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All Reviews for Waimea Valley Falls, Hike & Swim in Oahu

Overall Rating

4.71 4.71 / 5

Reviews

352 reviews

Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Great scenery !!

Reviewed by: Jackie, 2016/08/01

Leo our driver was absolutely amazing , full of interesting facts about beautiful Hawaii , always patient and happy . The only reason I didn't give 5 Stars is the traffic , at times it was horrendous !! Luckily Leo took our mind off it with sometimes Hawaiian music sometimes quirky information,never boring , thank you

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/07/29
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Big disappointment

Reviewed by: cueno, 2016/07/06

Driver only spoke of food! Then it was not very clear on what was included so we missed the food trucks and NO lunch (after all talk and no food).

Comments from activity operators

Aloha Ms Cueno, we are very sorry to hear that the driver was not clear about things an only talked about food.
We will definitely talk to him about it.
Just to be clear, the tour package you bought included the kayak plus the admission to the falls park, but did not include a free lunch on us.
Some of the other customers use only one activity and have lunch on us -in lieu- of the second activity . Is this where the confusion started?
Our manager will call you to clarify everything with you.
Much aloha

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2016/06/29
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

The Surf Bus

Reviewed by: Laura, 2016/06/06

It was great, i got picked up and he drove out to the northshore, showed us around the town and then the activities started. He was very available to pickup after each activity and drop you off where you wanted to go. Waterfall, snorkeling, shrimp truck, beach time & stand up paddle board, it was great. There are other activities to pick from. He even stopped because he saw a sea turtle was sitting on the beach, so we could see it and take pics, it was great!

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2016/06/03
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Outstanding!

Reviewed by: Angela, 2016/05/29

This tour is a great way to see and experience the North Shore from the land and in the water. Our tour guide (HC) knew his way around the island like nobody's business. He went the extra mile to ensure we had a great time. Plenty of time for snorkeling, bike riding, checking out waterfalls, SUP or kayaking AND SHOPPING! I highly recommend!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2016/05/27
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Tour

Reviewed by: Ted Galbreath , 2016/05/15

Ben our driver was great. Thoroughly enjoyed his narration as we traveled. Very informative. Long day but very very worth it!!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/05/11
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Great Time

Reviewed by: Monty Magnet, 2016/04/25

Taking this tour was very helpful in making sure we made the most out of our visit. Our guide gave us a detailed review of the area so that we were able to make an informed decision on our activities. I would definitely recommend this tour.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/04/22
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Amazing!

Reviewed by: Lauren , 2016/04/07

We loved this trip. The guide was super helpful and friendly. We will be booking this trip again.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/05/14
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Awesome day on the North Shore

Reviewed by: Georgie C, 2016/04/02

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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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2016/03/12
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Great Trip

Reviewed by: kevin, 2016/03/05

Driver was great and very informative. would highly recommend this to anyone.

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2016/03/02
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!

Reviewed by: Lani S., 2016/02/17

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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Attended as: Solo Travelers
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Expectations...

Reviewed by: -PAUL-, 2016/01/11

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!

  • only picture i could take, the rest was with my underwater camera

Comments from activity operators

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

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2015/05/16
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

This tour is essencial in your visit to Hawaii Islands.

Reviewed by: Alberto Ortega, 2015/12/27

Simply wonderful. You travel around Oahu, visiting many beaches and points of attraction, like the Budist temple, Kualua Ranch, Dole Plantation and much more. The tour guide was excelent, I give him the highest calification.

  • Budist temple

  • In the tour we visited a few wonderful beaches.

  • Kualoa Ranch, Oahu northeast.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/12/16
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Great day with AC as tour guide

Reviewed by: McDougalls, 2015/12/23

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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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2015/12/21
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Excellent tour once we got started

Reviewed by: Honolulu tourist, 2015/12/15

Our original driver lost his wallet so could not drive us. We had to wait close to an hour to get a new driver. This combined with heavy traffic due to a Christmas parade resulted in our tour being significantly delayed and feeling somewhat rushed as we tried to save time at each stop. Our second driver was very knowledgeable and gave us an excellent running commentary as we toured. We did skip a couple of stops/activities due to the delays, but we're not offered any type of compensation. While this is a highly recommended tour company that provided the service, I find it disappointing they did nothing to make up for their issues.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/12/12
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Great tour!

Reviewed by: Mary W., Salem, OR, 2015/12/08

The tour guide was entertaining, funny, and knowledgeable. The scenery was breathtaking. Enjoyed all the stops.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/11/02
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Ultimate Oahu Circle Island Guided Nature Tour & Waimea Waterfall with Lunch

A Great Day out

Reviewed by: Mr Ed, 2015/12/07

We had an excellent day out and learnt a lot of interesting facts about Hawai'i, and the shrimps were fantastic

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/11/14
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Ultimate Oahu Circle Island Guided Nature Tour & Waimea Waterfall with Lunch

Great way to see and learn more about Oahu

Reviewed by: Carol, 2015/11/20

Paul our driver was very informative and told us many stories about the island and showed us so many beautiful places. Shrimp lunch was yummy.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/11/17
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Nice scenery

