Reviewed by: Bob,Rosie, Edwin,Kay
Gus was our driver and we are glad. There were 4 of us and we all appreciate the safe driving because this road can be treacherous.
It was a long day and Gus kept us entertained all day with knowledge about every part of the trip. We went places where we would not have imagined there would bevsomething to see and Viola, more Paradise. We saw sea turtles sleeping on the beach, many waterfalls, an upclose tour of an area where the portuguese workers had built a giant cross in tribute to the beautiful island.
We are so glad we booked this intimate trip instead of a big bus full of people.
Thank you Gus.
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Packages: | All The Way Around - From West Maui (11 Hours) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2015/05/30 |
Activity Date: | 2015/05/09 |
Reviewed by: ccummins11
The guides for both the road to hana and the helicopter were wonderful. They really made the trip a million times better.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/05/13 |
Activity Date: | 2015/04/11 |
Reviewed by: Jana Killion
What a great time! Sam our driver was very informative and most of all entertaining. He kept us in stitches throughout the tour. Such beautiful views and botanicals.
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/04/15 |
Activity Date: | 2015/04/09 |
Reviewed by: Dave
It's by far the best way to see the hidden beauty of Maui and let everyone experience the awesome sights the road to Hana has to offer.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/03/21 |
Activity Date: | 2015/03/18 |
Reviewed by: Judy
I loved this trip. The helicopter pilot was excellent and we saw inside of the Haleakala Crater. Then onto our van ride from Hana back to the airport. I have always wanted to see Hana and never made it there on my own. This was a great way to go with someone else doing the driving.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2015/02/17 |
Activity Date: | 2015/02/14 |
Reviewed by: Jesper
The scenery along Road to Hana is nice, it's an impressive ride. We got to stop where possible, and the driver tried to add some little spots here and there for quick extra photo opportunities.
I was most impressed with the final part of the road that nobody seems to mentions: the part after the Seven Pools which goes through the barren drier south side of the Haleakala. I liked this scenery a lot!
Be aware: if you want to stay on a budget: lunch is very expensive at the chosen restaurant. I brought my own lunch, which turned out to be the right choice.
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2015/02/09 |
Activity Date: | 2015/01/18 |
Reviewed by: Hanlu
Attended the 7am tour: first van, then helicopter. We were paired with another family of three.
Beautiful scenery, articulate tour guide named Sue, delicious and filling light lunch, and the helicopter ride was unsurprisingly a treat (lasted around 20-30 min). See my photos of both the Road to Hana van ride and helicopter ride for reference. The best is going into the sky on a partially overcast day, because the pilot will take you cloud-surfing.
The whole tour lasted around four hours.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/01/17 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/27 |
Reviewed by: vigi
Beautiful scenery!Scary to navigate on the road, but definetly but definitely worth the trip. Going solo is not a problem.
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Packages: | Island Air |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2015/01/07 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/21 |
Reviewed by: Carol
Coming down the back side of Hana is ever so much prettier than going up, and much more challenging.
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2014/11/08 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/05 |
Reviewed by: Dave A
excellent tour, our luxury van tour giude,Kelly,was excellent. I highly recommend asking for him if doing the tour. He was extremely knowledgeable, friendly and catered to our needs.The helicopter tour was great. Justin was our pilot and he was excellent. The weather wasn't great so we didn't get to see the volcano. I would do a longer helicopter tour next time, it was amazing.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/02 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/15 |
Reviewed by: JBR
The trip was truly amazing! We love nature, so we truly enjoyed the trip. Our guide was very knowledgeable. The road was narrow and sometimes scary, but our driver was very skilled and careful. Highly recommended!
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/10/20 |
Activity Date: | 2014/09/27 |
Reviewed by: Ozzie's Mom
I will be forever grateful that a friend talked me out of renting a car and driving the Road to Hana. We are not spring chickens and weren't sure how we would like a helicopter trip to Hana with a road trip back to the cruise port in a 6-passenger luxury van. We knew we didn't want to do a 12-hour bus ride (cruise excursion) but we didn't want to miss Hana.
THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT!
