Reviewed by: Ivonne and Gus
My husband and I were doing our 1 year anniversary during this trip. The crazy early hour was insane but well worth it. It was beautiful watching the sun rise as someone sang a native song. Our tour guide was amazing always had some new fact or funny story to say. He had us laughing quite a bit. Especially his jokes that would catch us off guard through the drive. "Men are from Mars women are from Visa" still makes me giggle. Now my husband is telling that to everyone! The breakfast was good at a local golf course. I'd go again only for our driver I think he was the best part of the entire tour. He was worth every penny. A great tour guide makes all the difference. Thank you!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/14 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/10 |
Reviewed by: Emma from Australia
We are both very experienced travellers who have attended many many tours all over the world, but in my opinion, this tour was the best! Both Amy and Zook were tremendious tour guides who really knew their stuff. It was great having the jeep as it was only my partner and I on the tour. We visited iconic filming locations all over the island. Then we met 'Duke' who was the most genuine person I have probably ever met. It was an honor to meet him and a real highlight of the tour. Then... Amy took us to where they were filming that day!!! What an experience! We got to stand and watch them film for nearly 45 mins! Amy went above and beyond to give us the best Hawaii Five O experience and overall the tour was just amazing!! Cant wait to come back again and go on the Super Fan tour!
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Packages: | 50% Discount Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/13 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/03 |
Reviewed by: Grace S
This was a truly awesome experience. We had Sam as a driver and he was totally great. He navigated traffic well and all of his narrating was necessary, funny and enjoyable.
We had a slight problem in that we missed our pick up (oops!) but the company was helpful and told us where to go to get another pick up.
We did some bike riding in the morning, saw Pipeline and had a great time. In the afternoon we tried SUP and saw turtles! It was a fully awesome experience. So good getting out and SEEING the North Shore, not just taking pictures of it.
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/12/12 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/09 |
Reviewed by: Richard Sol
Fantastic Tour. Our Guide was excellent, trained us well and the tour of the gardens went very well. She was very knowledgeable and informative. Looking forward to a return visit soon.
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Packages: | Mala Pua Garden & Rain Forest Tour [90 minutes] |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/11 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/16 |
Reviewed by: Emi
We loved this tour, was fantastic!
It was a perfect way to know more about Hawaii!!!
Our guides were the best!
All in these tour is perfect and highly recommended!
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Packages: | Kualoa Mountain Biking (with Transportation from Waikiki) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/11 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/10 |
Reviewed by: Pattye
This was a wonderful tour. Jessie was our driver and he was more than excellant. He was very knowledgable. He knew tons of facts about the history of the island. It was well worth spending a day to do this tour. I now know of some "secret" LOL places to go next time I am there. Jessie made the tour interesting. We ended up seeing him the next day at the Polynasian Culture center and he came over to us to say hi. Thanks Jessie for the fantastic day!
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Packages: | Arizona Memorial & Circle Island Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/09 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/20 |
Reviewed by: heartinhawaii
This tour was absolutely fantastic. My wife and I are die-hard Hawaii 5-0 fans and had so much fun on this tour. Our tour guide Amy was extremely knowledgeable of the island and the show itself. One of the main checkpoints that we wanted to see was McGarrett's house and right off the bat she got us over there to see the picture perfect house that is so often shown on TV. In addition to that we got to tour the inside of the house and meet the wonderful owners who allowed us in and were extremely welcoming.
Among the other highlights of the tour that we enjoyed were seeing Kona and Chin Ho's house, and multiple scene locations from across the first couple seasons. Although we were unable to meet any of the characters Amy tried her hardest to get us to them and the extra effort was greatly appreciated.
Besides the locations that we saw, Amy's knowledge of the show itself gave us further insight to the characters and how the show operates on a day to day basis.
We would recommend this tour to anyone who loves the show and wants to get a better understanding of how the show and the island are connected.
