Lots of bad reviews about this activity can only mean they were written by people having much too high of expectations of what Lanai is about. Lanai City is probably one of the smallest in America, on a remote island with only 3 main rds - all others being only tracks in the sand/dirt/mud. THERE IS ONLY 1 RENTAL CO & 1 GAS STN, and of course they are expensive (imagine the costs of repairs after tourists wreak havoc on those 4x4s). However, we met the rental owner & he was so down to Earth w/ a lot of Aloha!! Told us not to worry about scratches, just bring her back in 1 piece. We got a soft top & took the top down (have them do it for you if you're unfamiliar). Our jeep was dirty & beat up (inside & out), but I expected that, & you see why after being on those trails! We minded our P's & Q's w/ the locals & the mud, & we did not have to pay extra for cleaning/traffic tickets/towing. We got DIRTY, TAN & WINDBLOWN, but the landscapes & wildlife were amazing... we experienced RAW HAWAII at its best! WORTH EVERY PENNY!!
So, if you come, have respect & Aloha for this place & its people. Keep your expectations realistic. Get the hard top if you don't want to get as dirty or as sun worn... soft top if you want the real experience! Helps to have a driver with 4x4 experience (maybe some mechanical too). **A 6:45a departure / 4:30 return gives you appx 9a-3p in a jeep. If you need more time, request the last ferry. But, be on time for the shuttle, or you'll be paying to stay at the Four Seasons & for morning ferry tickets! Again, it's just about having respect for where you are!
Most dirty fun we've ever had! You are paying for the experience, NOT LUXURY, and it's worth every single penny!! Aloha Lanai... be back soon!
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Activity Date: | 2014/10/10 |
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ツアー会社の方が何より素晴らしかったです。我々ゲストを楽しませるために、色々ご尽力していただきました。他のツアー会社では得ることの出来ない体験をさせて頂いてとても良かったです。
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Activity Date: | 2014/10/11 |
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I booked the west side snorkel safari online and was initially booked into the wrong time slot due to a glitch in the system. This wasn't a big deal. They were very helpful in sorting this out and assured me that they were working on fixing the glitch. The morning of the tour however, I took a taxi out to the meeting point only to be told that the trip was canceled due to high winds (it seemed calm to me, but I'm not an experienced ocean kayaker) $55 later I was back where I started. To be fair, they did try to phone me, but I did not have my phone turned on because I was trying to avoid roaming charges. I do not feel that one attempted phone call is sufficient customer service. I would have appreciated an email (this is how I had been communicating with the company from the beginning). I would suggest that anyone booking a similar tour contact the office before you leave in the morning to confirm that it will proceed as scheduled.
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I was confused as to where my shuttle would pick me up after being told by the tour bus driver on drop off at the parking lot near the car rental booths that this is where I would be picked up after returning my rental car a few days later. I was glad I checked to find out that a mini shuttle would instead pick me up at the front of the baggage area.
Less confusion would have been avoided if I were given instructions when I made my reservation.
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Activity Date: | 2014/10/05 |
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全く英語力がないものの「英語ガイド」に参加して
初めは、不安もあったが
車内の案内は、ほぼ分からなくても
なんとなく時間は、分かるもの!!
山頂での軽食も温かい飲み物もあって嬉しかったし
やや雲が多めだったけど、サンライズも見れたし
ゴルフ場での朝食も美味しく頂きました(グアバジュースは、氷で薄まりすぎ!)
朝食も3種から選べる。
再確認の電話が、飛行機の延着により19:30を過ぎたが
用紙には、23時までOK!とか書いてあったが
電話したら、19時終了!と言われた・・・あせったけど
当日、なんの問題も無く参加できた。
山頂よりも行きのバスの中の寒さに閉口!
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Activity Date: | 2014/10/03 |
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夫婦で参加しました。
日本語スタッフのみほさんのケアもあって、日本語のほぼ使えないマウイでも当日困るようなことはまったくないでしょう。
基本みほさん以外のスタッフさんは英語オンリーですが、非常に気さくで、こちらを気遣ってくれますし(仕事なので当然かもしれませんが)こちらを楽しませようと努力してくれているのはかなりの好感が持てます。
参加当日は晴天に恵まれ、モロキニ島でのシュノーケル、スヌーバ共に最高の透明度でした。
とくにスヌーバは潜水時の耳抜きが問題ない方には是非にもとおススメするくらいです。
ただ、モロキニ島の次のポイント(海亀観察ができるらしい)については、前日までの天候次第で透明度が足りなかったりすると中止です。(説明文にもある)
私たちもそちらは残念ながら中止になってしまい、最初とほぼ同じポイントでのシュノーケルタイムになりました。
私たち以外の日本人客はほかに2組ありましたが、当然といえば当然か、そのかたがたとはあまり絡みませんでした。むしろ外国人の方々が非常に気さくで、そちらと仲良くなったくらいです。
総括としては、非常に楽しい思い出になりましたし、なによりお昼のチーズバーガーは絶品です。
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Activity Date: | 2014/10/01 |
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Local company with lots of Aloha. On time.Friendly.
