We booked a private Road to Hana Tour with Hola Hola tour group. Mauana was absolutely the most awesome guide! He was a gentleman, funny and full of knowledge regarding the history and culture of Hawaii. By the end of the day, we embraced him as family. It was worth every dollar to book this tour!
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Activity Date: | 2021/11/28 |
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My wife and I had an amazing time on this private tour of the road to Hana. Ana did an amazing job and was super cool and friendly!! Got to hit a lot of the spots we wanted to see, including the bamboo forest, swimming in waterfalls, tidal pools, lunch and banana bread from Aunty Sandy's. Sampled some fresh guava off the the side of the road Awesome views. Also, Ana, loved talking movies and tv shows with you! Great times!!
Thank you so much for the fantastic review! Feedback like this makes our hearts sing!! Hana has so many amazing sights and experiences. Thank you for trusting us with your precious time on this part of the island! Perhaps we shall meet in the future... until then, take care!!
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Activity Date: | 2021/09/06 |
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We had an amazing personalized tour of Maui driving through the Hana Road. Gus and AnnaLisa both provided a fantastic narrative of the beautiful island of Maui from the lush rain forest to the beach and circled entire island. Stopped at wonderful places for local banana bread to ice cream and BBQ lunch as well as local island coffee. Enjoyed hearing about Maui’s culture, history, plants and flowers. Not to mention the breathe tasting scenery with personalized photos. Very social distance friendly and felt completely safe throughout the tour. Highly recommended.
Thank you so much for your fantastic review!!! We really appreciate you taking the time and making the effort to share your thoughts with others. We are so grateful to have met. Both of us came home yesterday glowing from venturing with you. Mahalo for choosing us!!! We hope to meet again... warmest aloha
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Activity Date: | 2021/09/07 |
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This is the way to do the Road to Hana. We did the late trip, meeting at the airport at 10:45am. We flew out at 11:30, landing in Hana just after 12. The flight was spectacular and our pilot was knowledgable and personable without being overwhelming.
We landed and met our driver who took us to the park for a great lunch. Our driver was exceptional and we learned a lot on our trip back.
I've done this as drive out and back, but the flight followed by the drive is the way to go.
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Activity Date: | 2021/08/03 |
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Very unique experience not to be missed while traveling to Maui. Completely different from anything else on the island and I highly recommend it. Having a driver was great just so we can spend more time looking around and he knew several of the places to stop that we otherwise would have had no idea about. Also places do not stop, they were covered in tourist and other things. Our driver and the service did a great job.
Mahalo nui for your wonderful review! We appreciate you trusting us with your precious time on the island! Having a unique experience is our goal. We hope to meet again!
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Activity Date: | 2021/07/24 |
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Fun tour, beautiful views you wouldn't know about with out the tour guide.
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Activity Date: | 2021/06/24 |
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First, we flew to Hanna with a great pilot guide and then turned over to an awesome guide for a van ride back to the heliport. He knew where all the best spots for pictures, views, and waterfalls were. Would do it again in a heartbeat.
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Activity Date: | 2021/05/20 |
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Overall the tour was great. We hit all of the major stops and the guide offered to take us to additional stops along the way. Was an incredible and breathtaking trip! Only one star off since the driver was a bit overzealous about being punctual. I completely understand (and appreciate!) the need for the group members to be on time; however, the stern tone from the guide at 7:01AM for a 7AM pick up was a bit of a rough start to the day. Nevertheless, would recommend this trip to anyone.
Aloha, and mahalo nui for the 5-star review! It was a pleasure to have you. We certainly hope you can visit again :-) A hui hou.
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Activity Date: | 2021/04/09 |
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We had a great time on the Road to Hana. Our wonderful guide made some wonderful stops and shared a lot of interesting information with us along our journey. She made sure we got great pictures and had a wonderful experience. I lost the card with her name on it but she told us to call her Auntie. She has lived on the island for a long time and taught us so much about the history. It was all very interesting. I would highly recommend this tour.
Mahalo for taking the time to review and recommend your Road to Hana Cave-Quest adventure. Our Hawai'i Certified Tour Guides are well versed in so many areas of history, plants, and real stories. We are thrilled you enjoyed yourselves. The Road to Hana is certainly a one-of-a-kind experience that shouldn't be missed. Now, you will have wonderful photos to remember a very special day. Happy New Year.
