega Baja Cibuco) sits in roughly the center of the northern coastline of Puerto Rico, within the so-called Bermuda Triangle which includes the island's Atlantic coast.  Part of the Greater San Juan metropolitan area, it is one of the most popular beach areas on the north coast of this US island territory.  In this drone video, contributor Oscar Alexis used a drone and some creative post-production editing to create a marvelous picture of the beach and the various aquatic activities available to its visitors such as jet-skiing.  

Contributor and pilot Pedro's Airtime created this stunning drone video of one of the most important lighthouses in the Caribbean. Los Morrillos Lighthouse is in Cabo Roca, the town which sits in the very southwestern corner of Puerto Rico.  The town is situated on the east side of the Mona Passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.  The lighthouse was built in 1882, and since then has played an important navigational role for ship traffic in and out of the Caribbean through these waters.

Contributor and pilot AndyOleck created this magnificent aerial tour of Puerto Rico, taken in the summer of 2017 just months before the island (a US territory) was devastated by Hurricane Maria. The video features bird's eye views of the natural and cultural scenery which is unique to the Caribbean: white sand beaches, spectacularly rocky stretches of coastline, lagoons, beautiful seaside ports, and more. It is hear-rendering to watch knowing the tragedy that was to ensue just weeks later.  

Contributor and pilot WillyMercado created this spectacular drone video of Crash Boat Beach in northwestern Puerto Rico.  It's the northernmost of a string of beaches which line the Bay of Aguadilla, with the port town of the same name in the center.  It's a beautiful beach area, more suitable to aquatic activities which thrive in calmer surfs, such as sailing and kiteboarding.  The area was once home to an important US Air Force Base, and the port was used to despatch rescues for downed airmen.  

Porta del Sol is an official region of Puerto Rico, the US territory in the Caribbean Sea.  It consists of 17 municipalities and covers the westernmost portion of the island.  The region was established in 2003 as a means for the Puerto Rican government to promote tourism in an area that is far less densely populated than the rest of the island.  Porta Del Sol translates to "Doorway to the Sun".  Check it out from a bird's eye perspective in this beautiful drone video by contributor and drone pilot Nelson A Velez P.R.

Top contributor Drone One Media used a combination of two DJI drones and ground camera footage to create this amazing video record of a week in Puerto Rico.  Some of the highlights include El Yunque National Forest, home of Puerto Rico's highest peak and the only tropical rainforest under control of the US Forest Service.  You'll also see some amazing shots of the old city of San Juan (one of the oldest settlements of the Spanish Empire) and its mighty fortress on the Atlantic side of the island.   

For centuries, the economy of the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico was built on one commodity: sugar.  The sugar cane fields which ringed its coast fed some of the largest sugar mills in the world.  For a variety of reasons, the industry went into decline beginning in the 1930s, and production today is virtually non-existent. In this drone video by Pedro's Airtime, you'll get a bird's eye view of the now-abandoned Aguada mill, the first integrated mill on the island and for decades one of the world's largest.

Top contributor Invincible Bumble Bee Productions created this beautiful video of one of the great landmarks of Puerto Rico: the Castle of San Felipe (Castillo San Felipe del Morro) in San Juan.  The original fort was built in the mid-16th century on the orders of Spain's King Charles V to defend the port of San Juan on the northern side of the island, which was considered one of the most important spots in the then-young Spanish Empire in the New World.  It was rebuilt later that century and further modified in the 1700's.  

Contributor amazing 787 created this stunning drone video of his top three spots in Puerto Rico, all of which are small islands lying off its coast.  First up is Icacos, which lies off the coast of Fajardo in the far northeastern corner of the country.  The next stop is Guilligan ("Gilligan's Island", after the popular 1960's TV show), off the coast of Guanica in southwestern PR.  Last is tiny Culebrita, an uninhabited island which lies off the coast of Culebra, a somewhat larger island off the eastern end of the main island. 

Prepare to be amazed by this drone video of a rainbow in the mountains of Puerto Rico, compliments of contributor amazing787.  The spot where this was captured is called Cerro Mime, and it's very near the geographic center of this US island territory in the Caribbean Sea.  The town is situated a bit to the northwest of Orocovis.  This area is part of the Central Mountain Range, a chain of mountains which runs across the length of the island and divides the northern and southern coastal plains areas.  

Hurricane Maria devastated large areas around the Caribbean Sea in late 2017.  Amongst the hardest-hit areas was the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a US territory which bore the brunt of the historic storm.  The island saw some of the worst devastations from a natural disaster ever visited on US soil, with over a thousand people killed and some areas enduring months without power.  In this video, content creator and drone pilot Global Air Media shows how drone mapping was used in disaster recovery. 

Contributor TraveLocation Films used a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone to create this stunning aerial view of Dorado, a town on the northern (Atlantic) coast of the island of Puerto Rico.  Dorado is situated about a half-hour drive west of San Juan, the territory's capital and principal urban center.  It's considered part of the San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area, which covers much of north-central Puerto Rico.  The town of Dorado gained international recognition when it hosted the second summit of the G7 countries in 1976.

