Reviewed by: Roxanna
Love this trip! Our driver was fun and talk to the group the whole trip, was worth waking up so early to experience this. Highly recommended! Just wear a winter jacket because it is really cold! Almost like a NY winter
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| Packages: | Haleakala Sunrise Tour with Breakfast |
| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/23 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/21 |
Reviewed by: tilks
Family had a fun time on the hike, very cool and guide was great. Customer service was not good though, I called 3 days prior because I injured my knee. I was told I would be able to do the hike it would be a moderate hike but doable. The day of I couldn't bend my knee so I stayed back, my husband was told no refund even though I let them know 3 days before that I had an injury. Had they not encouraged me I would have canceled the day I called, that is why I was calling them. In the end when Veltra contacted them they fully refunded my money. It was greatly appreciated!
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| Packages: | Morning Tour - Meet in Central Maui |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/22 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/06/25 |
Reviewed by: Natalie P.
Doing things during COVID-19 can be a real pain in the butt, but the organizers for Chief’s Luau made it very easy. This show is awesome! The Chief is so funny & warm, & you can tell he’s a good guy. The food was delicious, but I wish that some things were a little warmer, like the noodles & the sweet potato bread. I recommend going through the customization line, since you can just tell them you don’t want the fish or the chicken or whatever. The show was fun & entertaining & I think it’s worth every dollar I paid! I would totally see it again.
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| Packages: | Paradise Package: Standard Seating, Kukui Nut Lei Greeting & 2 Drinks |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/22 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/20 |
Reviewed by: Lisa
Great opportunity to sit back, relax and enjoy and hour and 20 minutes on the Wailua River and “getting married” at the Fern Grotto. The music and hula dancing on the journey up the river added a wonderful ambiance and the history and information on movies filmed on and around the Wailua on the way back was very informative. All in all a wonderful addition to our trip to Hawaii.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/21 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/16 |
Reviewed by: GnC
I give the music snd dancing all the credit. It was a wonderful show. My impression of the food was it was just ok. Maybe we just don’t like Hawaiian
Food but thanks for trying. The deserts were soggy and lacked flavor. For the total experience, this was way over priced and disappointing.I don’t think I would recommend this luau to my friends due to the food.
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| Packages: | Ohana Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/21 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/19 |
Reviewed by: Jenny
This was one of the highlights of our trip to Maui! First you get to drive up 10k feet up Haleakala and view amazing landscapes, be above the clouds and then watch the sunset. Guide, Yoshi (not sure if spelling correctly) was amazing! Has been doing this tour for 20 years. Very laid back, knowledgeable, and offers up various spots for photos. He has very good equipment for star gazing. He sets everything up, provides winter jackets and even coffee and tea. We got to see Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Andromeda galaxy and much more. Would recommend to anyone! We spent about 1 hour of the tour star gazing and other tours were already gone while we were still up there. Absolutely amazing!
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| Packages: | Maui All Stars Tour & Haleakala Sunset |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/20 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/12 |
Reviewed by: Nanci Granow
Sean did a wonderful job at making this tour be a terrific experience !!! He was always making sure everyone had an enjoyable and comfortable time !!
This experience was above my expectations . I appreciate his help capturing many pictures of this experience!!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/16 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/14 |
Reviewed by: Soham Shah
Our tour guide Krystal was amazing. She had background in Astronomy and physics with lots of stories from Big Island. We observed entire milky way galaxy with powerful telescope and it was out of the world experience. Our best part was watching all planets and moon with craters. Thank you Krystal for wonderful explanation and experience.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/16 |
Reviewed by: Pam
Sean was AMAZING! Participating in this tour was one of the highlights of our visit to Hawaii, and we're so grateful for Sean's hospitality and warm aloha. He was attentive to every detail and the best host EVER! Had a blast and highly recommend.
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| Packages: | Lunch at McGarrett's |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/16 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/06 |
Reviewed by: Cortney
This experience was unreal! Dominic was our guide and he was fabulous throughout. We got to go to the top of the worlds tallest mountain, Mauna Kea, to watch the sunset. When we got up there we had some time to walk around and look at the landscape/telescopes. After that, we watched the sunset and Dominic took photos of us. Once the sun set, we went down the mountain a bit for stargazing. Dominic and the other guide, Hiro, set up and telescope so we could see Saturn and then Hiro gave a great talk on all of the stars. It was absolutely breathtaking! You could see so many stars, planets and the Milky Way! It’s also freezing up there but the tour provides gloves, winter coats and ski pants. This is an absolute must do!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/14 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/11 |
Reviewed by: Another Ohana!
