Kualoa Ranch Experience - Jurassic Valley Movie Tour, Jungle Jeep & Farm Tour
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4.73
Great opportunity for beautiful scenery and learning
Reviewed by: R Winkler, 2021/06/30This tour was fantastic. I had no idea Hawaii was used as the backdrop for so many movies and TV shows. Kimo was our tour guide and he was fantastic; very funny and informative. The scenery was fantastic: beautiful mountains and beautiful ocean views all in one place. My 15-year-old sons thought it was an amazing day. Couple of things for future visitors to know: 1) cell service is intermittent. Your phone searches when the signal is dropped and this eats up battery life. Bring a power pack with you just in case or a charger (this is especially important for item 2. 2) if you use Lyft or Uber to get out to the Ranch from Waikiki, try to arrange for pick up for the return ahead of time. Uber is nearly twice as expensive as Lyft. There is one Lyft driver, Jane, that picked us up. She actually lives in the area. Otherwise, you will be waiting for a while. So, save some phone battery for the driver search/wait.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2021/06/27 |
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It was an amazing day, on a great tour, wonderful site! Somewhat relieved our stress and anxieties during this pandemic.
Reviewed by: Ms.Ems, 2020/10/21My kids have been anticipating getting out after a couple of lockdowns in Hawaii due to COVID-19. Saturday morning, while their Dad was off for work, we decided to visit Kualoa Ranch. After reading more of their implementation of COVID-19 safety protocol, we felt safe and confident to take one of their tours, so we decided to book their Movie Sites Tour. I also love the fact that HawaiiActivities.com never fails to provide most up-to-date information which is how we found this to be available on that same day.
Upon entering the premises at Kualoa Ranch, numerous signs were displayed to remind guests and staff about wearing their masks, washing hands/ hand sanitizing, and practice social distancing. At the entrance, they checked our temperature and collected our information (first & last name for each of my party members, an email address, and a phone number for contact tracing. Staff & employees, including our tour guide, were wearing face masks. They also installed Plexiglas in every counter (information desks, check-in, ticket desks).
When we got through the gift shop, and the restaurant, hand sanitizers & disinfecting spray/ wipes were also readily available in many areas. We felt safe.
With everything that has been happening around us, it was a wonderful feeling to be out and explore again. We enjoyed our visit, and the Movie Sites Tour was fun! My son (8-year-old) really loved it and have been asking to go back and do horseback riding. My teenagers said they learned a lot! The tour guide was funny and informative, made us laugh throughout the tour! He has great sense of humor; he even brought a dinosaur toy with him for our photo taking at Jurassic Park and I loved how the photo came out!
It was a great day! We were there as a family 10 years ago and we will visit again in the future.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
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Very fun experience
Reviewed by: rowie, 2020/03/12I did't think much of it at first because the tour seemed very short, but it was the funnest I ever had, even with a baby. The ride through the jungle was bumpy and the roads were windy like a roller coaster ride. The views were breathtaking, and although it rained a little on the top, it added for extra ambiance & adventure. The guide gave us rain ponchos to help us keep us dry. The guides were very informative & fun. They sure knew what they were doing.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2020/03/09 |
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Best tour guide!
Reviewed by: Brittany, 2020/03/04Had a wonderful time on the jungle expedition with Justice! Great views of the island and a fun drive up and back down. Highly recommend! Must admit that seeing the Jurassic World props was my favorite!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2020/03/01 |
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Fun time at the ranch!
Reviewed by: Michael, 2020/02/11Kualoa Ranch is beautiful and probably my favorite place on Oahu. There is so much to do there! This is a bus tour that offers an awesome experience driving through the heart of the ranch and listening to the guides commentary about the different movies that were filmed there. The bus makes multiple stops along the way so you can get out, walk around, and take pictures as you please. Overall good tour. The guide was very knowledgable and made it fun. Looking for something to do on Oahu, check out Kualoa!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
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Very fun
Reviewed by: Mary, 2020/02/03Our guide Lani was very fun and knowledgeable. She has worked there food 28yrs. We were able to see a lot of areas where films as TV shows were shot. We highly recommend it.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2020/01/31 |
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Really great day out
Reviewed by: AnneKaren, 2020/01/30This tour was really good, the tour guides were full of humour and fun stories to tell, the vehicles were comfortable and the tours well done. (Would've like just a -little- more time in some of the places (not a lot, just 2-3 more minutes maybe)).
But I would definitely recommend this full day tour to anyone, there's something for everyone at Kualoa Ranch.
VELTRA deserves praise too, I got a voucher from a friend and had trouble redeeming it, contacted VELTRA on Facebook and was told I had to call to book the tour and they would add my voucher. As I didn't have a working phone available they managed to transform the voucher into points and add them to my VELTRA account. I was then free to use it for this booking. