Kauai Waimea Canyon Sightseeing, Kokee Nature Walk & Coffee Tour with Lunch
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4.59
Fun experience
Reviewed by: Kara, 2023/08/21Nothing beats these views! How we wish we could see them always!
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| Activity Date: | 2023/07/12 |
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Good overview of part of the island - wish we had more time in Waimea Canyon
Reviewed by: Alex, 2023/05/29We enjoyed the tour overall but wish we had more time and one or two more stops around the Waimea Canyon. The tour takes in a few different spots across Kauai, but the real highlight is the Canyon. So it's a shame to only get a few different opportunities to stop and take photos. The tour picked us up and dropped us off promptly, and our guide Rosario told us a bit about the island and it's history, which we liked. The lunch provided was better than we expected. If we had the chance again, we would drive to the Waimea Canyon itself to explore it independently. If we had to take a tour again, we would consider this one as we felt overall it was good, if not perfect.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/05/14 |
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Superb tour!
Reviewed by: LammyP, 2023/05/21We thoroughly enjoyed this sightseeing tour, with driver & guide, Kaleo. He was helpful, informative and hilarious! Stories, quips and jokes all day long. We even learned how to pronounce "humuhumunukunukuapua`a"! We saw some highlights of the beautiful island of Kaua`i including the spouting horn blow hole and we were lucky enough to get a clear view of the waimea canyon, before the clouds rolled in! We had a tasty lunch at chicken in a barrell and sampled delicious coffee at the Kaua`i coffee plantation. The trail at the state park is very short and the order of the stops is different to that listed on the veltra site, but regardless we would 100% recommend this tour.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/05/12 |
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Breath Taking Views, Relaxing Ride & Delicious Lunch!
Reviewed by: Yuchen, 2023/02/23This tour was exactly what we were looking for a full day of sight seeing, lunch and no effort on our part!!
What we experienced:
- Pick Up - we got picked up at 7:30 in the morning by the shuttle and then it went to many other hotels to pick up other passengers. Your time will vary depending on where your hotel is.
- Sights - we got to see all the sights listed on the itinerary including some extras at the beach. We saw the Monk Sealions and Turtles at the beach and that was a bonus treat! The pit stops were the perfect amount of time to hop out to take photos, enjoy the sight and then move on.
- Waimea Canyon - lots of different view points - we got to see it from all around. There was PLENTY of picture ops. This was really a hop on hop off photo tour. So don't expect any hikes or long walks. What I loved is I never had to worry about the parking situation, paying park fees, or the driving obviously. It's perfect for anyone without a car or for cruise go-ers. Even though we had a car rental, I didn't regret not having to do this drive myself. I got to nap on the way back because even though I didn't hike, it still was a long day.
- Lunch - The food exceeded my expectations after reading the reviews (I'm sure the bad experiences were during Covid times). We had huge chicken portions and it was seasoned well and cooked well. The plantation that we ate at was beautiful and relaxing so we enjoyed the lunch break a lot.
- Coffee plantation tour - nice pit stop that we wouldn't have made on our own but enjoyed the op to tag along on this tour.
Our tour guide (so sorry for not remembering his name-Italian man from NJ originally) was great. He gave good history, good info all while he was driving. He had so much knowledge and good recommendations and really funny!!
The tour was exactly what we wanted to explore a large chunk of the island - no stress and no worry on our part.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/02/08 |
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Unreal Views!
Reviewed by: Kara, 2022/12/21Wow! Breathtaking views, and its awesome to get guided, you learn so much of the history.
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| Activity Date: | 2022/12/05 |
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Informative and funny guy
Reviewed by: Emma, 2022/12/21Rosario(I might get his name wrong) was very friendly and informative. The bus was very nice and spacious. Perfect for my tall giant! Thank you for an awesome experience.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2022/12/19 |
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Miss K is the best tour guide
Reviewed by: Laura J, 2022/09/02Miss K knows a lot about Kaua'i and the Hawaiian culture and history, she was a fantastic guide during the whole tour.