We celebrated my sisters 50th Anniversary on board. It was fantastic!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/14 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/11 |
Reviewed by: Annette
It was the last night of our Hawaii vacation and the cruise was beautiful! The food was very good and the sunset was just breathtaking! Our waiter, Denny, made sure we had everything we needed. He took care of all of his other tables with the same attentiveness. The performers were truly professional. And my daughter said "Yes" when her boyfriend asked her to marry him!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/13 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/01 |
Reviewed by: David H.
Great Views, both sunset and star gazing. Food was OK but we weren't going for the Food. The telescopes were OK but they could invest in some better telescopes. They could also work on the routing to save gas.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/13 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/18 |
Reviewed by: Lina
We decided on this luau -from many- because they were family friendly and the other reviews. They were right, we had a blast. The staff were so accommodating to my daughter (1.5yo). She loved the show and even tried to Hula. We were also celebrating my moms 77th birthday and she loved it too. The best buffet of hawaii's essential plates and desserts too. I would definitely would go back.
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| Packages: | Ohana Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/12 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/08 |
Reviewed by: ALOHA
In August, my family of four participated. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no other participants, just us. We received a notification that the weather on the scheduled day was deteriorating, so we had to change our arrival to the following day. Thanks to that, we were able to see a beautiful sunset.
During the stargazing afterward, it was very enjoyable to listen to Yamapi's explanations while looking at the surface of the moon. It was a bit disappointing that the full moon was too bright, making it hard to see the stars clearly, but we were able to feel the power of the moon!
It became the best memory of our time in Maui!
8月に家族4人で参加しました。コロナ禍という事もあり、他の参加者はおらず私達だけでした。予定していた日の天候が崩れると連絡を頂き、急きょ到着翌日へ変更となりました。おかげ様で美しいサンセットを見ることができました。
その後の星空観測では、ヤマピーさんの説明を聞きながら月の表面を見たりとても楽しかったです。満月が近く、月が明るすぎてあまりハッキリと星が見えなかったのが少し残念でしたが、月のパワーをもらえました!
マウイ島での最高の思い出になりました!
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| Packages: | 混載プラン<2名以上> |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/12 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/20 |
Reviewed by: Ollie
We took the round the Oahu Island tour. Best thing we could’ve done. The entire day we were shown fantastic sights, historic points, and history of the island. Dole PineApple Farm and the Macadamia Nut Farms were great stopping areas to have fun shopping. Please ask for the tour guide Lola- you won’t regret it as she is very knowledgeable about the entire island and it’s history. The bus today is well worth it.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/11 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/22 |
Reviewed by: Megan Rish
The guide was so friendly! Loved the tour highly recommended
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| Packages: | 6 Hour - Full Day Package (up to 12 participants) |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/11 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/09 |
Reviewed by: Giselle + Saul
Rich was the best guide. He was incredibly knowledgeable about everything we saw, and even when it was cloudy on Mauna Kea, he told us ancient Hawaiian stories until the clouds cleared and we could see everything we came out to see. A++++ would go again in a heartbeat. Thanks Rich!!!
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| Packages: | From Hilo - Rainbow Falls, Kaumana Caves, Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/11 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/09 |
Reviewed by: Moy
I booked the movie bus tour a day before the actual tour. All the other tours on the ranch had been booked. I was desperate to visit Kualoa Ranch. I really wanted to do the ATV tour. I wasn’t expecting it to be very good because they still had seats available. All the other tours were booked well into next week. Boy was I wrong. The tour was amazing our tour guide Stephanie also the driver was funny and engaging. She explained all the movie set and gave us a history lesson about how the ranch and land came to be. We even saw the owner of the ranch who drove but us. Two thumbs up highly recommended best tour I took so far in Hawaii.
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| Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/10 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/08 |
Reviewed by: Mr & Mrs Niles
Amazing hospitality!!! What a wonderful family that just wants to serve. Loved every minute of the dancing and music. Food was delicious and authentic. Thank you for having us.
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| Packages: | [5:00 PM Show] Silver Package: Standard Seating + One Drink |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/10 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/08 |
Reviewed by: Francisco Melissa
Ernie was our tour guide and he was awesome! So informative and knowledgeable and educated us the entire time about the plants, fruits and land. You left feeling connected to the island and wanting more! So welcoming, so great. Besides the many waterfalls, black sand beach and Ernie as our guide it was well worth every penny!