Former DVOW Finalist Drone_Alaska brings us this stunning drone video from the US territory island of Puerto Rico.  Filmed with a DJI Mini 2 drone, the video will take you over this amazing sub-tropical paradise, whose northern border lies on the Atlantic Ocean and whose southern border lies along the Caribbean Sea.  Among the highlights are shots of the El Yunque tropical rainforest in the northeastern part of the island as well as San Felipe Castle in San Juan (also known as El Morro), a fortification in the capital city of San Juan. 

Contributor Gerald Lizaro traveled to Isabela, Puerto Rico in the months following Hurricane Maria to create this remarkable video of showing the island's slow recovery from the devastating hurricane.  Isabele is one of the principal cities on the northwestern coast of the island.  It's considered part of the Aguadilla–Isabela–San Sebastián metropolitan area, which covers the northwestern corner of the island.  The town is named after Isabele I, the Queen of Castile (Spain) in the late 15th century.  

San Juan, Puerto Rico is one of the best-preserved vestiges of the once-great Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere.  It's the third-oldest Spanish capital city in the America's; only Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and Panama City in Panama are older, and only by a few years.  Situated towards the eastern end of Puerto Rico's northern (Atlantic) coastline, the old city is dominated by the Fortress of San Juan.  Check out the old city from above in this drone video by contributor Iris Films.   

New AirVuz contributor Unlock Puerto Rico brings us this fantastic drone video of a rock climbing session in Puerto Rico.  The Vértigo is a climb in Cerro Las Tetas, a pair of mountain peaks in the municipality of Salinas, on the island's southern (Caribbean Sea) coastline.  Part of the Las Piedras del Collado Nature Reserve, the peaks reach a maximum altitude of just over 2.75k ft. above sea level (around 840 m).  They are part of the Sierra de Cayey, one of several ranges which cover the island.  

Check out this excellent drone video from the island of Puerto Rico, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot Jeanbigio.  The video was filmed over and around the town of Ceiba, which is situated in the northeastern corner of the island, about an hour's drive southeast of San Juan.  The town takes its name from the Ceiba tree, part of a family of flowering plants known as the Malvaceae.  Most of the area around the town is part of the Nature Reserve Medio Mundo and Daguao, which is well-known for its mangroves.  

Here's a nice aerial view of Arecibo, one of the principal towns on the northwestern side of the island of Puerto Rico.  It's located about 80 km (around 50 mi.) west of San Juan, the territorial capital city.  Arecibo is perhaps best known for a spot not on its coast but some ways inland: the Arecibo Observatory.  Located in the southern part of the municipality, until 1916 it was the home of the world's largest radio telescope.  The video was created by AirVuz contributor and drone pilot Airtistry.  

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist Drone_Alaska brings us this excellent drone video from the tiny islet of Culebra, which lies off the coast of the larger Caribbean island of Puerto Rico.  Culebra is one of a small group of islands which lie between the island of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands.  Shot with a DJI Mini 2, the video includes footage of Flamenco Beach (on Culebra's northwestern shoreline, and considered one of the world's top beaches), the pallet sculpture Hector El Protector, and more.   

Here's an awesome bird's eye view of a town on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, compliments of contributor and drone pilot Nelson A. Velez P.R.  Dorado is situated on the territory's northern (Atlantic Ocean) coastline, about 25 km (around 15 mi.) west of the capital, San Juan.  While Dorado has roots as an independent village, it's now considered part of the sprawling San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area which covers much of the eastern half of this United States territory island.  

This drone video by Nelson A. Velez P.R. will show you a once-remote part of Puerto Rico that is now on the outskirts of greater San Juan.  It's called Hatillo, and it's located about three-quarters of the way down PR's northern coast moving west - roughly in the same distance from the western edge as San Juan is from the eastern edge.  Despite being a good distance from the capital, it's now considered part of the San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area, the principal urban concentration in this US territory.   

Here's a stunning drone video from a historical town on the northwestern coast of Costa Rica, compliments of content creator and pilot Pedro's Airtime.  The town of Isabela is located near the western end of the territory's long northern coastline, along the Atlantic Ocean.  Named after Queen Isabelle, the 15th century Queen who was instrumental in launching Spain on its Age of Exploration, it's also known as the Garden City due to the extensive presence of wildflowers in the cityscape.  

Top content creator Bumble Bee Productions brings us this beautiful drone video of a historic lighthouse on the island of Puerto Rico: Los Morillos Light (Faro Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo).  Built in 1882, it's situated on a promontory near the southwestern corner of the island, on the (often treacherous) Mona Passage which connects the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.  The lighthouse sits on 200 ft. high (60 m) cliffs, which greatly extend its range.  Los Morillos has been automated since 1967.

Check out this drone video of the El Yanque National Forest in Puerto Rico, compliments of contributor 8 Fifth Productions.  Located in the northeastern part of this US island territory, it's the only rainforest in the US National Park system.  The park is located in the Sierra de Luquillo mountain range, and covers a land area of just over 110 square km (around 43 square mi.).  With its highest peak at a bit over 1k meters above sea level (around 3.3k ft.), parts of the park receive as much as 600 cm of rainfall per year or around 20 ft.   