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Activity Date: | 2014/10/08 |
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母のかねてからの願いもあり、クルーズ中に停泊したマウイ島で星空観測ができるツアーを探していました。
後で気づいたのですが、ガイドの山Pさんはるるぶに掲載されていました!
カフルイ港まで送迎があり助かりました。
クリスピー・クリーム・ドーナツで他のお客さん6人と合流しました。皆さん、とても気さくで気遣いがある方々ばかりで大変楽しいツアーとなりました。
全行程車移動で3055mの頂上まで連れて行ってくれるため、とても楽チンでした。
麓は雲がかかっていたのですが、雲より上を行くため心配ないとのことでした。
途中、ユーカリが生えているところで車内に外気を入れてくださった時は、天然のアロマ体験だぁ~と香りに酔いました。
火口でのサンセットでは、さすが2700回登頂されてらっしゃるガイドさんだけあり、太陽が沈む姿を絶妙なタイミングで見ることができました!沈むまで1分かからなかったと思います。
途中、何度か音のない世界、内耳で感じる音を体験をしました。日常では出来ない贅沢な瞬間です。
3055m山頂に着いた時に、もう少し酸素を薄く感じるかと思いましたが、1000m台、2000m台、と何度か降車したためか、全く大丈夫でした。
星空観測にあたり少し雲が邪魔していたため、雲がはけている場所を探してくださり、
観測時間がたっぷり用意されていたため、最後は7~8割まで見えるようになりました。
ガイドの山Pさんは、とても星に詳しく、望遠鏡も2種用意してくださり、一緒に参加した母も大満足で良かったです!
皆で温かいお茶とともに、用意されたイスに座り、360度満天の星空を観測でき、本当に贅沢な時間を過ごさせて頂き感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。
そして、山Pさんのお話も最高でした!
3055mにちなみ3055回はガイドしたいとおっしゃっていたので、それまでにまたリピートできたらと思います!
ハワイの島内めぐり船のツァーからの参加で有難うございます。お子様からお年寄りまで参加できるツァーです。
3000メートルですが山頂まで車で登れてしまうので、歩く心配もありません。
360度山頂での風景は夜が始まる部分と、ゆっくりと緑に変わる夕焼けがご覧いただけます。
12年にもなってしまい、今新人を育てております。新しいツァーも期待してくださいね!
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/28 |
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The Best food of our Maui visit. The steak was awesome. Magic show was top-notch professional entertainment with fun audience participation. Dancers between tricks was very nice. Illusions extraordinary. Such a well done show! Pure entertainment!
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Activity Date: | 2014/10/04 |
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This adventure was so breathe taking! It was amazing watching the sun rise at the different intervals. Well worth taking the time.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/16 |
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The Lei's was so beautiful and my sister was so surprised. Thank you for starting out her first trip to Hawaii with such a wonderful, fragrant orchid lei!
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/12 |
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Excellent with breathtaking views - would definitely do again. Video excellent as a reminder of my flight! Thank you
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/17 |
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Waiting for us at the bottom of the escalator, easily found. Very friendly and helpful, and beautiful leis. Well worth the money.
Thank you.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/14 |
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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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Activity Date: | 2014/09/21 |
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The Ferry was clean, the staff was well organized and we sat in the shaded air conditioned area upstairs as we didn't need any more direct sunlight. The return time is flexible and we liked touring the top up Lanai as it is more of an alpine experience than we expected for Hawaii. We had lunch at a very nice little diner and the wife bought a painting from a local artist - All in all a good, enjoyable day and an alternative to being on Maui all week long.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/02 |
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本当に素晴らしい感動のツアーでした!!
TAKAEさんの元気で明るくて気持ちのいいアテンドに、Yamapeeさんのおもてなしの心いっぱいの他では味わえない素敵な体験・・・。気象状況に応じて臨機応変にベストな場所やタイミングをセレクトしてくださり、そこで、ゆーったりと過ごせるイスにブランケット、そして、夕陽や星空の解説だけでなく、心に染み入る言葉の数々。。。そして感動の涙があふれる演出☆自然に生かされているという実感をし、心洗われる体験です!また絶対に行きたいと思います。マウイにいったら、こちらのツアーに参加しないほどもったいないことはないです!! ありがとうございましたー♪
こちらこそツァーに参加して頂き感謝です。色々ありますハレアカラツァーですが、我が社はとってものんびり緩~いツァーなので(笑)都会からいらっしゃった
皆様にはマウイののんびり感と素晴らしい星空を味わって頂きたいと思っています。また来ていただくのが一番嬉しいので、是非次の再会を楽しみにしております。
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/23 |
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We booked this one because my husband wanted the offroad experience. And it was great! We started early in the morning by going to the Lahaina harbour, from there the ferry took us in about 45 minutes to Lanaï where we were brought to Dollar and get a beat up Jeep and a roadmap with roads we could drive on and roads we weren't allowed to drive on( which we did anyway). We went to Shipwreck beach, Garden of the gods, Polihua beach,Hulopoe bay,Keomoku village and Lanaï city. We drove around Lanaï almost the whole day and snorkeled a bit in a tidepool at Hulopoe bay.
