Reviewed by: Rick
This was the highlight of our cruise. We were lucky to see the Volcano erupt, which was well worth the trip. The restaurant we stopped at for lunch was also very good. Desmond and Anthony were great guides.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Others |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/09/09 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/09/02 |
Reviewed by: Shenyi & Yan
The good: Black Sand Beach and Volcanoes National Park are as good as they can be. Halema'uma'u Crater is amazing.
The average: The Coffee Farm we visited is a small one. We saw the coffee plants, but didn't see much about how the coffee is produced as the machines are taken apart and stored. Food is ok-ish, lunch is fast-food bento, dinner is at a small restaurant.
The unfortunate: We didn't see any star due to the cloudy weather. If you want to do stargazing, join a stargazing group as they will have better planning and equipment.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/09/02 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/08/29 |
Reviewed by: Kara
So many gorgeous stops along this tour, and the guides are so funny and make a long day seem like a breeze.
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| Packages: | Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/08/20 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/06/30 |
Reviewed by: Julie
Anthony and Desmond were spectacular tour guides! Desmond is an expert at taking the amazing photos of your group, and Anthony is so knowledgeable and taught us so much with words, pictures, and artifacts while driving. But most of all, they were friendly and caring. I've never been more impressed with two tour guides! The tour showed us many interesting sites and we had a blast. It was the highlight of our trip to the big island!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/08/20 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/08/08 |
Reviewed by: ポコポコ
My wife was initially scared to board, but it wasn't too bumpy, and while receiving explanations in Japanese, we were able to see various mountains, volcanic craters, and waterfalls from the helicopter, which was moving. The price was a bit high, but we created wonderful memories that were worth it.
家内は最初乗車するのが怖がっていましたが、
たいして揺れることもなく、日本語での説明をしてもらいながら
色々な山や火口付近・滝などをヘリコプターから見られて
感動しました。
お値段はちょっと高額ですが、それ以上に良い思い出が出来ました。
スマートフォンで動画を撮影するときは電池切れに注意!(私は切れてしまいました)
離陸&着陸時全然揺れずビックリしました。ジェット機の方が怖いです。
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| Packages: | 基本プラン |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/08/03 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/08/02 |
Reviewed by: Yuki
Participating as a family of four was truly a courageous choice, especially considering the impact of the exchange rate, but I'm so glad we decided to go for it! It was my first time on a helicopter, and thanks to the thoughtful care of the staff and pilot, I was able to enjoy it without any worries. I wanted to see the Kilauea volcano erupting magma, and I was able to capture that on video to show my elderly mother who was waiting back in Japan. Additionally, we chose a tour that included a stop at a waterfall, and that turned out to be a fantastic decision! It allowed us to truly experience the lush nature of the Big Island. The view of the mountains and valleys from the sea, the green landscape, the blue coral reef waters, and the brown-black of the volcano and lava were all so vibrant and unforgettable. Plus, we were greeted by a cute dog! I wholeheartedly recommend this tour.
為替レートの影響もあり、家族4人で参加するのは本当に勇気がいる選択でしたが、思い切って参加してよかったです!人生初のヘリコプターも、スタッフとパイロットの細やかな心遣いで心配せず、心から楽しむことができました。キラウェア火山がマグマを噴き上げている様子を見たくて参加したのですが、その動画も撮って、日本で待っていた年老いた母にも見せることができました。また、せっかくならば・・・と滝に寄るツアーにしたのですが、これが大正解!自然豊かなハワイ島を感じる内容となりました。海から見る山や谷の緑とサンゴ礁の海の青、火山や溶岩の茶黒。カラフルで自然の姿をしっかりと目に焼き付けることができました。そして、アイドル犬が出迎えてくれます。とってもキュートですよ。心からお薦めのツアーです。
The UV rays are strong. My eyes are sensitive to UV light, so I wore sunglasses. You can only bring sunglasses and one bottle of water (which is provided for free), so it's best to prepare sunblock an
紫外線が強いです。私は目が紫外線に弱いので、サングラスをしていきました。サングラス、水1本(無料配布)以外は持ち込みできないので、日焼け止めクリームなどの日焼け対策は事前にしっかりとした方がよいです。
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/07/28 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/07/09 |
Reviewed by: Kara
Highlights included walking through Volcanoes National Park, seeing steam vents and lava fields up close, the stunning black sand beach at Punaluʻu, and panoramic views over Waipiʻo Valley.
