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Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide

Pretty good

Reviewed by: Fei

The shuttle was late by 15min because of "an issue with some customers at the previous pickup location." I personally don't think the shuttle should wait if someone is late by more than 5min.

But James was a cool tour guide, told us a lot about the island and his personal experience/stories. A funny guy to talk to and helped take pictures, gave us sandwiches, served hot cocoa, and adjusted the telescope for us when someone wanted to look at a specific star

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/06/12
Activity Date: 2025/06/10

伝統ルアウ&フラ・ハワイアンショー アイランド・ブリーズ・ルアウ(キングカメハメハホテル内)<ブッフェ夕食/飲み放題/シェルレイ付>

大満足のショーでした!

Reviewed by: ミミ

こちらのルアウはとてもお勧めです。
美味しい食事とエンターテイメントを楽しめてとても満足しました。

流れとしてはホテル館内で受付後、野外のパーティテーブルに案内されます。
ショーが始まる前にドリンクバーと参加型のアクティビティがありました。無料のゲーム、ダンス体験やイムという地中の釜で料理したカルアピッグ(豚の丸焼き)を掘り出す様子を見られます。皆さんビデオや写真をたくさん撮っていました!
このアクティビティははやい時間で終わってしまいますので注意が必要です。

ブッフェのお食事、海からのカメハメハ王の登場に続いてステージでショーがスタート!
ハワイアンの祖先であるタヒチやサモア風のダンスや歌が盛りだくさん。最後のファイアーダンスは圧巻でした。
司会はすべて英語ですが、すべてを聞き取れなくても充分に楽しめる内容だと思います。
正直なところ、お値段的に参加するかどうか迷いましたが結果は大満足です。

◆注意点は早めに受付に行くことかと思います。
受付スタートは17:15-ですが、私たちが16:45に行った時にはすでに10組ほどが並んでいました。席は受付順で案内され、その流れでアクティビティに進むので、受付が遅くなるとアクティビティ参加がむずかしくなるかもしれません。

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言葉の壁はそれほど感じませんでした。
ハワイならではのルアウを楽しんでください

  • バナナの葉を外すと…🐷!

  • ショータイム

  • カメハメハ大王

  • ルアウの入口

  • 夕暮れの海を見ながらショーがスタート!

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Packages: Test Package
Attended as: Others
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/06/10
Activity Date: 2025/06/08

Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide

Guides

Reviewed by: BJJ

Francis was a very knowledgeable and talkative guide. Very much enjoyed our conversations!!

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/06/09
Activity Date: 2025/06/07

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Absolutely amazing service!

Reviewed by: Ricky

Incredible customer service!!! Had our flight cancelled and thankfully got a direct flight instead but our arrival changed and was able to change time by email. Had the most kind and understanding help with the change and made our first trip to Hawaii that much more memorable :). Mahalo 💛

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A must for your first trip

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/06/07
Activity Date: 2025/06/05

伝統ルアウ&フラ・ハワイアンショー ボイジャーズ・オブ・ザ・パシフィック(ロイヤルコナリゾート内)<月・火・水・金催行/ブッフェ夕食/飲み放題/シェルレイ付>

ロイヤルコナリゾートのルアウショー

Reviewed by: ハワイ島大好き

雨降りで、ステージが屋外から屋内に移動になった為なのでしょうか?
楽しみにしていたファイヤーダンスもなく、予定時間の1時間ほど早く終了になり、ガッカリです。
食事も、他のルアウショーと比べると種類も少なく味も良くなかったです。

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別のホテルのルアウショーをお勧めします。

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Packages: Test Package
Attended as: Families
Weather: Rainy
Posted on: 2025/06/04
Activity Date: 2025/06/02

Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide

Exceptional experience , Wes was a great tour guide

Reviewed by: Abdul

Exceptional experience , Wes was a great tour guide

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/05/31
Activity Date: 2025/05/29

Deluxe Captain Cook Snorkeling Tour at Kealakekua Bay - Fair Wind Cruises

Wonderful crew and beautiful spot to snorkel.

Reviewed by: Angela Reed

The crew were all very friendly and full of information about the area. The food was good and the extra slides and diving platform didn’t interfere with serious snorkeling.

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Packages: Morning Kealakekua Snorkel Tour [4.5 hours]
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/05/29
Activity Date: 2025/05/27

Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide

Fun trip

Reviewed by: Mags

Awesome tour! James, our guide, was excellent! Appreciated his knowledge and enthusiasm! Highly recommend!

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/05/29
Activity Date: 2025/05/27

Big Island Lei Greeting Service at Kona Airport - Hawaiian Floral Necklace

Not like I remembered it.

Reviewed by: Family Vacation

I was excited to share the Lei Greeting with my family, since I recall it was a great way to start off the trip when we did it years ago. However, the Greeter just sort of handed you a Lei and Bracelet and said welcome. There was no big greeting, she was too busy to offer to take a picture, never looked us in the eyes and looked like she was overworked and just trying to hand out meals to 50 small school children as fast as possible. I ended up pulling my family aside and asking a stranger to take our photos and then explained how this is a great way to start off our family vacation.

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Packages: Small Group Lei Greeting Package (2 to 7 participants)
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/05/23
Activity Date: 2025/05/21

Big Island Backroad Adventures - Water & Fire Private Volcano Tour with Meals

Fantastic custom experience

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.

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If you don’t want to be herded in a tour bus and would like the ability to customize, book this!!

Reply from activity provider

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

  • We got to see the eruption and Shawn got us there

  • Really nice nature walk and falls

  • The beautiful falls

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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

Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

AMAZING EXPERIENCE 10/10

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!! ❤️❤️

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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

Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide

Had a great time

Reviewed by: Kara

As older folks we were nervous about elevation, but this tour makes sure your comfortable and taken care of.

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/05/07
Activity Date: 2025/05/01

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Wonderful day

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

Ocean Encounters Manta Ray Snorkel Tour - Sunset & Moonlight Cruise from Kona

Magical

Reviewed by: Kara

We were pre-jittered, but for no reason as this was the calmest experience I could of imagined!

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Packages: Standard Package: Moonlight Manta Snorkel (Seasonal)
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2025/05/07
Activity Date: 2025/04/10

Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide

Mauna Kea is a Must!

Reviewed by: Jennifer

My husband and I had a tour with James through Hawaiian Eyes Tours and absolutely loved it!! The sunset was beautiful and the star gazing was such an eye opening experience! James was very knowledgeable about the sights and Hawaiian culture. Highly recommend!

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/04/27
Activity Date: 2025/04/23

Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Big Island Tour

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

Kona Sunset Dinner Cruise to Kealakekua Bay with Live Entertainment | Body Glove

Great time!

Reviewed by: Tammy

Great time, great food, great service! We thoroughly enjoyed our evening cruising down to Captain Cook. The staff was very attentive and friendly. The mean was wonderful. We loved that we could sit back and enjoy the scenery while being served. I would definitely recommend this dinner cruise.

Reply from activity provider

Mahalo Tammy for your patronage and kind review! We are so happy to read that you had a five star experience! Mahalo for your recommendations; we hope to see you again too!

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Packages: Dinner Cruise
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/04/12
Activity Date: 2025/03/22

Kona Airport Honeymoon Specials Flower Lei Greetings for Couples

Awesome greeting

Reviewed by: Adams018

Sign was up and the leis were perfect , my wife loved them

  • Blessing

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Packages: Honeymoon Lei Greeting (For 2 people)
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/04/05
Activity Date: 2025/04/03

ハワイ島 ケアラケクア湾 シュノーケリングツアー <英語ガイド/食事付き>

天候良くて最高でした

Reviewed by: とみぃ

参加した中で日本人は私だけでしたが、楽しめました!スナック菓子とソフトドリンク無料です。リーフはまぁ普通ですね( * ॑꒳ ॑*)

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最低限の英語力は必要ですね。泳ぎができないとツラいかも知れません。

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Packages: 14:00出港
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/04/02
Activity Date: 2025/03/31

Kona Sunset Dinner Cruise to Kealakekua Bay with Live Entertainment | Body Glove

Awesome

Reviewed by: Jp

Very chill. Lots of history on trip. Great dinner.

Reply from activity provider

Mahalo for joining us and sharing your kind words! Love the beautiful photo! Best to you both!

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Packages: Dinner Cruise
Attended as: Others
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/04/01
Activity Date: 2025/03/30

Big Island Whale Watching Cruise from Waikoloa - Hawaii Nautical [Dec-Mar]

Great trip!

Reviewed by: Mickey

Great Whale watching trip out of A Bay! The crew was easy going, informative and interesting.

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Wish the trip was longer than 1 1/2 hours. The check in location on the website needs to be updated

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Packages: Morning Whale Watch Cruise [Holona Speed Powerboat]
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/03/29
Activity Date: 2025/03/03

4.5-Hour Deluxe Kona Snorkel Tour & Dolphin Watch with Lunch - Body Glove Cruise

Great adventure for all ages

Reviewed by: Tee R

A little relaxing and adventure. Crew was very friendly and fun. Always felt safe in and out of the water. Meals were good. Would definitely recommend and we would go again!

