Reviewed by: Sarah
Captain Jeff was great. We were a group of 13 including 4 kids. Very safe boat. Saw lots of turtles. Very informative. A must do!
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Packages: | Waikoloa Glass Bottom Boat Cruise |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2018/05/07 |
Activity Date: | 2018/05/04 |
Reviewed by: てるてる
曇天模様は残念でしたが、スタッフが愉快な人で日本語交じりのおしゃべり、とても楽しいひと時でした。
他の方をボートから見ていると速いスピードで上がっていくのでビックリ、しかし実際はスーと上がっていきGも感じずとても気持ちよかったです。
持ち込んだカメラで快く写真も撮っていただき、おススメだと思います。くれぐれもチップは忘れずに!
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Packages: | 【期間限定】早朝割引プラン/高さ120メートル |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/07 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/27 |
Reviewed by: Kevin
Would definitely recommend this activity to do it was amazing the crew were fantastic
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Packages: | BOB's Underwater Scooter Adventure (With Transportation) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/06 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/09 |
Reviewed by: laf3g
Great staff who made the trip lots of fun. Saw tons of turtles, though not a great variety of other fish - but I was there to see turtles, and so I was happy as can be!
Got a little woozy after being out on the ocean, and they immediately recognized it (without me having to say anything!) and offered me a dab of lavendar oil behind my ears/under my nose that cleared it right up.
Overall a great trip, highly recommend!
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Packages: | Snorkel Cruise (100% Capacity) |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2018/05/06 |
Activity Date: | 2018/05/03 |
Reviewed by: tn1327
ボートの上での待ち時間はかなりの揺れで少し辛かったが、パラシュートでふんわりと空の上に上がってからはゆっくり景色を見る事が出来て、空の散歩という表現がぴったりでした。
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Packages: | 1番人気!高さ150メートル<送迎設定保存用> |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/06 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/17 |
Reviewed by: ハワイラブ
雨は止みましたが、雲で風が強く、寒くて凍えそうでした。
寒くて一部参加者はダウンジャケットを着ていました。
風で波が高く、海の水は濁り、透明度はあまりありませんでした。
それとチップはツアー代金に含まれていないので渡すつもりでしたが、
チップの催促がすごくて興醒めしました。
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Packages: | 送迎付きプラン |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/06 |
Activity Date: | 2018/02/26 |
Reviewed by: Danielle Tattam
Incredible, awesome, different and the crew are OUTSTANDING!
My 2nd time, and I brought along 23 people with me and again it was GREAT. All our first timers LOVED it. It was rough seas from a severe storm the two previous days, which affected seeing the crater on the sea floor, but lots of fish were out to play. Saw quite a few turtles too.
All my guests said it was TERRIFIC and they had a ball!!
The crew are always smiling, helpful and FUN!!!
Thanks again guys!!!
Danielle Tattam
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Packages: | BOB's Underwater Scooter Adventure (With Transportation) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2018/05/06 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/16 |
Reviewed by: Diane
Great snorkelling amongst turtles and gorgeous tropical fish. Terrific sailing experience also, with excellent crew onboard. Drinks and snacks available, bring small amount of cash
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Packages: | Snorkel Cruise (100% Capacity) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/06 |
Activity Date: | 2018/05/03 |
Reviewed by: Max
Absolutely fantastic experience. The guys that looked after us were fabulous. Would easily do it again.
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Packages: | BOB's Underwater Scooter Adventure (With Transportation) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/06 |
Activity Date: | 2018/05/03 |
Reviewed by: RIch/Kim
For someone that has never snorkeled or dove before, this was amazing and makes me want to get my diving certification! It was so easy, the crew was great and I just don't have enough words to describe how awesome it was. We saw squid, turtles and loads of colorful fish! I would do this over and over again!
Thanks Taylor for a great day and super photos and videos!
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Packages: | BOB's Underwater Scooter Adventure (With Transportation) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/06 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/26 |
Reviewed by: イケサン
快晴微風、モーターボートでワイキキ沖に向かう時のダイアモンドヘッド、ホテルのタワー群の景色に、気分は盛り上がりました。
参加者は8人で2人づつ大空へ。ボートからテークオーフする時の緊張感が「オーッツ!」、たまらない。それからは夢心地でした。
ちょうど結婚50年の夫婦ですが、まことにいい体験をさせていただきました。スタッフも親切でユーモラスで申し分ありませんでした。150mが一番楽しめそうです。
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Packages: | 1番人気!高さ150メートル<送迎設定保存用> |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2018/05/05 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/10 |
Reviewed by: Rebecca Rogers
Had the best time there was a little to many people in the cage at one time but it was still the most amazing thing I ever got to experenice!I would defefenitly recommend this dive!