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Packages: | 50% Discount Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/08 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/04 |
Reviewed by: Sherry Femia
This tour is a must if you are a true Hawaii Five-O fan! Our tour guide Amy was amazing to say the least. She had 1st hand information on the production and actors and actresses along with film locations. I think that's what made the tour so special that we had a guide who knew so much about the show...not just a person who researched the show online or watched it on tv and can drive you around to various locations but someone who can tell you about the show as someone who interacts with the people on the show and the producers. She was just so sweet with my niece who is 8 years old, my sister who is 22, and my husband. Before taking the tour I did some research to see where we might go and #1 on my list was Steve McGarrett's house. Who doesn't love seeing it come up in the show with the beach in front and who doesn't want to sit in those Adirondack type chairs and just sip a glass of wine after a hard day at work. Well...we went to McGarrett's house and met the real home owners who were just the sweetest people in the world. They welcomed us in and treated us just like we were family. In fact they even said "a hui hou" as we left..until we meet again. At each site we watched a film clip of a scene at that location to remind us of what happened there if we didn't immediately realize it. We also saw Chin Ho Kelly's house and Kono's house. Along with that was a drive by of Dano's ex-wife and daughters house...which is currently up for rent. Any takers? We visited McGarrett's father's cemetery site where he met Ellie recently. Of course I had to mention how much I love Michelle Borth and want her and McGarrett to end up together. She's just so kick butt but loving at the same time. We are already planning another trip out in September and can't wait to do the Sunset on the Beach!! Definitely take this tour as a fan. It will not disappoint. PS next time I want McGarrett to drive our Jeep! :)
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Packages: | 50% Discount Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2014/12/08 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/04 |
Reviewed by: Bianca
Driver was fantastic. Got us in early which worked out as the tours were shut due to wind after ours. Had a lot to show us around town as well.
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Packages: | Deluxe Arizona Memorial, USS Battleship Missouri & Historical City Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/08 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/29 |
Reviewed by: Letitia
So we got up at 2am to get ready to get our bus. We took the bus up the mountain. We arrived and stepped off the bus to like 40 degrees!! 40 degrees in Hawaii? Yes when you are 10,000 feet up!! Duh!! Forgot my jacket but bought some souvenir sweatshirts in the visitor center :) so remember your jacket.
We stood and watched the sunrise and it was worth being cold for an hour. What an experience. Will do it again for sure!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/12/07 |
Activity Date: | 2014/08/14 |
Reviewed by: Suri
This truly was the best tour ever. Had a little bit of confusion as to where the bus was going to pick us up, but a quick call to customer service cleared everything up.
Can't say enough about Ernal, our tour guide. Super friendly, knowledgeable and over all great guy. During our tour he was teaching us Hawaiian words and very interesting facts about Hawaii. His stories were funny and kept us to schedule.
You really should do this tour!
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/04 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/28 |
Reviewed by: Suji choi
It Was great time and all of steffs are very kind and friendly.
If u are foreigner , do not worry about language problem because they could be speak your language who work in PCC.
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Packages: | Islands of Polynesia Admission & "HĀ: Breath of Life" Evening Show Package |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2014/12/04 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/01 |
Reviewed by: Anu
This was one of the best tour at Maui. The tour is very informative with respect to the history of pineapple in Hawaii. The guide provided us so much of information and was very good. The tour includes trip to the Maui Gold pine apple processing plant and also to the place where pineapple are actually grown. We got to taste the great Maui gold pineapples and also got to take one home for each one of us. The tour begins at a place which is so cool, got some wonderful pictures at this place.
Overall, it was a tour beyond my expectation. My kids loved it . My son who does not like pineapple started eating pineapple after this tour.
It is a tour which should NOT be missed when you are at Maui
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Packages: | 2-for-1 Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2014/12/04 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/25 |
Reviewed by: Vish
This was one of the tour which brought in pleasant surprise . The tour guide Steve was very courteous and started the tour on time. We got to see the Maui Gold factory where they are processed and packed. Free pineapple for each participant was awesome ! Then the guide took us to the farm where the pineapple are actually grown . The farm is so beautiful, we got a chance to look at pineapple in various stages . The guide,Steve, helped us taste pineapple and showed us 3 different varieties of them . On the way back we learnt many things about pineapple and sugar cane .
I would recommend this tour for everyone , specially for the group with children.
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Packages: | 2-for-1 Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2014/12/04 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/25 |
Reviewed by: Kevin
Excellent service. Made the start of trip great. Would recommend this to anyone wanting some special treatment.