Reviewed by: Dan B, 2015/11/11

Started out from our hotel with a great driver who was very knowledgable and entertaining. We stopped to see Hanauma Bay which was beautiful then moved on to see some very beautiful scenery areas and a stop for ice cream. We hadn't seen this part of the island before especially the beautiful homes with ocean scenery. We ended up at Kuala Ranch that had a tram tour that was somewhat of a disappointment because we saw scenery from the ranch that we could see from the road but now much of the ranch or ranching activities. The gold buffet lunch was okay but only came with complimentary water with tiny plastic glasses. If we wanted any other drinks we had to stand in line while our food got cold. We headed to Dole thinking we would get a tour but again only stopped at the gift shop for shopping. Best part of that was we had another pineapple whip which was great. We saw many of the same things on this tour that we saw the day before on our Pearl Harbor / Polynesian tour. The driver was great and very informative but the tour was just so-so and wouldn't recommend it to others who do the Pearl Harbor / Polynesian Cultural Center.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/11/06
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

We had a great time!

Reviewed by: Doug and Sue, 2015/10/19

It was a long day but the time flew by as our tour guide/driver kept us entertained the entire day. We will definitely recommend this tour to friends and family and we look forward to booking more tours the next time we're in Oahu!

  • Breathtaking view!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/10/16
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Ultimate Oahu Circle Island Guided Nature Tour & Waimea Waterfall with Lunch

A Must Do Tour

Reviewed by: Eric, 2015/10/18

This was one of the most enjoyable and informative tours I have been on, Tiffany was an excellent and knowledgeable host this tour offers more than the tour description indicates and includes detailed interesting natural fauna information. I can highly recomend this very enjoyable tour and is excellent value for money the shrimp meal was enjoyable. Well done Tiffany for making our day day an enjoyable one.

Comments from activity operators

Aloha Eric,

Thank you for your great review, and awesome praise of Tiffany. We will be sure to let her know how much you appreciated her tour. We are thrilled you had a great day, and got an amazing experience with her knowledge and information. That is the Oahu Nature Tour Difference. We hope you join us on another one of our adventures the next time you are in Oahu.

Mahalo,

Oahu Nature Tours

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/10/13
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

A Fantastic tour !!

Reviewed by: Nikki J from UK, 2015/10/06

We spent 2 nights in Honolulu after a cruise so as we were short on time so this was the best way to see most of the Island. It was an amazing tour, very well organized and saw a lot of places we would never of seen on our own. Our guide Ernie was brilliant, I would highly recommend this tour for anyone staying on the Island.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/10/03
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

North beach tour

Reviewed by: Laura, 2015/09/26

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

  • Waimea bay

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/09/25
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Rain

Reviewed by: Bill, 2015/09/14

Rained most of day, so sopping wet weather in water or not. Confusion all day about activities etc.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/09/11
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

North Shore Beach

Reviewed by: Family Trips, 2015/07/30

Overall it was a family friendly, enjoyable and relaxing experience. We all had a wonderful time.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2014/08/26
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

GRAND TOUR

Reviewed by: PATRICIA BOLEWSKI, 2015/07/02

THIS WAS THE BEST TOUR FOR SEEING THE WHOLE ISLAND AND THE GUIDE TOLD US EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ISLAND

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2015/06/27
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Awesome adventure, great guide

Reviewed by: Marcos A Bonilla, 2015/06/22

Grand Circle tour was great, the guide has a complete knowledge of the island and its history, altough there is not enough time to see the entire Dole Plantation at least it gives you the opportunity to enjoy a good pineapple treat, in general a must in any Hawaii vacation

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2015/06/19
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Awesome adventure, great guide

Reviewed by: Marcos A Bonilla, 2015/06/22

Grand Circle tour was great, the guide has a complete knowledge of the island and its history, altough there is not enough time to see the entire Dole Plantation at least it gives you the opportunity to enjoy a good pineapple treat, in general a must in any Hawaii vacation

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2015/06/19
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Ultimate Oahu Circle Island Guided Nature Tour & Waimea Waterfall with Lunch

circle island waterfalls and shrimp tour

Reviewed by: Karel May 2015, 2015/06/21

The trip around the island was great I would highly recommend Veltra tours. The trip was made even better by our guide Bethany who was an endless wealth of knowledge, we did this trip2 years ago with another company and I can honestly say that we learnt 10 times more with your tour.

Comments from activity operators

Aloha Karel,

We are so happy you had a great time. Our goal is conservation through education, So anytime we can share our enthusiasm and knowledge of our beautiful island we consider that a great success! We appreciate you taking the time to share your review here and hope we can take you on another adventure during your next visit to Oahu.

Mahalo,

Oahu Nature Tours Management

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/05/28
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Oahu Island Guided Tour, Waimea Waterfall Swim & Dole Pineapple Farm

Day trip out

Reviewed by: Jim c, 2015/06/20

Not as good as I was hoping some parts not good wouldn't do it again or recommend to a friend

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/05/29
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The Surf Bus North Shore Fun Tour - Snorkel, Bike, Kayak, SUP & Waimea Waterfall

Perfect setup if you want to do North Shore, but Not sure what activities

Reviewed by: John A, 2015/04/29

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!

  • walking to Waimea Bay after snorkeling in Sharks Cove

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2015/04/24
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