Here's a great aerial view of one of the top beaches in Puerto Rico, compliments of AirVuz contributor and drone pilot 8 FIfth Productions.  It's called Luquillo Beach (El Balneario de Luquillo), and it's located towards the eastern end of the island's northern (Atlantic Ocean) coastline.  It's located about an hour's drive east of the territorial capital city of San Juan.  Sometimes known as Puerto Rico's Riviera, Luquillo was picked as Puerto Rico's best beach in the influential Crazy Tourist travel blog.  

Contributor and drone pilot I-Drone-Aerial created this stunning 4k aerial video of the old town of San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Located on the northern (Atlantic Ocean) shore of this US territory, San Juan was one of the first Spanish settlements in the Western Hemisphere.  Established in 1521, it's the third-oldest city established by Europeans in the "New World".  Given its strategic importance to the once-mighty Spanish Empire, San Juan became one of the world's most heavily fortified cities.   

Check out this beautiful drone video from the far western part of Puerto Rico, compliments of contributor Cloudsurferfilms.  It was shot in the area of Rincón, which occupies the southern part of a small peninsula at the western extremity of the US island territory in the Caribbean Sea.  Rincón is considered part of the Aguadilla–Isabela–San Sebastián metropolitan area, which covers the northwestern part of the island.  It's home to some of Puerto Rico's best-known surfing beaches.

AirVuz contributor and drone pilot amazing 787 created this beautiful aerial video of a spot on the northern coast of the US island territory of Puerto Rico.  It's called Vega Baja, and it's right in the middle of the island's northern (Atlantic Ocean) coastline.  Lying a bit to the west of the territory's capital San Juan, it is considered to be part of the San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area, an urban agglomeration which covers much of the eastern two-thirds of the island.  

Here's an aerial view of the tallest statue in North America, compliments of contributor Bumble Bee Productions.  It's called the Birth of the New World (La Estatua de Colón), and it's located on the northern shore of Puerto Rico.  The sculpture was created in the 1990's to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first great voyage.  However, despite being offered to several US cities, it sat in disassembled form until the city of Arecibo agreed to be its permanent home in 2016.   

Top contributor 8 Fifty Productions brings us this drone video from a little known beach in Puerto Rico.  It's called Mar Chiquita Beach, and it's situated on a tiny, nearly enclosed bay near the center of the island's northern (Atlantic Ocean) coastline.  It's about a 45 minute drive west of San Juan via Route 22 and a similar length drive east of Arecibo.  The name of the beach derives from a local legend, in which a woman was pulled into the water from an earthquake and was pulled back to the shore via a break that opened in the rocks.  

Puerto Rico's Flamenco Beach lies on the island of Culebra, which sits about 30 km (around 17 mi.) to the east of the "mainland" island in the Caribbean Sea.  With only 2,000 residents spread across 60 square km (around 12 square mi.), the island is perfect for those seeking to avoid crowded beach destinations.  Flamenco appeared in the #13 spot in a recent survey of the world's best beaches by Coastal Living.  You can check out this beautiful bit of paradise from a bird's eye perspective in this drone video.  

Talented AirVuz content creator and first person view (FPV) drone pilot coolguy.fpv brings us this excellent travel FPV video from the island of Puerto Rico.  The video features excellent FPV footage from the coast as well as the interior of the island, which is a territory of the United States.  Some of the most amazing shots are from cruising along a stream in the rainforest which covers much of the interior of the island.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in July of 2021.  

Top contributor Invincible Storm Films created this beautiful video of the Castle of San Felipe (Castillo San Felipe del Morro) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  The original fort was built in the mid-16th century to help defend the port of San Juan, which was considered one of the most important spots in the then-young Spanish Empire in the New World.  It was rebuilt later that century with a design that was considered the most advanced in the world and was used for nine other sites in key cities around the Empire.  

San Juan, Puerto Rico is the oldest city in the United States - by a long shot.  In 2022, the capital of the US island territory celebrated its 500th anniversary, and AirVuz contributor and pilot fastfwdpr was there to capture the celebrations with a drone.  Given that San Juan was once the most important western port in the mighty Spanish Empire, the anniversary celebration was marked in part by an array of historic sailing ships from around the world.  San Juan is situated on a natural harbor on the island's northern coast.   

San Juan is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, sitting on the northern coast of the country.  It was one of the oldest European settlements in the Western Hemisphere.  Due to its strategic importance, the most prominent landmarks in the city are a series of fortresses built by the Spanish to defend their prize territory.  In this video, contributor Sikview used a DJI drone to create this unforgettable aerial tour of the San Felipe fortress; known as El Morro, it was built between the 16th-18th centuries.

Content creator and drone pilot Bumble Bee Productions created this beautiful drone videos of a historic lighthouse on the US island territory of Puerto Rico.  Los Morillos Light (Faro Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo) is situated on a promontory near the southwestern corner of the island.  The lighthouse was built in 1882 to protect shipping in and out of the Caribbean Sea through the (often treacherous) Mona Passage.  The landmark is known for its simple, elegant design.  It has been automated since 1967.