We thoroughly enjoyed the helicopter flight to Hana and were able to see from the air the majesty of the island which would not have been as apparent from the land. Then we had a delicious lunch on the beach (provided by our tour guide, Surfer Sue) and experienced in all it's surface beauty, the road to Hana. There is no way we could have enjoyed this nearly as much had we driven both directions and certainly not at all had I decided to drive it myself. Sue taught me more about Hawaiian native flora and fauna than I would have learned in weeks on my own.
Because we wanted to make so many photo stops on the way back to port, we returned later than expected. Sue was kind enough to call the folks at Blue Hawaii Helicopters and ask them to send some articles we had purchased that morning and left behind at the shop for convenience sake, to us at the cruise port. No worries!
We could not have enjoyed this excursion any better than we did! Above and beyond treatment at every turn. Highly recommend for all ages.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/10/03 |
Activity Date: | 2014/09/21 |
Reviewed by: Red Headed Sister's
The day was awesome. Could not have been better! Our driver and guide were excellent. Would highly recommend this tour
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/09/16 |
Activity Date: | 2014/09/13 |
Reviewed by: kmc6889
My husband and I were on our honeymoon and we had a great time doing the Road to Hana and helicopter tour combo! Although the helicopter tour was shorter than we expected about 30 minutes, we saw many beautiful views and waterfalls! Our pilot was great and informative! We landed at the Hana airport and took the road "leaving" Hana for our tour so we did things a little backwards. Our driver, I believe his name was Kelly or Kerry, was awesome! A Hawaiian native and had tons of knowledge of the area and was very pleasant, friendly, accommodating, and informative. The drive back was long, but with stops a long the way it made it go fast! We stopped at several places on the Road to Hana including waterfalls, volcanic beaches, and shoppes. We were very glad we did this tour and would highly recommend if you rather have someone else drive the Road to Hana (it is a very narrow and twisty road!) It was nice that both my husband and I could enjoy the views and not have to worry about concentrating on driving.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/07/31 |
Reviewed by: Monica
The drive was beautiful. Our driver was very knowledgable and made sure we were able to stop and take pics along the way. He took care of our every need. Lunch was amazing! Our flight back to the heliport was great. Unfortunately, it was a little cloudy and we didn't get to see as much as I would have liked. Also, our video only recorded 2 minutes of our flight. That was a bummer. I would definitely recommend this trip.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/07/30 |
Activity Date: | 2014/07/11 |
Reviewed by: Steven Del Rio
Enjoyed Wayne's, (the driver)knowledge of Maui & ability to navigate smoothly the route to Hana. Spectacular view of the crater was well worth the experience. Wouldn't hesitate to endorse this activity. Aloha
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/07/21 |
Activity Date: | 2014/07/17 |
Reviewed by: KHansen
We had a nice time - some surprises at the end made the drive worth it. Enjoyed the lunch and the helicopter ride as well. Beautiful scenery. Learned a lot about Maui's vegetation, very knowledgeable driver. Only reason I didn't give it the highest rating is that we were expecting to swim in waterfalls or wading pools (the seven pools?). Didn't see the seven pools and the waterfalls were not accessible (and would have been too cold anyway).
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/04/28 |
Activity Date: | 2014/04/22 |
Reviewed by: Ron
Had a great time.would not want to drive myself. Well worth it to have someone else drive. Too much to see along the way.the driver Tom was very good. Would recommend the trip to anyone.
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/04/18 |
Activity Date: | 2014/04/14 |
Reviewed by: Joan S
Breath taking views of Maui in the helicopter. Also on the van ride back we had some great photo stops. The trip was memorable and stress free. I would recommend it in a heart beat.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/04/12 |
Activity Date: | 2014/04/09 |
Reviewed by: MJ Wolf
I went on the afternoon excursion. Haleakalā was not visible because of clouds that had come in, but the pilot had said there was good visibility that morning. Instead we spent more time getting wonderful close ups of magnificent waterfalls. The helicopter was beautiful and only 4 weeks old. Blue Hawaiian staff were great. The second half of the trip was the luxury van along the road to Hana, this van had only 6 passengers which made for a nice intimate trip. Our driver Kelly, was fantastic, knowing the road very well, as he has been driving it on excursions for over 20 years. We stopped places most do not get to see. I highly recommend this trip and it was one of the highlights on this trip.