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Thanks so much for joining us and taking the time to share your experience! We are stoked to know that you felt safe, that you enjoyed the service and that you'll be recommending us! Until we meet again; we wish you all of the best!

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Packages: Deluxe Snorkel & Dolphin Watch Cruise
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/03/29
Activity Date: 2025/03/09

Mauna Kea Evening Stargazing & Daytime Solar Viewing Tour with Dinner

Fabulous

Reviewed by: Kara

A great tour, worth the money as the staff details the conditions of the sky during your viewing.

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Packages: From Kona & Waikoloa - Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2025/03/27
Activity Date: 2025/03/16

Hawaii Manta Ray Sunset & Night Time Snorkel Experience from Kona - Iruka

Great experience!

Reviewed by: Kara

we were nervous at first swimming at night, but we had a wonderful time and would do it again!

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Packages: Manta Ray Night Snorkel with Sunset Cruise
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2025/03/27
Activity Date: 2025/02/22

Mauna Kea Evening Stargazing & Daytime Solar Viewing Tour with Dinner

Incredible

Reviewed by: The Bushnell family

One of the highlights of our trip! Sam was fantastic - incredibly knowledgeable and friendly. Not only were we awed by the universe, Sam helped us understand Hawaii as well. Keep up the great work.

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Packages: From Kona & Waikoloa - Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/03/26
Activity Date: 2025/03/24

Deluxe Captain Cook Snorkeling Tour at Kealakekua Bay - Fair Wind Cruises

The best snorkeling tour on the island!

Reviewed by: Melanie

Hosts are great, very friendly and shared historical information at sites along the way. We saw a mother and baby whale as well as hammerhead sharks on the trips to and from. The sea life at the snorkeling site were abundant and beautiful.
Highly recommend this tour above others.

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Packages: Morning Kealakekua Snorkel Tour [4.5 hours]
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/03/24
Activity Date: 2025/03/17

Island Breeze Big Island Kona Luau at King Kamehameha Hotel with Open Bar

Great evening

Reviewed by: Kara

fun, good food, and right at hotel so we loved the ease!

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Packages: Ohana Package
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2025/03/19
Activity Date: 2025/02/13

ホエールウォッチングクルーズ <12~3月/午前/軽食付き/ワイコロアまたはカワイハエ港発>

初出航ながら運良く大遭遇!

Reviewed by: きゅう

出航して5分ほどで逢えました!
その後も続々とブロー・ブリーチング・テールスラップ・ペックスラップを見せてくれました。
距離はけっして近くなかったけれど、これだけ頻繁に“ダンス”を魅せてくれたので大満足です。

宿泊していたヒルトン・ワイコロアが運良く海側最突端の部屋でしたが、朝や昼に海を眺めていると遠くでブロー&ブリーチングをしている姿が見えます。
ツアーに参加したのは3月初旬でしたが、頻繁に出逢えるホエールウォッチングには最適・絶好の時期のようです。

好天に恵まれて、多少の波はありましたが心配していた船の揺れも少なく、快適な船の旅でした。

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出航前の待ち時間45~60分ほど。日除けのない砂浜で待つので天気の良い日は十分な日焼け対策と水分補給の準備を!
砂浜から小型のグラスボートで本船まで移動します。足が波に洗われるので濡れてもよい恰好で!

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Packages: 10:30発/ワイコロア港
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/03/16
Activity Date: 2025/03/03

Island Breeze Big Island Kona Luau at King Kamehameha Hotel with Open Bar

Soooo happy we came!

Reviewed by: S&R

Absolutely fabulous!
Dancers were amazing. Musicians and singers . Loved it all!

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Packages: Ohana Package
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/03/04
Activity Date: 2025/03/02

Deluxe Captain Cook Snorkeling Tour at Kealakekua Bay - Fair Wind Cruises

Snorkeling for all ages!

Reviewed by: Retired&spending$$itall

Excellent crew. Very knowledgeable and made sure everyone had a positive experience. All ages can do this experience. We saw humpback whales on the boat ride to snorkeling and a pod of dolphins joined us in the bay while snorkeling. It was a very fun experience and I would highly recommend it.

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Do it, you won’t be disappointed.

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Packages: Afternoon Kealakekua Snorkel Tour [3.5 hours]
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/03/03
Activity Date: 2025/03/01
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