All the best,
Dave and Kathy Campbell
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Temptation Tours
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Activity Date: | 2020/12/10 |
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The road to Hana (the ACTUAL road) is long and arduous at times. Through tropical rain forest style topography, this part of the island is deep in native history - stories and parables that influence life there to this day. The road is often VERY VERY narrow, and many miles of it, dirt and unpaved. Besides it not being a great idea to put your rental car through that, its much more comfortable taking the guided tour. Our tour guide was highly knowledgeable and shared with us many stories of the rich history. Several stops along the way to swim in pools below waterfalls, have lunch and numerous photo-op stops at black beaches and shoreline vistas. It makes for a LONG day, but well worth it.
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Activity Date: | 2020/03/09 |
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This tour was so fun. We had a really nice driver that talked about the culture and history of Maui, and she even asked my wife and I questions about ourselves. She knew all the best places to stop & take pictures, eat banana bread, and what literally every plant was. She was truly and expert guide. At one point, she stopped at a waterfall for us to look at, and she said we could jump off of it and she'd take a video of us. And we did!! It was SO fun. Wow. I would do this again. Anyone who goes might want to bring a change of clothes/a towel in case you want to go for a swim!
Thank you so much for the awesome review! Traveling the Road to Hana is an epic experience. Becoming friends the the sweetest part :) Thank you so much for trusting us with your precious time on the island. Wishing you the very best in all you do! A hui hou, until next time
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Activity Date: | 2019/12/18 |
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The bus was quite comfortable, but the trip was not much fun, We didn't get to stop in some spots where it seemed interesting, and we were always in a rush when exploring the stops because we need to get back on the bus.
Word of advice, If you don't mind driving in a narrow street then go on your own and enjoy the road to Hana on your own pace
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Maui is such a beautiful place! Our tour guide Ray greeted us with an energy that carried us throughout the island. He was infectous with his laughter and humor! His knowledge and ability to steer us in the right direction is exactly what you look for. He stayed with us and took a bathe with us at the waterfall while taking pictures. Allowed us sufficient time to roam around at each stop. Made us 50 lbs heavier at the end of the trip but made sure we ate delicious items and a typical Hawaiian lunch not sandwiches and cold cuts. He had snacks and homemade pastries which you can never go wrong with. Handled the winding road with ease and never put us in harm's way! Thanks for the beautiful journey on The Road to Hana.
Big mahalo for sharing it with other!
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Activity Date: | 2019/09/03 |
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This was a perfect adventure. It's a long day, if only there were more hours in the day and a share driver. It's a tough drive on any driver, even the tour drivers. Well worth it, every cent. And quite entertaining. The views and the stops were quite diverse, amazing Maui
Thanks Scully
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Activity Date: | 2019/08/27 |
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Very good tour. The driver was very knowlegable and provided a lot of information about Maui.
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Activity Date: | 2019/07/23 |
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I had the best time ever with my tour guide Sammy. She was so much fun to be with. I felt like I was out with a friend for the day. She was more than happy to share her knowledge and appreciation of Hawaiian culture, heritage and history.
I learned so much that day. She made Maui come alive for me, the flora and the fauna and some stories that have been passed down through the ages.
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Marian
Hi Marian, thank you so much for your wonderful review! Thank you for coming with us and taking the time to write a few words of recommendation. We love Sammy too :) She is a Hawaiian native with a wealth of knowledge and infectious sense of humor too. This makes for a really good day together. Wishing you many more moments of joy, love and laughter. Warmest aloha - The Holo Holo Hui
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Activity Date: | 2019/05/07 |
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Highly recommend this tour! You really see the diversity of the island. The waterfalls are beautiful, the banana bread was delicious and seeing both sides of the island made you get a real feel for Maui.
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Activity Date: | 2019/04/19 |
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Larry was great! Very informative and entertaining. Long day but worth it for the beautiful views. Bus was full so a little crowded but everyone on trip was very accommodating.
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Activity Date: | 2018/12/05 |
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It was a rainy day but that wad so amazing. Due to the rain we didn't go to the sacred ponds. We recommand that activity to every body.
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Activity Date: | 2018/11/10 |
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Our excursion went extremely well. We were met at the pier at the designated time with no issues. We met our driver/guide and were on our way. Our driver was Bobbie who gave us a very comprehensive verbal overview of the entire trip. She would pull over at various times to let us get photos of the scenery. We liked the fact that we could stay at any stop for extended time if needed.
Because Bobbie was Hawaiian raised, she could give us a perspective of Hawaiian life on the island.
The van was very comfortable and the driving was very good. No speeding. She gave us plenty of bathroom stops.
All in all we very much enjoyed the trip and would recommend this tour.