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| Packages: | Hana Ultimate Premium Tour with Gourmet Lunch |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/09 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/04 |
Reviewed by: CayJo
My wife and I had an amazing time on this private tour of the road to Hana. Ana did an amazing job and was super cool and friendly!! Got to hit a lot of the spots we wanted to see, including the bamboo forest, swimming in waterfalls, tidal pools, lunch and banana bread from Aunty Sandy's. Sampled some fresh guava off the the side of the road Awesome views. Also, Ana, loved talking movies and tv shows with you! Great times!!
Thank you so much for the fantastic review! Feedback like this makes our hearts sing!! Hana has so many amazing sights and experiences. Thank you for trusting us with your precious time on this part of the island! Perhaps we shall meet in the future... until then, take care!!
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| Packages: | 8-Hour Taste of Hana Tour (up to 6 passengers) |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/08 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/06 |
Reviewed by: Cara Christy
This experience is a really good sightseeing tour. We covered about 1/2 of the island Kauai from the south, the west, and the north side from about 9a-4p.The places we stopped were great and the were plenty of bathroom breaks! I did think there would be more hiking involved because of the description. There is a nature trail at Koke’e State Park that is nice. Our guide was a native Hawaiian with great stories to tell!
The shops in Hanapepe were fun to shop at! We loved the swinging bridge there! And, the stop at the coffee farm was great with amazing coffee to be taste tested and purchased. You could also see the coffee beans being grown on the trees! It was a fun trip!
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| Packages: | Kauai Waimea Canyon & Kokee Trail Adventure |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/08 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/06 |
Reviewed by: Amy3900
We had an amazing personalized tour of Maui driving through the Hana Road. Gus and AnnaLisa both provided a fantastic narrative of the beautiful island of Maui from the lush rain forest to the beach and circled entire island. Stopped at wonderful places for local banana bread to ice cream and BBQ lunch as well as local island coffee. Enjoyed hearing about Maui’s culture, history, plants and flowers. Not to mention the breathe tasting scenery with personalized photos. Very social distance friendly and felt completely safe throughout the tour. Highly recommended.
Thank you so much for your fantastic review!!! We really appreciate you taking the time and making the effort to share your thoughts with others. We are so grateful to have met. Both of us came home yesterday glowing from venturing with you. Mahalo for choosing us!!! We hope to meet again... warmest aloha
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| Packages: | 12-Hour All The Way Around (up to 6 passengers) |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/08 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/07 |
Reviewed by: SB
Loved it and felt safe.
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| Packages: | Ohana Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/07 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/12 |
Reviewed by: Megan Rish
Our driver was a wonderful person. Very friendly and gave us a run down on how things worked here. We look forward to using them again.
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| Packages: | [Arrival] Airport to Hotel |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/07 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/05 |
Reviewed by: Lynn M
We had not been to the fern grotto in 25 years. It is more beautiful and serene then we remember. The staff a Smith's are welcoming and deliver a fun trip. We like the music and the Capitan's narrative explaining the area.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/30 |
Reviewed by: Ambra
We had a great time on this two hour cruise. Food portions weren’t huge but we’re delicious! Enjoyed the show and the music throughout. The package came with 2 drinks per person, and extra drinks were available for purchase. My only complaint would be the bus transportation - for some reason, our trip to the boat took forever…I think we were waiting on passengers that weren’t at the pick up spot, so this somewhat delayed our arrival. Otherwise-great time!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/04 |
Reviewed by: MS & AG
Marcus our tour guide was Amazing! Really knowledgeable about the stars and facts regarding them. He was very friendly and patient with the kids! The only reason this doesn’t have a 5 star rating is because the food was blah.
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| Packages: | From Kona & Waikoloa - Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/04 |
Reviewed by: Keisha oneal
The guide was very informative. Seeing the memorial was very educational and the guide gave us nice places to go as well.
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| Packages: | 8:00 AM Standard Tour [2022] |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/15 |
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Aloha and mahalo Mr. and Mrs. Niles for giving us a great review! We are happy to hear that you had a great experience with us and enjoyed every bit of the luau. Good to know you enjoyed the food we prepared for you, hope we'd see you guys soon and enjoy the dancing, music, and performances again!