Reviewed by: Donna McCurdy-Wolke
It is a long day but that is due to the distance of volcano from hotel. PJ was a great host and VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. Loved the volcano area. Something I have never experienced!
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Packages: | Deluxe Volcano Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2022/04/04 |
Activity Date: | 2022/04/01 |
Reviewed by: Mitchell Goff
Marcus was the best tour guide I’ve ever had. I usually don’t like this sort of activity, but he was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic. We all learned a lot about the forests and volcanoes of Hawaii and had a lot of laughs on the way. He modified appropriately between kids and adults. He was even training someone else and he still made everyone feel like a priority. There was a mixup with the food and he went way out of his way to make it right. I was very impressed. My whole family had a really great day.
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Packages: | Elite Volcano Hike from Kohala / Waikoloa Hotels |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2022/04/01 |
Activity Date: | 2022/03/30 |
Reviewed by: Karen
A great day trip but a long day. I would recommend that this trip is done ex Hilo as opposed to ex Kona. The lava tube was excellent and exciting to get close to a live volcano. We had a great glow going on the evening we were there. Tour guide was informative and knowledgeable.
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Packages: | Twilight Standard Package with Night Lava Viewing [Temporarily Not Available] |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2022/03/31 |
Activity Date: | 2022/03/29 |
Reviewed by: Mike
Bryce our guide is who made the trip extra special. Great and intelligent conversations. Very informative, and it didn’t hurt that the volcano was fantastic.
For sure your tour will be recommended to anyone that asks!
Good job.
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Packages: | Deluxe Volcano Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2022/03/28 |
Activity Date: | 2022/03/26 |
Reviewed by: Barbara Fleischman
I really enjoyed the tour. Aaron was very pleasant explained what we were seeing and gave sufficient time to enjoy the site. The best for me was the black sand. Prior to this trip I had never heard of black sand or even that it existed. To sum up the tour, I would go again. It was worth the money I paid for it. There is nothing negative that I could find.
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2022/03/27 |
Activity Date: | 2022/03/01 |
Reviewed by: Kara
Beautiful tour of the Big Island of Hawaii! The volcano park is awesome!
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Packages: | Deluxe Volcano Tour |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2022/03/21 |
Activity Date: | 2022/03/20 |
Reviewed by: Kara
I would love to bring my family back on this trip! it was so beautiful
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Packages: | Daytime Standard package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2022/03/10 |
Activity Date: | 2022/03/08 |
Reviewed by: Mary Rossi
The whole tour was well planned out and excuted. Drew was great and in the flow with weather conditions. Hewent above and beyond what he needed to do for all of us. Providing critical information and Hawaian History, mixed in with a little humor. Made it the best tour I have had to date. My grand kids said it was their favorite thing we did on our visit. Ages 11 and 14, you should know we snorkled with a tour. Parasailed and more. So Drew you win the best award from all of us. Thank you for a happy memory weshare and treasure forever.
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2022/03/04 |
Activity Date: | 2022/03/02 |
Reviewed by: Kerry
This tour was perfectly laid out. We covered a lot of territory, but it all went smoothly. The tour included breakfast and lunch, which were both excellent. Loved seeing a coffee plantation, winery, Black San Beach with turtles, the volcano crater, and waterfalls. Our guide, Derek, was incredibly knowledgeable and provided excellent information throughout the day. I highly recommend this tour. I was traveling with a child, and she also enjoyed all our stops.
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2022/03/02 |
Activity Date: | 2022/02/21 |
Reviewed by: Megan
Wow, if only every tour guide held a masters in history and was a native to the area they were leading a tour! Aaron was truly brilliant and super knowledgeable about everything from Hawaiian history to language and culture to geology and astronomy. His easy going personality put the group at ease, and we had fun connecting with the rest of the guests while learning a ton! The day flew by and we would do it all over again. Ask for Aaron!
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2022/02/26 |
Activity Date: | 2022/02/24 |
Reviewed by: Kathryn
We enjoyed our tour and Drew our tour guide was energetic and shared a lot of knowledge with everyone.