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| Packages: | Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/06/30 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/31 |
Reviewed by: Kara
It’s a long day, but absolutely packed with jaw-dropping sights and well-paced stops.
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| Packages: | Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/06/30 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/31 |
Reviewed by: John & Leena Western Australia
We enjoyed a great day learning and exploring the Volcanos, Craters, Lava Tubes. The bus was clean and on time, the tour guide (Torrie) was really good and informative. The lunch was really good as was the dinner. Overall it was a great experience. I would definitively recommend this company and tour.
Good walking shoes and light jacket.
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| Packages: | Elite Volcano Hike from Hilo Hotels |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/06/15 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/06/14 |
Reviewed by: 68-73夫婦
I splurged on a helicopter ride, thinking I might never come back to the Big Island again. I was moved by the breathtaking scenery that can only be seen from a helicopter, such as valleys, cliffs, and the traces of flowing lava. It was also great that I could ask questions and talk with the pilot through the microphone.
もう2度とハワイ島まで来られないだろうと、奮発して搭乗しました。
普通では見られない渓谷や岸壁、溶岩が流れた跡など、ヘリコプターならではの風景に感動しました。パイロットさんとマイクを通して質問したりお話し出来たのも良かったです。
If I had splurged a little more and taken the passenger seat, it might have been even more fun. I took so many photos and videos that before I knew it, my smartphone ran out of battery. Let's be caref
あともう少し奮発して助手席にすればもっと楽しかったかも。
写真やビデオを撮りすぎて気づいたらスマホの電源が切れてしまいました、気をつけましょう!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/06/04 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/28 |
Reviewed by: The relaxing and exciting way to see Big Island
Shawn is super polite and well educated in many topics regarding the lava, plant life, history and sites on the islands. He was particularly helpful in suggesting to us to change the itinerary so we could see the active eruption and we are so happy he made the suggestion. 100% well worth the private tour. We changed things up and kinda called audibles throughout the day and Shawn was all about it. We had a great dinner and the day was a total success. Thank you.
If you don’t want to be herded in a tour bus and would like the ability to customize, book this!!
Aloha Monika,
Mahalo for taking the time to share your experience with us! One of my favorite parts of just doing private tours is the ability to call those audibles and customize our itinerary based on our guests desires, or in this case the Volcano. Happy that we were able to get to the Volcanoes NP, see the eruption before it stopped, still be able to take you to the other locations we had planned, and enjoy a great dinner! Thanks again!!
Mahalo,
Shawn
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| Packages: | 12-Hour Private Tour with Lunch & Dinner |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Rainy |
| Posted on: | 2025/05/18 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/16 |
Reviewed by: Sarah 5-10-25
This tour was mind blowing especially because of tour guide Felix! He showed us all the best spots and gave so much interesting history and facts without making you want to fall asleep LOL. First time in Hawaii and I’m so grateful to have been on this excursion! Amazing food, views and so much more. Thank you wasabi tours and even bigger thank you to Felix!! ❤️❤️
This is an ALL day trip be prepared to have nothing else planned but a great time!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Weather: | Rainy |
| Posted on: | 2025/05/12 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/10 |
Reviewed by: アキ
I experienced it on May 7, 2025.
1. I was very satisfied with the location, the pilot, and the staff. I highly recommend it. 100 points.
2. Since my seat was on the left side, all the highlights were on the right side of the journey. The aircraft blocked my view, and I couldn't take the photos I wanted, which was disappointing. I requested the pilot to make a turn, but it was only accommodated once. Minus 40 points.
2025年5月7日体験しました。
1、体感は、ロケーション、パイロット、スタッフのみなさんには大満足でした。
おすすめです。100点
2、席が左サイドだった為、見所は全行程右サイドで、隣りの人越し、機体が邪魔になり、せっかくのロケーションが写真も思うように撮れず、心が折れましたよ
パイロットに旋回をリクエストしたがその1回切りの対応でした。
マイナス40点。
The front row seats are the best!
前例の席が最高ですよ。
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/05/08 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/07 |
Reviewed by: Kara
Kilauea was just amazing, I could go every day if it was possible!
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| Packages: | Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/05/07 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/04/11 |
Reviewed by: Paule965
The tour guide was great. We really enjoyed ourselves
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| Packages: | Standard Tour |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/04/25 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/04/22 |
Reviewed by: Kara
Our family loved it, as we love the e-bikes to keep the speed up, but get around the park at a good pace!
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| Packages: | GPS Self-Guided E-Bike Tour of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & the Lava Viewing |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/03/19 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/02/12 |
Reviewed by: なお
It was my first time on a helicopter, and it was exciting. The pilot provided explanations in Japanese, which was helpful. Well, since it was volcanic activity, it couldn't be helped, but I didn't get to see the red lava of Kilauea. Also, it wasn't a landing tour to the waterfall, but I was hoping to see it, so I was a bit disappointed.
ヘリコプターの初搭乗なこともありますが、エキサイティングでした。パイロットさんが日本語でも解説してくれたので、助かりました。まあ、火山活動なので仕方ないですが、キラウエアの赤い溶岩は見られませんでした。あと、滝への着陸ツアーではありませんが、見られると思っていたので少し残念です。
I think it would be better if it were the passenger seat. When someone outside the group rides in the co-pilot seat, their clothing and behavior can affect the comfort and visibility for the people in
やはり助手席だったらと思います。グループ外の人がパイロット助手席に同乗した場合、その人の服装、振る舞いで、後席の人は快適性、外の見易さに影響アリです。ガイダンス通り暗めの服装をして欲しいです。
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/03/05 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/02/28 |
Reviewed by: Laura J
In general, my family and I had a good experience. Dexter was a fantastic driver and tour guide.
The only thing we did not like is that we had to drop and pick-up people at the airport 3 times, I'd rather spend more time in the rainbow falls than going over and over to the airport.
Be prepare for cook weather, rain, slippery trails, etc.
Aloha and mahalo for your review!
We’re so glad to hear that you and your family had a good experience and that Dexter made a great impression as your driver and guide—he’ll be happy to hear your kind words!
We also appreciate your feedback about the multiple airport stops. We understand how this can affect the flow of the tour, and we’ll be sure to share your comments with our operations team as we continuously look for ways to improve our guest experience.
Thank you for choosing Polynesian Adventure, and we hope to welcome you back again for another island adventure!
Warmest aloha,
The Polynesian Adventure ʻOhana
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| Packages: | Volcano Adventure Tour |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/02/26 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/02/19 |
Reviewed by: Kara
Great day, we got lucky to get to see the current ruption! What a perfect experience.
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| Packages: | Evening Volcano Explorer |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/01/19 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/12/28 |
Reviewed by: Kara
The Big Island is so beautiful and to wrap up at Mauna Kea- the perfect tour!!
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| Packages: | Twilight Volcano & Stargazing Tour |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2025/01/14 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/10/25 |
Reviewed by: DJW
Brett was an excellent tour guide. Funny engaging and informative. It is a long day as the island is rather large. Greenwell Farms (coffee farm) was our first stop. Excellent coffee! Brett explained the growing and harvesting process, followed by tasting and souvenir purchases. Then on to the Punalu'u sweetbread bakery for treats. I lived the Lilikoi flavored pastry. Nice gift shop also. Next stop was Punalu'u black sand beach with a bonus sleeping turtle. Quick provided tasty lunch at a shady state park. Next into Volcano National Park. Brett has fantastic volcano pics. Kilauea was steeming and erupted hours later. Traveled down a large lava tube, very cool. Huge old lava fields. Next on to Rainbow falls and majestic Akaka falls on the East side of the island. On the North end, we visited Waipi'o lookout for sunset. It was along day, but excellent. Strongly recommend. Brett made the trip very enjoyable.