This tour was great, all the spots we visited are fantastic.
Aloha Laura - Mahalo for entrusting us to show you our beautiful Kauai! Yes, Ms K. is a gem! May we have the pleasure of hosting you and/or your friends and 'Ohana soon! the Poly Ad 'Ohana
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2022/08/29 |
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Good tour, but not enough time at the major sites.
Reviewed by: MJL, 2022/07/13The tour was good. The tour guide was excellent! Less time shopping and more time at the sites to hike would make this an excellent tour. We did enjoy it and would recommend it, especially if you don't have transportation.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/11 |
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Nice Adventure
Reviewed by: Rosanna , 2022/04/01This was a fun day. We saw a lot of nice sights. I wish we could have had more time at each location, though. We ended up going back to a couple sights on our own the next day. Jonna was friendly and answered our questions. The lunch wasn't very good by the time we got to eat it. (We picked it up to eat later) Maybe it depended on what you ordered. All in all a nice day and some fun sights.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2022/03/14 |
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A MUST IN KAUAI
Reviewed by: Kara, 2022/03/18Waimea Canyon is breathtakingly beautiful. You will not want to miss it while visiting Kauai and this tour was a great guide through the canyon!
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2022/03/18 |
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Waimea Canyon and the south and west side sightseeing on/off tour with lunch!
Reviewed by: Cara Christy, 2021/09/08This 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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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/06 |
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Spent little time at main sights and hours waiting for food!
Reviewed by: NomadeYogini, 2021/09/04I had the worst experience on this tour, had to wait about an hour and a half for the driver to do a food pick up and then wasted an extra hour plus just idling at a pic nic site after everyone had finished eating their lunch, while we speeded through all the main sights and barely had time to take photos of the breathtaking Waimea Canyon!!!!! Poor timing would be an understatement. It was my last day on Kauai and wish I had found another tour company to see Waimena Canyon!
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/09 |
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Perfect tour for a first visit to Kauai!
Reviewed by: Charisse Palaad, 2021/08/15This tour was absolutely wonderful! It was my family’s first visit to Kauai and it was overwhelming seeing all the activities that are available on the island. We settled for this as a way to see a lot of the main sights and it was the PERFECT way to spend the day! We had Kana’e (sp?) as our guide and she was absolutely a joy to spend the day with. She talked stories with us, shared her culture with us and told us all the places to go for our trip! The sights were gorgeous and we recommend this to anyone who is visiting for the first time!!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/13 |
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Excellent tour!
Reviewed by: John - NJ, 2021/08/06The tour was at an easy pace and covered the West side of the island concluding with spectacular views and vantage points of Waimea Canyon. Our driver Rosario was thorough with explanations, local trivia, and very personable to everyone. The pickup and drop offs from the hotels were punctual. The lunch was also good as were the local stops in Hanapepe and Waimea. Each stop including those of Waimea Canyon allowed for plenty of time to use the facilities, investigate the area, and take plenty of photos. The tour bus had plenty of space, and was air conditioned and comfortable. I would recommend this tour for any visitors to the Garden Isle!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/04 |
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We couldn't have asked for a better tour guide!
Reviewed by: JC, SW Florida, 2021/07/31Our tour guide was one of the best parts of the entire trip. She was so informative and had such a deep love and respect for her island and also for the tourists that are visiting here and falling in love with it as well. She provided us with so much useful information and history to help us appreciate this beautiful place and took us to the best stops along the way to see the amazing canyons!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2021/07/29 |
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A must do!
Reviewed by: J C , 2021/07/23The experience was excellent. Dan is very knowledgeable and super nice! He was excellent with time and engaged our group the entire trip. He drove carefully. The food was delicious. Glad we did it! Beautiful views.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2021/07/21 |
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Mahalo for joining us Emma! We hope you enjoyed your vacation in Hawaii! Me ke aloha pumehana!