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2022/02/23 |
Activity Date: | 2022/02/18 |
Reviewed by: Lleur
This tour was an amazing experience! The drive to Volcano National Park was beautiful and we enjoyed each stop along the way. Viewing the lava field was phenomenal! Our tour guide, Bryce, was a font of knowledge and made the day even more special. Every comfort was thought of from a clean, spacious Mercedes van, to rain jackets and warm parkas. I would do this tour again in a heartbeat!
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Packages: | Deluxe Volcano Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2022/02/08 |
Activity Date: | 2022/02/06 |
Reviewed by: Robert
Adam was a wealth of knowledge and very informative. We used it to get a good overview of the island and were rewarded by the information and the sites we visited. Would highly recommend it to any one - the stories history and places visited were spot on.
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Packages: | Pick-up from Kona Hotels |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2022/02/07 |
Activity Date: | 2022/02/05 |
Reviewed by: Satisfied customer
A wonderful tour. Definitely worth while. Our tour guide, Aaron, was very knowledgeable. Learned so many things. From the coffee making process to the history of King Kamehameha. The night tour of lava view was great. Although you don’t actually see the lava itself you do see the red glow. It was a long day of touring but Aaron made it very enjoyable. Don’t miss the lava tube walk.
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2022/01/29 |
Activity Date: | 2022/01/27 |
Reviewed by: Christine
We really liked the tour, got to see the everything in whole Island that we wanted to see! Robert was our guide and gave us the history of the islands, so knowledgeable and mixed in fun stories! Don’t think we would of seen all of it on our own
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Packages: | Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2022/01/16 |
Activity Date: | 2022/01/14 |
Reviewed by: Zarin Daruwala
The tour was enjoyable due to the guide Adam’s knowledge of horticulture, Hawaii’s history and lots of folklore.
Thanks Adam for a wonderful day spent on the tour!
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Packages: | Pick-up from Kona Hotels |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/12/30 |
Activity Date: | 2021/12/28 |
Reviewed by: Sumi
We will give 5 *****, The tour was amazing. Derrick did an awesome job in keeping us all informed with many details and of course quizzed us as well. It was a fun trip. Thanks for taking care of the special request on our food as well. Food wise- it was very well organized and catered. Breakfast and coffee at the coffee plantation was very apt. Wine tasting and Lunch was very well paired. Snacks and soda at the waterfalls was cool! Raincoats and umbrella was very helpful when it started raining while heading to the volcano view point. Superbly planned and catered to everyone’s needs. We will definitely recommend our friends and family.
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/12/22 |
Activity Date: | 2021/12/20 |
Reviewed by: Lola
The tour was not complete… the main atractive “volvcano park” was terrible… we was there less than 1:30… terrible !!
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/12/21 |
Activity Date: | 2021/12/19 |
Reviewed by: Amanda
Derek had so much knowledge and an amazing personality! He made the tour personal and fun! This tour really takes you through some of the coolest parts of this island. Coffee farms, bakeries, black sand beaches with sea turtles, volcano glow, lava tubes, the most spectacular view of the stars, and so much more. It’s well worth the experience. The food was not so great, but everything else was beyond amazing so it made up for it. 10/10 would recommend this tour!
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/12/02 |
Activity Date: | 2021/11/30 |
Reviewed by: Kevin L.
We had an amazing time on this tour. PJ, our guide, could not have been better. He was so entertaining and informative, and made the whole day fun & interesting. The highlight was getting to see the lava at night - truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Highly recommend!
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Packages: | Deluxe Volcano Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/11/19 |
Activity Date: | 2021/11/11 |
Reviewed by: Mike
Dastan was a wonderful guide, very knowledgeable with a great sense of humor. Had some much knowledge of everything Hawaiian. Enjoyed all parts of the tour, was a long day and glad we were the first stop on returning!!!!