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Packages: | Temporarily Unavailable - Shark Cage Dive with Transportation |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2018/05/05 |
Activity Date: | 2018/05/01 |
Reviewed by: サッちゃん
初めてイルカに触れるとあって多少緊張していましたが実際にイルカの顔を近くで見るとすごく可愛いかったです。
イルカと一緒に泳ぐことが出来てとても楽しかったです。
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Packages: | イルカと泳ぐ!ドルフィンスイム・アドベンチャー(~2019年12月31日) |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2018/05/05 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/15 |
Reviewed by: LOIC
Good experience!
Just a little bit disappointed by the tour.
The guides were super nice but late, we stayed one hour at the harbor due to a boat problem. The dinner (Sushis) was too light, we had to share 20 pieces for 4 people. We stayed only 15min in the water swimming with the mantas because we were running out of time due to the delays at the beginning.
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Packages: | Sunset Cruise with Appetizers & Night Manta Ray Snorkel [90 mins] |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/03 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/27 |
Reviewed by: どりあん
外国の方とおんなじ船で映画の気分を味わってるようでした!イルカにも会えました!
ただ波がすごく船が大きく揺れるので私は楽しかったですが酔いやすい方はきついかもしれないです!
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Packages: | 基本プラン(~2020/10/27) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2018/05/02 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/28 |
Reviewed by: Ms. V
This was one of my main reasons for visiting the Big Island and it most definitely did not disappoint!
The crew were fun and informative. The mantas were plentiful.
I didn't realize how close they came up to you.
So beautiful!
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Packages: | Evening Manta Snorkeling Adventure |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/01 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/27 |
Reviewed by: トラベラー
イルカは見る事ができました。
船長さん含む船上クルーの皆さんは、慣れた様子でイルカの群れを見つけ、私達を海に入れてリードしてくれました。沖の方にいるのかと思っていましたが、意外に沿岸部にいて驚きでした。海の中では、シュノーケルのゴーグルを付けていて、look down ! 下見て!の合図で下を見るのですが、真下というよりは、前方で、浅く遠くを見ないとイルカは見えません。そうしている間に何も見えずイルカが去ってしまい、全く見られなかった人達も同じグループには数人いました。
”イルカと一緒に泳げる”とありますが、イルカは決して寄って来てくれるわけではないようです。感覚としては、海の中からイルカの群れを見る...という感じでしょうか。一緒に泳ぐならシーサイドパークの方が確実に楽しめるかと思いました。あと何度も海に入る、船に戻るを繰り返し、船も大きいわけではないので、高齢の方や小さい子供は少し辛いかもしれません。
イルカが終わったら、次は場所を移動してシュノーケリングをします。ここで40-50分過ごしました。滑り台やカヤックを出してくださり、ウミガメを見たりとクルーの皆さんはとても頑張ってくださいました。
最後に、お名前は控えますが送迎から一緒の日本人女性クルーが、とても残念な感じでした。
研修中との事でしたが、たぶんその日が初日だったのでしょうか、説明中は、I don’t know how to say in Japanese ! や、超すごいんでぇ!などとあまり日本人の接客では使わない言葉を連発し、「注意事項のビデオを流すので、よく見てください」と流したものの狭い車内の中で、彼女は先輩クルーやカメラマンに、ご自身の犬や旦那様(一部かなり下品な内容を日本語と英語を混ぜて話されていて不快極まりないです)の話、今日これ終わったらうちに遊びに来ない?などと、積極的に話しかけ、その声が邪魔になりビデオの音声なんて聞こえませんでした。それを注意しない先輩男性クルーもどうなのか...。
そういうお話は業務中でなく、終わっかてからしていただきたかったです。ツアーに参加する日本人は全く英語がわからないと思われているのでしょうが、その日に参加した人達の中で、「あの人、すごい事話してるね...」と顔を見合わせていましたよ。日本人参加者がほとんどのツアーなのですから、もう少し配慮をしていただきたかったです。
トラベラー様、書き込みありがとうございます。ツアー中の新人ガイドの態度につきまして、大変申し訳ありませんでした。またこのような貴重なご報告をいただけたことに感謝しております。さっそく社内で話をさせていただきました。今後は、このようなことがないよう社員教育に力を入れていく所存でございます。
また、イルカにつきましては、野生のイルカなもので、フレンドリーな時もあれば、そうでない時もあり、毎日様々です。ドルフィン&ユーは、エコフレンドリーツアーにも認定されており、野生の生き物たちの邪魔をしないようツアーを行なっております。毎日イルカの状況は、さまざまですが、他にもハワイの自然を存分に楽しんでいただけたらと思い、ツアーに取り組んでおります。
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Packages: | 【期間限定】グループ割引キャンペーン/7:00出港プラン |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2018/05/01 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/07 |
Reviewed by: kana
送迎のドライバーは、とても楽しかったのですが。。
船に一緒に乗ったクルーの人は、あまり話してくれませんでした。下手な片言の英語だったから??
