Reviewed by: Georgie C
I think our guides name was AC... he was amazing, had so much interesting information, made the drive to the north shore very entertaining.
First stop was Haleiwa Town on the north shore where we could have a look around and even got to try the famous shave ice. Next a drive along the shore to see all the amazing beaches and even some celebrity houses, then had a stop at the pipeline for some photos, and then he took us to see all the activities so we knew what they all were.
My friend and I chose the waterfall hike/swim, then AC took us the Waimea Bay for a swim, then the kayaking in the afternoon, and a great burger from Haleiwa Town. On the way back to Waikiki we stopped at a beach famous for turtles and we saw one on the beach. AC then dropped us off at the dole plantation - a complete surprise - so we could have a look around and try the dole whip. On the drive back AC played some stand up comedy on the tv so we could all relax and have a laugh.
Overall an incredible day!
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2016/04/02 |
Activity Date: | 2016/03/12 |
Reviewed by: Lani S.
I wanted to head out to the North Shore, but did not want to sit on a stodgy bus all day and listen to someone drone on and on. The Surf Bus was the PERFECT choice since I not only got to experience the highlights of the area, but got to do some fun activities as well.
I decided to do Snorkeling, the Waimea Falls nature walk and SUP. Harry was very accommodating about squeezing in two activities for the morning section, and I am so happy that he did. The snorkeling was AMAZING! It was literally like swimming in an aquarium. I got to be in the water for a little over an hour and then I was picked up to go to Waimea Falls Park. The walk was quite easy, and if you have a hard time walking, shuttles are available for $10 round-trip at the park. I didn't go into the water since I just wanted to sit and relax, but the walk to and from the waterfall was about 45 minutes total. REALLY beautiful.
For my afternoon, I chose SUP and even though I had never done it before, I figured it out pretty quickly after the briefing from the guys at the surf store. I never quite made it to the "stand up" part of "stand up paddling", but my "sit up" paddle was just as fun and I made it all the way down the river.
With about an hour left before I had to meet the bus, I had a delicious burger and fries at Teddy's Bigger Burger and washed that all down with some shave ice from Matsumotos (lychee and strawberry YUM!). All in all, a great experience and wonderful way to see the best of the North Shore in a day :)
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2016/02/17 |
Reviewed by: Masa
夫婦2人で参加しました。
バスでお店に向かいます。事務所兼ショップで、ロッカーを借りられるので貴重品等も入れられて便利。利用者はショップアイテムが安くなるのでサーフブランドTシャツや小物などを買いました。ワイキキで買うよりお得ですね。
初SUPでしたが、ガイドさんが優しく楽しく教えてくれました。
室内でレクチャーを受けいざ海へ!ボードは安定するので座ってなら問題なく漕ぐことが出来ます。スタンドも立つ位置がしっかりしていれば簡単に立てました。
近くの無人島を目指すのですが程よい距離でその無人島でひと休憩。お菓子と水を頂いたり、ガイドさんのカメラで写真を撮ってくれます。写真は後日メールで頂きました。
復路はだいぶ慣れてほぼスタンドで漕いで戻ってこれました。
次の日はワイキキビーチでSUPレンタルして2時間くらいSUPを楽しんだくらいハマりました。
このツアーで体験をしたおかげでワイキキで自分たちだけでもSUPが楽しめました。
ツアーでセットになっているランチは敷地内にある2店舗から選べます。
ピザは結構なボリュームでおいしかったです。オススメされたほうれん草とガーリックのピザにしましたがコレが美味でハマる味です。
自転車を貸してもらえたので空いた時間でラニカイビーチまで行きました。
目的がある程度決まっているならカイルア市街まで行って買い物する時間もあると思います。
SUPだけじゃなく色々楽しめるのでお得なツアーでオススメです。
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Packages: | ガイド付きプラン |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2016/01/23 |
Activity Date: | 2016/01/15 |
Reviewed by: -PAUL-
I mentioned this before on the phone. This was fun, but was only able to do one activity. Unfortunately the ad misleads you into thinking you can do whatever activities, whenever. You are allowed to swim, snorkel, bike ride or hike in the morning. Then you can either surf(which you cant cause it will cost you more when you never did it, apparently you have to take a lesson before using their boards), kayak, or stand up paddleboard in the afternoon. It just was a disappointment to have an expectaion of what to get for my day, then not do it. In other words, two spereate locations for the morning and afternoon activities, so majority of your time is traveling. Which is fine, but also would of have a different opinion. Knowing what i know now, i probably would never choosen this activity.