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Activity Date: | 2018/10/07 |
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This tour is probably one of the best tours you can do if you're staying in Maui. I went with my boyfriend on a Friday and our tour guide Trevor was amazing and took great care of us. It was an all-day event starting at around 8am with the bus coming to our hotel to pick us up, and ended around 6pm with us being dropped back off as well. Trevor, a local of Hawaii for many years, was very informative of the lifestyle, culture, and geography of a lot of the sightseeing we encountered on the road and made multiple stops throughout the trip to allow passengers to explore, shop, and take pictures. We pretty much made an entire loop around the right side of the island which was amazing because we definitely got to see the different terrains as well. The highlight of the trip for my boyfriend and I was making stops at one of the waterfall pools and Black Sand Beach at Waianapanapa State Park. Our tickets included a light, continental breakfast and a nice lunch. We couldn't have asked for a better day!
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Activity Date: | 2018/07/13 |
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Our driver Scottie from Temptation Tours was the best I've ever seen. Kept us engaged the whole ride. Knew everything about the island, people, history. Knew all of the best places to stop, where all of the good and bad bathrooms were down to the minute. Told us when the drive by pic was coming up so that we knew to get our phones/camera ready. Stopped multiple times and took the best video and pics of not only us but something cool on the stop. The wraps at lunch were superb. The captain's chairs in the van were perfect. Flying back with Troy from Maui Air was just as incredible. He played cool music and the ride was smooth. Saw a bunch of the falls and even played a little "chase and ride along" a friend he spotted in an ultralight. Highly recommend this combo. We were back at the hotel by early afternoon! Veltra Tours made it so easy and kept us up to date via email during our trip.
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Activity Date: | 2018/04/03 |
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Although it was raining the entire day, we had a blast!
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Activity Date: | 2018/03/24 |
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The helicopter ride is exciting and fun. We saw the shoreline and lots of waterfalls. The Road to Hana can be long so going half-way is better. Our guide was terrific. He showed us all the important things along the way that we never would have seen if we did it on our own.
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Activity Date: | 2018/03/14 |
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Nice hospitable crew both on ground and in air.
Our helicopter pilot Michael was so nice that he turned around to get a nice snap which we could be in the first flyby. We took our tour during March ( US mainland spring time ).
Great and memorable 1st experience of chopper ride. Since it rained that day we saw so many waterfalls.
Our tour was to fly to the other side of the island and then ride a tour mini van through the mountains/rainforests back to the helipad. Nice Tour guide Scott as he knew the whole island bit by bit of it which gave us many memorable nature spots along the ride. He was very helpful in clicking pics and explaining us about island, people and vegetation
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Activity Date: | 2018/03/14 |
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Awesome tour, great value and the only one that does the full trip not just out and back. Good to have a guide that lived in the area and knew just about everything about everything.
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Activity Date: | 2018/02/07 |
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What a wonderful tour!! This was the highlight of our 10 days in Hawaii. Our guide, Gary was great, and the lunch was wonderful on the black sand beach at Hana! Our pilot, Glenda was great! I've never seen such a beautiful place. We will return and do this tour again!
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Activity Date: | 2018/01/21 |
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The bus was pretty nice with USB chargers and what not and we made a lot of the stops on the road to Hana
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Activity Date: | 2017/12/24 |
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Worth taking , well organized & excelently executed
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Activity Date: | 2018/01/14 |
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My wife, myself and my sister with her husband were able to get this trip. We were told that normally they like to do this trip with 6 people. We had only four in our group but they still ran the trip. We took the early morning van ride to Hana and the helicopter ride back. You can do this trip either way. We had a brand new GMC custom van, it was great. Greg our driver said that this company only has newer vans. The only thing better than a new van was a very experienced driver. Greg was great, he knew all the places to slow down and where you could get the best pictures. My wife and sister are very much into flowers, Greg was very knowledgeable on the subject. Many years ago I drove this road and I missed so much, having a driver/guide is the best way to to this. I have a commercial driving licence so I can recognize and appreciate a professional driver. Lunch was very good and light, you want that for the helicopter flight back. The pilot, Glenda was very smooth and safety was always a big concern. The helicopter company was Blue Hawaiian, top notch outfit. I could not think of one negative comment or even a constructive criticism. Is it cheap no, is it value for your money yes.
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Activity Date: | 2017/12/15 |
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Hi Liz! Thank you so much for your awesome review! We really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and favorite pictures. We love Mana too! He is an amazing guide - full of knowledge and humor. We are so grateful to have him as part of our team. We hope to meet again! Until then... take care! Aloha!