外国の人達だけで盛り上がっていました。
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Packages: | 1番人気!高さ150メートル<送迎設定保存用> |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2018/05/01 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/26 |
Reviewed by: Sherri
We enjoyed this trip. It is only approximately 30 minutes. We were able to see a fair amount of fish and other sea creatures including turtles. The guide was very knowledgeable. However, we seemed to ask the questions or not sure if they would have shared much. That in my opinion should be improved upon.
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Packages: | Waikoloa Glass Bottom Boat Cruise |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/05/01 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/21 |
Reviewed by: アロハマハロ
パラセーリング中に虹も見れて感動!送迎の運転手さんも楽しい人でたくさん笑わせてくれました。自分たちでは写真を撮るのが難しいので、有料だけどお願いすればよかったなーと思いました。
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Packages: | 1番人気!高さ150メートル<送迎設定保存用> |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/04/30 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/24 |
Reviewed by: kazukoba
ふぁあ〜っと上がっていく瞬間から何とも言えない!もちろん初めてなので不安だったけど、一瞬にして快感に変わる。上がってしまうとかなり余裕あるかも…。
ご年配の方にもおすすめできます。
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Packages: | 【期間限定】早朝割引プラン/高さ120メートル |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2018/04/30 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/26 |
Reviewed by: 初ワイハ
合計5組の参加で、それぞれが飛んでる間も付き合うから仕方ないんだけど、もう少し長い時間浮いていたかったなと。
150mをお願いしたけど、他のヒト達との違いがわからないのと、長さを自分たちで測れないので、90mでもよいかもしれない。いづれにしても、スカッとキレイな景色が見える!
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Packages: | 1番人気!高さ150メートル<送迎設定保存用> |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/04/30 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/27 |
Reviewed by: Yすけ
120mの高さを選択して参加しました。
海も街も一望でき、非常に良かったです。
時々、ふわっとした感覚があるのですが、それもスリリングで楽しかったです。しかし、人によっては酔って気分が悪くなる場合があると思いますので、ツアー参加前に酔い止めを飲んでおこくことをお勧めします。
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Packages: | 【期間限定】早朝割引プラン/高さ120メートル |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/04/30 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/25 |
Reviewed by: Krin
we had so much fun - when we were watching from shore the next night we wished we had signed up again. we had one on one with our captain and guide (Justin and Tara) - The other groups were so large there was no way they could have asked questions like we did. Tara worked hard to keep us where viewing was best. Bring your towel but not change of clothes.
Mahalo for selecting Kona Ocean Experience for your manta viewing excursion! It's wonderful to know that you had a fun time and appreciated the small group experience and hard work of our fabulous crew, and tickled to hear that you wished you'd "signed up" again for another trip with us! Hopefully you will have the opportunity to come back someday!
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Packages: | Sunset Cruise with Appetizers & Night Manta Ray Snorkel [90 mins] |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/04/29 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/18 |
Reviewed by: David
This was better than I could imagine. After leaving the shore on a small boat (three crew and four passengers), we passed manta village and went south a bit more to see some historic land with wild goats on it and sat there while the sun set. We had a platter of sushi and grapes, which was delicious.
When the sun set, we went back up and joined the rest of the boats at manta village, and got into the water where we all held a surf board and had floaties under our stomachs. It was all very comfortable, besides the cold, which we had full or short sleeve wetsuits for. The surf board had a nice light on it which attracted plenty of plankton.
We saw two manta rays, Amanda, and I forget the name of the other one. Amanda actually brushed up against my wife twice! (Don't intentionally touch them as I've heard it's a $5000 fine).
After plenty of time in the water, and repeated visits by both manta rays, we headed back to the boat and had some ginger ale on the way back to the dock.