It is a long day, lots to see.
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| Packages: | Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/01/11 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/12/22 |
Reviewed by: Kurt
While flying over the vast skies of the Big Island, the lack of changing scenery was a bit disappointing, but I enjoyed the views of Kilauea Volcano and the coastline. I had hoped to see lava around Kilauea Volcano, but unfortunately, that didn't happen.
ハワイ島の広大な上空をフライトしている時は、風景の変化も乏しく、少し期待外れのところもありましたが、キラウエア火山、海岸線等では、楽しめました。キラウエア火山周辺では、溶岩等が見えることも期待していましたが、残念でした。
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2024/11/03 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/10/11 |
Reviewed by: Kathleen
This hike adventure was awesome! The views at different stops along the way were just amazing. Our Guide Jon was great! He was a knowledgeable about so many things such as the local birds, plants and history of the area. Entering a lava tube that was hundreds of years old was interesting, and fun. Jon made sure our group remained safe and also had fun along the way. One has to experience this activity to really appreciate it! I would definitely recommend this activity.
Aloha Kathleen, Mahalo for your glowing review. Jon is an accomplished Naturalist and we are so happy you enjoyed your adventure with him! We hope your return soon to experience another great adventure!
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| Packages: | Hidden Craters Hike |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2024/10/24 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/10/21 |
Reviewed by: Kara
Came over from Oahu, and loved every ounce of what we saw. Def coming to BI next!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2024/10/23 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/10/01 |
Reviewed by: Sand under foot
The Grand Circle Island tour is a great way to have a compact adventure all in one day. It was full of beautiful scenic views of cliffsides, beaches, cooled lava formations, waterfalls, volanic crater, and so much more. You experience a hike through a rainforest with some inclines at times, volcanic steam vents that feel like you're in a sauna, turtle viewing at Black Sand beach, cliffsides overlooking crashing waves, a coffee harvesting & processing walkthrough, a lava tube cave, and much more. Some hikes can be a bit challenging if you have mobility problems but our tour guide Brent is so accommodating and on the HNP Kilauea hike, you can ride along with him to the top of the viewing area if you're not able to do the short walk. Additionally, Brent is not just a tour guide, he will transport you to another time. He wove an amazing storytelling of Native Hawaiin history into the scenic mountains, beaches, historical battleground sites, trees, buildings, fantastical stories, and rich cultural backdrop. I walked away with a deep appreciation for how the Hawaiian island and culture came to be. This was an amazing way to experience the island!
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| Packages: | Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2024/10/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/10/04 |
Reviewed by: Marverick
It was written that the Kilauea Volcano tour lasts 50 minutes, so I applied for it. However, I couldn't see where the magma flows into the sea, and we returned to the airport in just 40 minutes. It felt disappointing to spend nearly 150,000 yen for this.
キラウエア火山50分と書いてあったのでたいまい出して申し込んだ。しかし、マグマが海に流れ込むところはみられず、たった40分で空港に戻ってきた。2人で15万円近く出してこれかよという感じであった。
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2024/09/20 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/09/17 |
Reviewed by: Kara
Your in the bus for a long rides but the sights are all beautiful!
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| Packages: | Twilight Volcano & Stargazing Tour |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2024/09/18 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/09/12 |
Reviewed by: Kara
A really well planned day, we really wanted to stargaze so was super happy we got the day tour + the evening
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| Packages: | Twilight Volcano & Stargazing Tour |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2024/09/18 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/09/07 |
Reviewed by: Kara
Really easy way to get to see so many fabulous spots around the Big Island without needing to drive and look at directions all day!!
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| Packages: | Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2024/09/16 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/07/21 |
Reviewed by: Kara
We expected a better guide around the park then just an app but the bikes were in good condition
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| Packages: | GPS Self-Guided E-Bike Tour of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & the Lava Viewing |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2024/09/01 |
| Activity Date: | 2024/07/10 |
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Be careful of battery drain when filming videos on your smartphone! (I ran out of battery.) I was surprised that there was no turbulence at all during takeoff and landing. I find jet planes scarier.