I missed the bus to go to the afternoon location, needless to say i was given the wrong time by tourist, but honsestly by the time i got there, i was out of time. One thing that is odd is the memory game, being dropped off somwhere and being picked up elsewhere. However, the people that works at the snorkel rental place, especially that young kid, clueless to his surroundings. Knew who i was & i who else i was there with in regards of the other party on the tour bus & couldnt inform me of the other party making it back. So knowing the time i had to be picked up, this kid not being observant and missing the bus is all my fault, right? So thanks for that! I had to wait for the city bus to pick me up to find out where the tour bus was to get back on it.
All in all, i only did one activity and did a lot of sitting & waiting around. Snorkeling was fun, but was my excitement was short lived with the turmoil. I had fun snorkeling, and thats about it. Oh yeah, dont worry, ill take care of that bus fare!
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2016/01/11 |
Activity Date: | 2015/05/16 |
Reviewed by: lisa
SUP was pretty easy to learn and definitely a lovely way to spend the morning. Nice small group
Aloha Lisa!
We are so happy you enjoyed your time on the water with us! Dillon and Alison are wonderful instructors and they had a blast Stand-Up Paddling with your group! It is definitely tough to beat those peaceful mornings in the Ala Moana Beach Park. We hope you had a wonderful visit and we would love to take you all back out on the water again!
A hui hou,
Until we meet again,
Jonny Koop & Surf HNL
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Packages: | 1-hr Group Lesson (4:1) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2016/01/02 |
Activity Date: | 2015/12/28 |
Reviewed by: McDougalls
We had a wonderful day with AC as our guide. He was very knowledgeable, pointing out local sites and giving history along the way. He bent over backwards to accommodate everyone on the tour, taking each group to their favorite locations, running back and forth moving us around from hot spot to hotspot as we each finished our excursions. He was very professional at all times. We would hIghly recommend him as a tour guide. We had a blast! He even went out of his way to go back and find a lost article for us- which fell out of the van at a previous stop.
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/12/23 |
Activity Date: | 2015/12/21 |
Reviewed by: Mr Ed
Neither of us had been paddle boarding before, but by the end of the lesson we were both standing. The safety briefing and instruction was tailored to us and our level of experience which was none. Both Mike and Michelle(hope that's right) were fantastic, just the right amount of cajoling to get us on our feet without any pressure. Talked about every topic known to man as we paddled about, had a great time and a great laugh too. I can highly recommend these guys and the company too as I later booked a surf lesson for the end of the week, which also rocked.
Aloha Ed and Helen!
So glad to hear you had a good time, Mike and I had a blast SUPing with you both! Let us know if you ever get to come back to Oahu and we will set ya up!
Mahalo!
Michelle
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Packages: | 1-hr Semi-Private Lesson (2:1) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2015/11/23 |
Activity Date: | 2015/11/15 |
Reviewed by: AKIRA5050
今回は絶対スタンドアップパドルサーフィンをやると決めていたので真っ先に家族4人で予約しました。最初の説明でいきなりインストラクターのMiekoさんから今日は近くの島まで行くので根性だけ持参のことと言われてびっくり!!簡単な室内での操作の仕方をレッスン後さっそくサーフィンを台車に載せて10分ほどの川辺から海に出て沖で待つMiekoさんのところまで最初の根性の出しどころ!息子はすぐにスタンドアップ体制になってましたが私は結局立てずじまいでカヤック状態の座りこぎで何とかたどり着きました。私より運動神経が悪く8名程度のグループ内で最もMiekoさんにマークされていたはずの家内の方が結局先に着いてました(ー_ー)!!
1周10分程度の島を散策したのち帰路につきましたが帰りも数回スタンドアップに挑戦しましたが駄目でした。こんなに難しいとは想定外でなめてました)^o^( ただ座ったままでも最高に楽しかったです。店に戻って遅めの昼食をピザにしましたが大変おいしいピザでした。バーベキューも選択できますがピザは是非自腹でも食べてみてください。膝が悪いとこれは結構厳しいということがわかりましたが、膝を人工関節に替えて改めて挑戦したいと思います。
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Packages: | ガイド付きプラン |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/11/08 |
Activity Date: | 2015/10/19 |
Reviewed by: ちゃーまん
初SUP...
体験した日は強風でコンディション悪し。
しかし、ご一緒した方も含め気合十分で沖の無人島を目指しとにかく漕ぎ続け(座って)ましたが、逆風に負け途中でタイムアップ...
私達がなんとか立って漕ぎたい思いをインストラクターの方が酌んでくれたのか、多少時間延長したかな?川で少し挑戦できました!
インストラクターの方もめちゃめちゃ元気で面白く、時間を押して午後のフリータイムが短くなった私達の帰りのバスを1時間遅らしてくれました!
最高に楽しい時間を過ごせました!
次回は無人島まで行くぞ!!
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Packages: | ガイド付きプラン |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2015/10/04 |
Activity Date: | 2015/09/22 |
Reviewed by: Shawnaye Hill
My friends and I had a good time here. Many different thinks to keep us occupied. Love seeing the sea turtles.
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Packages: | Standard Package (until 03/31/2018) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2015/09/28 |
Activity Date: | 2015/09/02 |
Reviewed by: Laura
Great day at the north beach. We chose the waterfall hike as our activity in the morning. You could have done snorkelling or bike rides if preferred. We then had free time on waimea bay beach. In the afternoon we had a free lunch instead of doing another activity such as kayaking. Saw sea turtles at a beach on the way home
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2015/09/26 |
Activity Date: | 2015/09/25 |
Reviewed by: Bill
Rained most of day, so sopping wet weather in water or not. Confusion all day about activities etc.
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2015/09/14 |
Activity Date: | 2015/09/11 |
Reviewed by: ハワイ大好き
最初、ガイドの指導で部屋でレクチャー。初心者で心配したが、海がきれいで、向かいの島まで行けて満足。帰りはなんとか立てるまでに。楽しかった。ガイドも良かった。
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Packages: | ガイド付きプラン |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/09/13 |
Activity Date: | 2015/09/08 |
Reviewed by: Sylvia Tanguma
Not enough kayaks or paddle boards for the amount of people there.
There needs to be some kind of system to check out the kayaks and the boards.
Three local girls were on the paddle boards for 2.5 hrs and didn't let anyone else use them.
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Packages: | Standard Package (until 03/31/2018) |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2015/08/05 |
Activity Date: | 2015/08/02 |
Reviewed by: Sylvia Tanguma
Enjoyed it, it was nice. It's worth the money for the SUP and the kayaking. However, not the snorkeling.
Water is too murky for it.
I think it would be good to allow the swimmers to sign a release to not have to wear a life jacket. The area they give you to paddle and kayak on is limited and very close to the shore area.
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Packages: | Standard Package (until 03/31/2018) |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2015/08/05 |
Activity Date: | 2015/08/02 |
Reviewed by: Family Trips
Overall it was a family friendly, enjoyable and relaxing experience. We all had a wonderful time.
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2015/07/30 |
Activity Date: | 2014/08/26 |
Reviewed by: まこと ぱぱ
始めてのスタンドアップパドルサーフィンだったのですが、
カイルアの青い海を堪能出来ました。疲れたらボードの上で寝そべったりして青い海、青い空
独り占め的な感じです。
海も穏やかで、初めてでも直ぐに楽しめました。
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Packages: | ガイドなしプラン |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2015/07/26 |
Activity Date: | 2015/07/02 |
Reviewed by: PATRICIA BOLEWSKI
THIS WAS A 3 HR BEACH ADVENTURE WE WENT ON THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT RIDE AND SAW THE LARGE TURTLE THE GRANDCHILDREN LOVED THE OTHER ACTIVIES ON THE BEACH
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Packages: | Standard Package (until 03/31/2018) |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2015/07/02 |
Activity Date: | 2015/06/25 |
Reviewed by: John A
My wife and I were staying in Waikiki for a week and everyone said we need to make a trip to the North Shore when on Oahu. We scoured Trip Advisor, Yelp and other Hawaii Adventure sites and this one looked appealing. Turns out to be a great deal if you are looking for transportation to the North Shore and a variety of options to choose from once you get there. We chose to snorkel in the mornng at Sharks Cove then spend an hour at Waimea Bay, then in the afternoon we did the SUP down the river in Halewia.