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Packages: | Morning Tour |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2013/10/03 |
Activity Date: | 2013/09/30 |
Reviewed by: Moe
The trip was very educational. Black sand beach was amazing as well as the sacred pools. However the ride had so many twist. Due to traffic, we only had an average of 10 seconds to take pics from within the bus which by the way you'll be spending 98% of the time on. Twisting roads, all day on a bus, and short times at the main area like black sand beach we wanted to see made this a 3 star out of 5.
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Packages: | Standard Hana Adventure Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/08/30 |
Activity Date: | 2013/08/28 |
Reviewed by: Joanne
Our guide Ed was very informative throughout the tour. I would recommend taking a tour rather than driving it, the bus drivers know the roads well so you feel safe. Other people have mentioned it was a bumpy ride but i didnt think so. There is nothing much in Hana itself, its more the journey getting there, great scenery...
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/08/24 |
Activity Date: | 2013/08/15 |
Reviewed by: Maryann
You will not regret a single moment on this tour. The views are breathtaking, and amazing to experience. Waterfalls, exotic flowers, rainforests, trees, turquoise waters, and those cliffs and one lane bridges! Beautiful. I traveled with my husband, little girl, my mom and mother in law. We took with us many happy memories on this tour. A must see!
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Packages: | Gold Package with Lunch |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/07/12 |
Activity Date: | 2013/07/03 |
Reviewed by: Maillee
Great tour. So glad we did this tour as we saw some stunning places.
Our tour guide Di was great and very informative. I would definitley reccommend this tour to others.
Thanks for a great Tour :)
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/12/03 |
Reviewed by: Doke
ハナへの運転はとっても大変だと聞いていたのでこのツアーを選びました。車は座席が広々としてとても快適で、運転もとても丁寧だったので酔ったりは全くありませんでした。
ハナは手つかずの自然の美しさ神秘さがありました。
Lava Yube探検や熱帯雨林の植物、海もまた感じが違うのでとても感動しました。
ツアーに参加する前日まで英語のツアーだと知らなくてドキドキでしたが、韓国のご夫婦、エルサルバドル出身のロス在住の親子と私と娘でしたので 和気あいあいと楽しく1日過ごすことができました。
水着を着てきましたが、海も洞窟内の水もちょっと怖くて入ることはできませんでしたが、水遊び程度なら楽しめると思います。
最後に、Mr.Wayne,Thank you for taking care of us.
We had a very good time indeed!
See you next time
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2012/08/02 |
Reviewed by: Stephanie
Our tour guide was very informative and fun to talk to. We saw some great views and had a fun time on the helicopter ride. The best wat to see Hana!!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/06/12 |
Reviewed by: Gerry, UK
A wonderful trip brilliantly organised. Gives ample opportunity to view the beautiful island of Maui. As we have always found with all the trips, the tour guide is superb, giving us plenty of information about the island and providing lots of stops so that we can enjoy the beauty of our surroundings. A long day but well worth it.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/06/04 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
This tour was so cool I honestly can't decide which part of the two I liked better, the helicopter flight or the drive along the road to hana. Both were such once in a lifetime experiences, i really don't know how I am gonna top a tour like this on my next vacation anywhere. really enjoyed both of them, and would do them BOTH again in a heartbeat. Maui is so pretty, and being able to see it from the air and on ground really gave a great diverse perspective of just how great this island really is. thanks alot
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2011/07/20 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
Underground cave exploring on this tour made me seriously feel like I was some scientist sent to uncover hidden secret mystical wonders of the unknown world! I felt chills being there, it was so cool!
The road to Hana was as gorgeous as I had read it was, and the ride was nice and smooth and comfortable. Overall a rockin' tour!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2011/07/19 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
I could not have imagined how beautiful Maui was going to be! The entire day felt magical...like I had stepped into a completely different world somehow. My boyfriend felt the same way. The guide was really up on all the facts that we would want to know as tourists not being from there...and she made it a fun day, not boring or overly talkative like some tours we have been on either.
We are already decided that we WILL be coming back to Maui on our honeymoon, and driving the road to Hana as husband and wife...we loved it THAT much! Thanks for a great day.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/07/16 |
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We're always happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour experience, Steven, but it's even more wonderful to know that you left having gained so much knowledge about Maui! We'll certainly pass along your praises to Wayne, and we hope you'll consider joining us for another adventure someday. Many thanks for the fabulous review and your recommendation.
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Dave and Kathy Campbell
Temptation Tours' Owners