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/11/19 |
Activity Date: | 2021/11/17 |
Reviewed by: Kara
This tour will have you learning so many great things about Big Island. They pushed our tour back a tad but they did this to let us see more of the night lava flow!
There are simply too many good things about this tour - from the stop at Black Sands (breathtaking) to the 3 course dinner that was TO DIE FOR and all local!
I would recommend this to anyone!!
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Packages: | Deluxe Volcano Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/11/08 |
Activity Date: | 2021/11/07 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Sing
The guide was very knowledgeable of the fauna and history of the island. He pointed out things that would have otherwise been overlooked. At the volcano he even setup a telescope for the group to get a closer look. My wife and I really enjoyed the tour.
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Packages: | Twilight Standard Package with Night Lava Viewing [Temporarily Not Available] |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/11/06 |
Activity Date: | 2021/11/04 |
Reviewed by: Jeff Barnes
This was a rally fantastic trip. Be prepared because this trip is over 10 hours. (We ran closer to 11) and requires a lot of walking. That being said, the day was EXCELLENT. Tour guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Would definitely do it again.
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Packages: | Twilight Volcano & Stargazing Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/09/24 |
Activity Date: | 2021/09/22 |
Reviewed by: Keisha
This tour was amazing and worth every penny! We decided to do the circle tour on our first island day as an introduction to the Big Island and we couldn’t be more happy about it. Our guide, Jim was so knowledgeable and had such a soothing voice, his storytelling and information were great. I would recommend this tour to anyone.
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/09/02 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/31 |
Reviewed by: Sujata
Dave was very knowledgeable he picked up on time from airport on time and we could cover entire island on one day very nice lunch and breakfast on time amazing tour
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/08/31 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/29 |
Reviewed by: Deb P
This was a very interesting adventure. Our tour guide, Don, was fantastic. and helped make it a very enjoyable trip. He was very accommodating and made sure we saw as much as time would allow. Very long day but lots of good information and local lure.
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Packages: | Elite Volcano Hike from Hilo Hotels |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/08/30 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/18 |
Reviewed by: Nasreen Kassam
Bryce, our driver, was amazing! Made the tour everything it was. We all enjoyed the amazing tour with friendly employees and clean vehicle.
Thank you!
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/08/28 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/10 |
Reviewed by: Andrea
Bryce was awesome, very knowledgable. We had a big scare about the fire on the way back to the hotel and he was super professional about letting us know what was going on and even offered to stop at a grocery store in case no food options were open in the evening. Highly recommend!
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Packages: | Standard Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/08/07 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/01 |
Reviewed by: Sophia
Pros: It was worthwhile to do this tour to see the entire Big Island all in one day, without having to do any driving. Adam was very informative and shared many Hawaiian mythical stories along the way. Enjoyed the extra stops at the bakery for Malasadas, the driver got us all plain ones, and the fruit stand we stopped at, at the end.
Cons: many errors due to the fact that Veltra books the tour, through the Hawaii Activities, but they don’t run the tour. So the lunch options were not the options listed when we booked. They called to clarify the meals for our group and still got the lunches completely wrong. No chicken on the salads, not enough sandwiches and too many plain veggie salads. Also, we booked a private tour. We booked a private tour. The website said private tour up to 10, we had 9, so we were under the impression we would be the only group on the tour. This was not the case! There was a group of three in the van when it arrived to pick us up. And the other group had much better looking lunches than ours for some reason. Another disappointing thing was that it was rainy and cold for the volcano portion of the tour. Our tour guide informed us that rainy weather is very very common at the volcano park and near Hilo. We were all dressed for warm weather and we were all freezing for a large part of the tour. Our van had 6 rain jackets, but 12 passengers. It would have been very helpful if the person that called to confirm the tour would have told us there is a chance it might be rainy. One last thing, we accidentally left some candy purchases on the tour bus, we called the company, but have not heard back about retrieving these purchases.
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Packages: | Private Tour from Kona/ Kohala (up to 10 passengers) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/08/06 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/04 |
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