The tour is setup where they pick you up on a ~20 person bus from multiple Waikiki hotels, then up a narrated drive up to the North Shore which took about 1 1/2 hours all together. Sam was our host for the day and is awesome at his job. Very knowledgable, humourous and makes the tour a good time. Once you are there, you get to see the options for the day such as hanging at the beach of Waimea Bay, surfing, snorkeling, beach bike cruise, Waimea Botanical Gardens, stand up paddle boarding and probably a few others options that I am missing. There is no additional cost to do these unless you want to do more than two. If there was one draw back for the day, it was that we could have enjoyed a few more hours on the beach and shopping at the local surf shops there.
Overall, great trip and glad we did it!
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2015/04/29 |
Activity Date: | 2015/04/24 |
Reviewed by: めいちゃん
最初supでガイドなしで、予約したのですが心細くなり当日空いてればと思ったのですがいっぱいでカヤックガイドのヤスヨさんがめっちゃくちゃおもしろい人だったので変更しました!1人でカヤックも心細かったのですがいい経験できたのでよかったです!
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Packages: | ガイドなしプラン |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2015/04/26 |
Activity Date: | 2015/04/24 |
Reviewed by: Bakary Sita
The staff is really really nice !!
They are So many things to do ( snorkelling / paddle / games ...)
This is really not expensive for all that.
The weather wasn't really good this day but still had a great great time
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Packages: | Standard Package (until 03/31/2018) |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2015/04/23 |
Activity Date: | 2015/04/20 |
Reviewed by: R Studley
The concept is great. Transport is reliable, clean and on time. The tour guide, Harry, was entertaining and very friendly. The only thing we would suggest is that surfing be offered as one of the activities - it is after all what the area is best known for!
I would recommend this for anyone who wants an active day.
Thank you for the great review, surfing is offered to those with prior experience with our basic package.For the unexperienced folks we require they book the package which includes the "SURF LESSON". We are sorry if that wasn't explained thoroughly by Harry and will have to talk to him about that.
Mahalo Justin
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2015/03/23 |
Activity Date: | 2015/03/20 |
Reviewed by: The Lyons Lot
Our family of 6 adults from Brisbane Australia loved this whole day tour. Our driver / tour guide Sam picked us up from our hotel on time, & drove safely. He was so friendly and knowledgeable about Oahu, and explained all the sights on the way to the North Shore - he make the entire trip an awesome experience. He gave us a drive by & quick stop at each of the available activities before we chose them, then dropped us all to our chosen areas. 3 of us chose bike riding along the famous surfing beaches where we could stop and have beach time as we liked; the other 3 the walk through the beautiful gardens to the waterfall. Though a lovely walk, it is quite a long one, for anyone older. If you want a swim at the Falls, take cash for a compulsory life jacket hire! From there we walked back to Waimea Bay beach for a swim until our bus pick up. Our next activity for 4 of us was SUP (stand up paddle boarding) and 2 did kayaking. We LOVED this time on the water and would have liked to have a bit less time on the morning activities and more time for the afternoon ones! After, we walked through the town and sampled the Shaved Ice and some delicious lunch before boarding the bus completely satisfied with our day. We did several different tours while in Waikiki, and this was BY FAR the very best for the sightseeing, and activities on offer, plus the freedom to have our own time was fantastic. We were REALLY impressed with Sam the driver & happy to tip him well for his outstanding service - he contributed in a big way to making it the best tour during our time in Hawaii. Thank you Sam! I would highly recommend this tour, well worth it and we have great memories of our day.