Overall wonderful experience!
Oh, if you're on your honeymoon, make sure your ring fits tightly enough not to fall off in the water! And insure it if it's valuable! Mine slipped off, but thankfully I didn't loose a bunch of money.
Thank you for letting us know about your Sunset/Manta Snorkeling tour with Kona Ocean Experience! We're pleased that you appreciated the small group atmosphere, and enjoyed the sushi and fruit platter. We appreciate you taking the time to write your descriptive review as this lets other folks know what they might expect when going out on our tour. We're especially glad to hear that you had wonderful experience and super close encounters with the mantas, while being mindfully careful not to touch them! Thank you for your warning to others to remove loose jewelry... and although not expensive it's still a "bummer" that you lost your wedding ring. Mahalo again for joining us aboard. Hope you might be able to return for another adventure with KOEX in the future! Aloha!
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Packages: | Sunset Cruise with Appetizers & Night Manta Ray Snorkel [90 mins] |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/04/29 |
Activity Date: | 2018/02/26 |
Reviewed by: Kay
Watching rays swoop in from the darkness was amazing.
Our dive master was well informed and even gave us a great recommendation for a beach to hit the next day.
If I had any quibbles with the excursion is that from the time we left the dock until the time we went back to the dock we were only out for about 1hr and 15 minutes.
We were aware that the excursion had a max time of 2 hrs+ but would have loved to spend more time in the water after sunset and the Rays actually came out.
The excursion was still great though and it’s certainly a recent highlight of wild animal viewing.
Thank you for submitting a review on behalf of Kona Ocean Experience. We're happy to hear that our dive guide provided great information to you regarding the manta rays (as well as a beach recommendation) and that you had an amazing time watching the mantas "in action"! Just so that you (and others) know, our KOEX Sunset/Manta Snorkeling tour is advertised as a 1.5 hour trip (not "2+ hrs") as verified on our website: www.konaoceanx.com. Although a bit shorter than you'd expected, we're glad you felt it was a great excursion and a wild animal viewing "highlight"!
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Packages: | Sunset Cruise with Appetizers & Night Manta Ray Snorkel [90 mins] |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/04/29 |
Activity Date: | 2018/02/10 |
Reviewed by: E. Vega
Friendly staff; great experience!!! I recommend this to anyone!!! I was able to take a bonus flight because someone showed up solo!!! The first time parasailing was scary but the second time up was exhilarating! No more fear after the second time up!!!
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Packages: | Deluxe Flight - 800ft Line (8 min) Early Bird Special |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/04/28 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/25 |
Reviewed by: Lau
Fantastic experience and kids loving it!!!!!!!!!!!
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Packages: | 2.5 Hour Afternoon Premier Cruise with Lunch Buffet & Roast Beef Carving Station |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2018/04/28 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/03 |
Reviewed by: ルイグリ
急に思い立って二日前に申し込みしました。
当日はお天気も良く気持ちよく、クルージングできました。ランチも美味しく満足しました。
クジラは見えなかったですがイルカが見れて息子は大喜びでした。
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Packages: | 通常プラン |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2018/04/28 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/06 |
Reviewed by: luke
直前の予約でしたが無事参加できました。ハネムーンの思い出作りとして参加。高さは150mを選択しました。参加した感想を、一言で表すと"最高!"でした。どんどん高くなってスリルと、景色の良さのどちらも楽しめます。本当におすすめのアクティビティです。送迎ドライバーさんいわく船のキャプテンは"Hawaii No. 1 Captain"ということでしたので、安心して臨めました。また、乗船後すぐの説明では日本語の放送が流れます。スタッフさんたちもカタコトですが、日本語で説明を加えてくれます。陽気なスタッフさんたちで、初めから終わりまで特に不安に思った点はなかったです。写真撮影は、初めにお願いすると撮ってくれます。SDカードでの受け取りで$30です。終了後に写真を見せてくれて、気に入った場合に購入という形になります。午後の開始だと時間帯によっては逆光になり、写真が少し暗くなる場合があります。最後に着水してから船に戻りますが、場合によってはかなり濡れます。私たちは上下しっかり濡れました。チップは1人あたり$10〜20でした。素晴らしい体験ができました。
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Packages: | 1番人気!高さ150メートル<送迎設定保存用> |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/04/28 |
Activity Date: | 2018/04/25 |
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Aloha Rebecca! It's so great to hear you had an amazing experience! Many thanks for the recommendation, we hope to see you again for another Shark dive!