Because we took the last ferry back to Mauï , we were exhausted at the end of the day. But it was worth it.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/12 |
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The tour guide was great, friendly, informative and overall a nice guy. The tour was too much for what we received. The trek was moderate which was just right for us but the foliage was only fair. Also It was not helpful that this was a dry season, so waterfalls were not at their best. I wish I knew this before hand. At every stop were too many other people, locals and tourist. Lunch was meager, only sandwich and chips and water. Sandwich was pretty decent. If it was not for our great tour guide who was funny and knowledgeable, I would not have been happy. It was overpriced.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/21 |
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Kayaking tour guide was friendly and informative. He gave us simple directions for basic kayaking and we did well. We followed him away from the crowd up the coast to clearer waters. Saw all kinds of fish, he pointed out a turtle, and also gave us information about the islands. Just the right amount of time. We were also given juice. One item to improve upon is cleaner snorkels as our friend found hair on hers. Although we snorkeled near our hotel and saw as many fish and turtles we enjoyed this kayaking experience.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/19 |
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このツアーは本当にお勧め!
以前、サンライズを体験した事があるのですが、サンセットの方が何倍も楽しめます!
壮大な景色と感動的な星空は当然ながら、ガイドの山Pさんの気配りと軽快なトークも魅力倍増!
滞在中レンタカーを借りれば自力でも行く事も可能な場所ですが、断然当ツアーをお勧めします。
ツァーにはゆっくり見れるように椅子と手袋、ひざ掛けを用意しています。日本食のお弁当と温かいお茶もあるので、寒さ対策は万全です。
昼の2時30分スタートで夜の11時には戻ってきますので、次の日も体が楽です。またの再会を楽しみにしています!
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/18 |
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We loved Nick, our tour guide. He was not only knowledgeable, but fun and engaging. He made sure we are safe, and treated us with a great deal of hospitality. Surely, we would not have learned so much and been able to explore the terrains without this tour. It was awesome!!!
We would like to Thank You for taking the time to give us your feedback about your tour and your guide Nick. We will definitely share this with Nick. We are thrilled that you loved every bit of it and hope to see you again in the near future. Mahalo!
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/19 |
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so windy and cold up there. the sunrise was beautiful when it got there.Neil was a great guide. a wonderful experience
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/24 |
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we had a wonderful time. this was an awesome trip!
the beaches were beautiful. off roading was fun.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/22 |
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How he does it I dont know, but it was amazing and fun!
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/19 |
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It was fun and we were only 3 in a group and the instructor did everything to make sure we could stand up.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/19 |
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It was a good sail to Molokini and the crew was super. It was a little crowded there and not as many different fish as i had hoped.
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/17 |
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Had a good time, few people on the boat. 2 Good snorkeling spot with lots of fish and turtles
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/22 |
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ビールはラナイ島の帰りに無料でもらえました。
スタッフは各グループに積極的に話しかけており、とってもフレンドリーでした。ただ、注意事項なども完全に英語のみなので、ちょっとでも英語が聞き取れないと厳しいですね。
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/20 |
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星空を見る直前で、もやって心配しましたが、あっという間に、もやが無くなり空一面の星、天の川が拝めました!生まれて初めての天の川!肉眼で見れるなんて夢のようでした。マウイマラソン参加された方ばかりで、皆んな筋肉痛の足を引きずりながらの参加でした。皆さんとも仲良くなり本当に楽しいツアーでした。
山ピーさんは初対面の私達に色んな話しをしてくれて、これからの生き方を考えさせてくれました。
ツアーも本当に良かったけど、それ以上のものを頂きました。ありがとうございました。
『また、サーモンの話しでもしに帰ってきますね!』
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マウイマラソンに出てからの参加者も多くて長い時間お疲れ様でした。皆さんのパワーには圧倒されてしまいます。笑
色々な話ができて本当に楽しい時間なのです。自分もレストラン経験があったので魚の事は知っていると思っていたら
あまりに本田さんがサーモンの事をよくご存じびっくりしました。
なんと日本にサーモンを卸している方とは知らなくて失礼いたしました。笑
またの再会を楽しみにしております。
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/22 |
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The day was awesome. Could not have been better! Our driver and guide were excellent. Would highly recommend this tour
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Activity Date: | 2014/09/13 |
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エンターテイメントツァーになっています。笑 自分自身も音楽業界にいたりしていたので皆様が喜んで楽しんで帰っていただければ幸いです。
言葉使いとかマナーが大切だと思っていますし、体育系で育っていたので年功序列ですよね、笑