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/03/21 |
Activity Date: | 2015/02/26 |
Reviewed by: mblock
After the check-in at Kualoa Ranch we took a shuttle to Moli'i Fishpond deck. When crossing the fishpond on a floating boat make sure to have your camera ready! It's the best time to take pictures of the majestic mountain range. The scenery is incredible, you feel like you are in a movie!
Once on the other side, we started enjoying our day at this beautiful private beach with views from Chinaman's Hat and Kaneohe Bay. They have restrooms, changing rooms, fresh water shower, covered picnic tables and a staff member to help you if you need anything. Make sure to bring sunscreen and some snacks.
My brother and I spent the morning kayaking, snorkeling, stand up paddling and playing games. The staff took us on a quick Glass Bottom Boat ride and we spotted a lot of green sea turtles! After all those activities we were just relaxing in a hammock under a palm tree.
I will definitely come back to enjoy another relaxing day there!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2015/03/11 |
Reviewed by: sarahbrien
most beautiful beach in the USA!!! I had such a great day. I really enjoyed stand up paddle boarding, it wasn't too difficult, anyone would be able to give it a go. it was gentle waves once you pass the crashing waves on the beach, I did go into the surf further out to catch some waves which was great fun!! I also stand up paddle boarded at Waikiki and this was sooo much better than Waikiki. better views, better wave conditions and better equipment. so so beautiful and such a great day. prob my fav activity during my holiday at hawaii.
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Packages: | Self Guided Tour |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2015/01/17 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/25 |
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: Kristen Olthuis
My husband and I were disappointed with the tour guide. We felt he had a attitude about him and really didn't want to be there. At times we thought he was being rude in his manor and attitude. We went on another tour and the guide was so different and really acted like he wanted to be there. It made a big difference on the tour and made it much more enjoyable. The tour itself was great, but it could of been a lot nicer if the guide was more interested in the people on his bus and what he was doing.
I'm so sorry, who was your driver?
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/02 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/27 |
Reviewed by: なおみん
地区の事情で、浜辺で実際にやりながらのレッスンは受けられず、サーフショップでのレッスンをうけ浜辺へは自力で行きました。めちゃくちゃ不安でしたが、波打ち際ではちゃんと案内人がい手助けしてくれたので無事に沖にでれました。
それからは、めちゃくちゃ楽しくて無人島まて行き、休憩がてらブラフラして帰ってくるコースで午前は終了しました。体力的に2週目はキツかったので、ちょうど良かったです。
Sup後の食事は用意されているご飯処がいくつかあり、ピザ数件隣のピザがめちゃくちゃ美味しかったです。また行きたいくらい。
午後はカイルアでシュノーケリングやカイルアの街を散歩等自由に選ばせてもらえたのたので、自分の状態に合わせられたので、良かったです。
また次回、カイルアでアクティビティする際は利用したいです。
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Packages: | ガイド付きプラン |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2014/10/26 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/22 |
Reviewed by: Betty
This was a great tour. Our tour guy, I believe his name is Sam was very helpful and funny. Sam was also very knowledgeable and he made the tour a memorable experience for us. We like the fact that we get to plan out our activities and get to see couple places at North Shore. The only suggestion that we think can improve for the tour is the activities in the afternoon. There wasn't a lot of options in the afternoon activities like in the morning. Overall, we enjoyed the tour very much.
Aloha Betty,
Mahalo for your review and to make suggestions on how we can improve. This is essential to make guest's experience even better. We will think about ways to try to incorporate more activities to the pm break. Alooooha!
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/09/09 |
Activity Date: | 2014/08/28 |
Reviewed by: Robin
Our driver AC was great recommend excursion learned a lot great views
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/06/28 |
Activity Date: | 2014/06/23 |
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We are sorry you got the pick up times mixed up and were forced to catch a city bus to catch up , therefore missing your second activity. Normally we have other drivers on the North Shore and could have expatiated things so sorry for that too.PLEASE GIVE US A FUTURE DATE TO COMP YOU THE TOUR SO WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT ITS REALLY LIKE.
P.S; FOR SAFTEY REASONS SURFING IS THE ONLY ACTIVITY WHICH IF YOU HAVE NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE WE REQUIRE YOU DO A LESSON. Those with some prior experience may surf with our basic package pricing.
Aloha Justin