After seeing several videos of drone flights across jungles, one at Yosemite, and two covering disaster stories including a fire and tornado damage, I searched for consumer drones and found this:
Top 10 consumer drones - $200 - 5,000.
Most range from high hundreds to over a thousand.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/
This one is for film - comes with a GoPro camera, runs 15-20 min.
http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2
This one is controlled by smartphone
http://ardrone2.parrot.com/
This one is controlled by smartphone
http://ardrone2.parrot.com/