Great sail!
It was a great experience sailing with the captain and crew. There were only about 8 other people traveling with us. It was nice and intimate, it was late afternoon. You get dry snacks like crackers and chips and two drink voucher. They even opened up a champagne for us when we told him we are on our honeymoon.
The view was beautiful. Seeing the sail being raised was amazing. It was a very relaxing one hour of our day.
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| Posted on: | 2016/10/24 | ||
| Activity Date: | 2016/10/17 | ||
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Kailua Beach Kayak Rentals & Guided Kayaking Tours with Snorkeling & Lunch / 2-Hour Guided Kayaking Excursion
Best Kayak ever
Kayaking on the ocean with Kailua Beach Adventures might be one of the best activities we did for our honeymoon. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the area and give us some great information about the culture and islands.
My husband and I both have done kayaking before, but has never done it in the ocean. There were some waves and it can be a little challenging for those who have never done kayaking before.
One thing to be prepared is some labour work. You need to drag your own kayak to the ocean with a cart they provide. You also need to drag it back. It was not super far, but definitely energy consuming. Most staff members are very friendly. I had a little hard time jumping into the kayak with the waves, the person looked a little annoyed with that and had a bad attitude. She might just be having a bad day.
During the kayak, they have professional photographers taking photos of your group and you can purchase them at the end of your tour for $39. There were about 40 in the package. The lunch coupon gives you three or four lunch choices nearby. Mostly box lunches or pizza with a drink.
I forgot one of my my shopping bags at their shop and called them the next day, they had it sent to my hotel, which was very nice!
We had an overall wonderful experience. We will definitely do it again given the chance!
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| Packages: | 2-Hour Guided Kayaking Excursion | ||
| Attended as: | Couples | ||
| Posted on: | 2016/10/24 | ||
| Activity Date: | 2016/10/18 | ||
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Helicopter tour is great, but cruise was disorganized
My husband and I did this activity for our honeymoon. The helicopter tour was amazing. The flight was smooth and the view is just incredible. You definitely want to upgrade to the premium seating to sit in the front roll. Totally worth it. Five star for sure.
The sunset dinner cruise was disorganized. We booked on a Friday which is the fireworks night. We somehow thought it would be a more intimate thing, but turns out that they were totally overbooked.
First problem is that it took longest time to load 250 people. The sun already set by the time we got on the ship. So be prepared to take a picture of the sun in the long waiting line.
Second problem is that you get to seated with other people in a round table of 8. So do not expect couple table. It's worse if you are seated my people who doesn't speak English or any language you speak. It's awkward.
Third issue is that they didn't prepare to serve that many sit down dinner. You can choose either a buffet or steak and surf sit down dinner. About 90% of people chose sit down dinner and just a few staff running around to serve two hundred people. Absolute chaos. Many didn't get food for one and half hour. There were fireworks. Second floor did have entertainment, but was it worth all the trouble? Not really. Even the staff told us it's just better to see fireworks from the beach. Staff were mostly apologetic about the situation. One star.
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| Packages: | Pali Makani Flight [30min] & Majestic Royal Sunset Dinner | ||
| Attended as: | Couples | ||
| Posted on: | 2016/10/19 | ||
| Activity Date: | 2016/10/16 | ||
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Hi Joanna -
I'm glad you enjoyed the helicopter portion of your combo experience. I shared your review with our friends at Atlantis and they are sincerely apologetic for your less-than-happy dinner cruise. Atlantis would like to provide you with a partial refund.
P.J. O'Reilley
Makani Kai Helicopters
pjo@MakaniKai.com