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Packages: | Classic Orchid Lei |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/30 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/05 |
Reviewed by: ELEN
it was indeed an amazing experience! we visited most important sights without spending a fortune! Excellent!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2014/11/29 |
Reviewed by: yoko
女性1人で参加しました。
元々日本語ツアー希望で申し込んでいたのですが、人数が揃わず不催行となり直前で急遽このツアーに変更しました。(カウアイ島はアメリカ本土やカナダ等からの観光客が多く、滞在中ほとんど日本人に会いませんでした)
当日の参加者は私以外全員英語圏の方で年配のご夫婦や友達同士が多かったです。車内は当然オール英語で、女性ガイド(兼ドライバー)さんが車窓に見える景色や植物、カウアイ島の歴史について、時にジョークを交えながら楽しくお話しして下さいます。ガイドブックや地図を持参するとより理解が深まって楽しめると思います。車の乗り心地も快適で、ウトウトしてしまうほどでした。
全参加者のピックアップを終えると、古き良き風情の残るオールドタウンを抜け、日系人経営のお土産屋さんでトイレ休憩(15分)を取っていざ出発! 途中右手にさとうきび列車(?)が見えたり町並みを楽しんでいると、車は次第に山合いへ。。
ワイメアキャニオンに到着! 目の前に広がる緑と赤土の山々は壮観です‼︎ 空気も澄んでいて清々しい気持ちになります。(…しかしここで30分の自由時間は持て余してしまったので20分あれば十分ですね)
次に訪れたのはカウアイコーヒーショップ。コーヒーの芳ばしい香り漂う店内にはお土産コーナー・カフェ・試飲コーナーがあり、ここは15分では足りずもっとゆっくりしたかったです。
続いてゴルフ場内にあるレストランでランチタイム(40分)。開放的な造りになっているので、青い空と太陽・爽やかな風を感じながらのランチはとても気持ちが良かったです。
メニューはハンバーガーやサンドウィッチ等が中心で、ガイドさんいわく「ココナッツクリームパイ」が美味しいんだとか。ただ、大人数での利用なので早くオーダーしないとなかなか料理が来ません。私はわずか10分しか食べる時間がなく、半分残す羽目になりました…(泣)
続いてポイプの潮吹き岩に立ち寄り(15分)、車はワイルア方面へ。オパエカア滝を見学した後、ワイルア川クルーズ&シダの洞窟へ。カヤックを漕ぐ人々とすれ違いながら遊覧船で川を上って行きます。そして船着場で船を降り、ジャングルの中を少し歩くと森の奥から歌声が。。ハワイアンミュージックの生演奏に迎えられ、シダの洞窟に到着です! 森の中のプライベート空間といった感じで、神秘的な雰囲気に包まれながらミュージシャンとダンサーによるパフォーマンスとちょっとしたセレモニーを楽しみます。帰りの船の中でもパフォーマンスは続き、盛り上がりのうちにフィナーレを迎えます。
このように見所満載のツアーですので、初めてカウアイ島を訪れる方・レンタカーを借りていない方には特におすすめしたいです。
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2014/11/28 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/13 |
Reviewed by: Dave
Purchased leis in advance of our trip to Honolulu. The representative met us at the gate with a clearly legible sign, two beautiful leis, and was very kind and professional. Highly recommend !
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Packages: | Classic Orchid Lei |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/11/27 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/23 |
Reviewed by: James
We were out in Honolulu on our first trip to Hawaii. My girlfriend and I purchased the Small Group Circle Island, Waipio Valley & Volcanoes National Park out of quite a few similar guided tours around the Big island. It was a fun experience that helped us learn quite a lot about the Big Island, geographic facts, ancient legends, etc. This drive is about 10 hours or so and is on and off the beaten path. Different from Honolulu and Oahu, this mostly rural island has its own culture, farmers’ markets, tropical rain forests, and black, green, and white sand beaches. Our tour guide was awesome (and I totally forgot his name) and a great story teller. He was punctual in picking us up from the Kona airport. Although the weather didn't really cooperate that particular day, it was rain and cold, our tour guide made it fun with providing us all kinds of great information as well as a really smooth ride. It was obvious he loves what he does and where he lives. The sights and landscapes were incredible - black, green and white sand beaches, lava fields, waterfalls, etc. Our approximately 250 miles tour (long but fascinating) touched at first the Parker Ranch in Waimea the bay-side town of Hilo and an orchid nursery. We stopped at the Waipio Valley Lookout, a must see location. The lookout offers sweeping views of the valley, which is breathtakingly beautiful even though the weather was very cloudy and it probably took away from the experience. We stopped at the Mauna Loa a macadamia farm and packaging place for lunch and snacks. We stopped at the Rainbow Falls very close to Hilo. It is a shorter visit with great photo ops. An absolutely fabulous view and yes, we did see a rainbow. At the Volcano National Park we saw smoke but no lava flows from the viewing area but walked through a lava tube. The black sand beach is one that is different to anything else we saw so far. We counted 12 turtles resting on the beach. My girlfriend and I highly recommend this guided tour.
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Packages: | 2-for-1 Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/26 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/19 |
Reviewed by: Steve
Had a great day especially enjoyed the visit to Steve Mcgarrett's house thanks again to the owners for their hospitality.
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Packages: | 50% Discount Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/25 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/19 |
Reviewed by: ArlingtonTim
We arranged for a lei greeting at Honolulu airport - unfortunately, our flight from San Francisco was canceled. In the rush to get onto the next flight (which was within an hour of our cancelation) we forgot to inform Veltra about our flight change. When we landed in Honolulu (around 11 pm) we left a voice mail at their office - the next day they called me and then delivered 3 beautiful and fresh orchid leis (nicely packaged) to our hotel. They went above and beyond to help start a GREAT vacation. Thank you!
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Packages: | Classic Orchid Lei |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/11/25 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/01 |
Reviewed by: Allen
On time pick up and drop off, great friendly driver(Patrick) well done, very organised trip great value. Recommended.
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Packages: | Deluxe Arizona Memorial, USS Battleship Missouri & Historical City Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/22 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/30 |
Reviewed by: AJ - Melbourne
Had Justin as the guide. Very very good - he made the trip!
Think he managed to talk the entire day(!) and added a lot of interesting and useful information throughout. Wife wanted to try the Shrimp Trucks, so that was her highlight, I wanted to see the large surf, so all-in-all, satisfied all our wants. Highly recommended.
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Packages: | Standard |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/17 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/13 |
Reviewed by: Sue and Ted.........
Was an excellent day well spent. Juan was an exceptional guide providing interesting insight. Timing was superb and food was exceptional. Well worth the money.Juan made it so,
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/15 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/10 |
Reviewed by: Tim
Absolutely fantastic. Make sure you dress warm, but well worth it. Being above the clouds was cool
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/12 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/09 |
Reviewed by: kejico
We enjoyed this hike very much. The shuttle pick up from our hotel was great, as we did not have a rental car. The driver was kind and helpful, even though we did have trouble understanding him at times. He was on time for pick up at our hotel and on time for pick up after the hike. We would recommend this tour!
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Packages: | Diamond Head Crater Trail Hike |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/10 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/25 |
Reviewed by: Pae
Great day out with the family. Fantastic entertainment and food.
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Packages: | Alii Luau Dinner Buffet Package & All Day Admission (Self-Guided) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/11/10 |
Activity Date: | 2014/09/25 |
Reviewed by: gracie0413
Very interesting tour..definitely worth the money and time! Very knowledgeable and friend tour guide too!
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Packages: | Pineapple Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/09 |
Activity Date: | 2014/07/09 |
Reviewed by: Dave Rabl
The battleship Missouri Memorial @ Pearl Harbor is a not to be missed experience. From the sheer size of the ship to the complexity of its workings, to the knowledgeable and competent guides and the great historical presence of the vessel, this is an experience like no other I have enjoyed. It would be easy just to marvel at the size and power of the ship but it also forces you to take pause and wonder at human ingenuity and capacity to create truly awesome weapons of war when the need arises. I heartily recommend this visit as a highlight of my time in Honolulu.
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Packages: | General Admission: Self-Guided Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/08 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/14 |
Reviewed by: Mervyn Dale
Enjoyed experience, but don't leave anything on the bus.
Our driver Patrick said it would be OK to leave items on bus during tour, because he would lock up the bus, but failed to tell us that he would go back to the city to return other guests on the shorter tour and return for us later, hence my wife's pink shawl went missing
Not happy wife
Mervyn Dale, Windsor Canada
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Packages: | Deluxe Arizona Memorial, USS Battleship Missouri & Historical City Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/08 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/17 |
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Aloha AJ,
Thank you so much for the great review. Justin and all our guides are the best in Oahu, and we are so glad you got to experience the North Shore guided by his passion and knowledge. I will pass your kind words on to him. Our guides love hearing that they were able to share the aloha spirit with our guests, and show visitors to our island a great time.
Mahalo Nui Loa,
Oahu Nature Tours Management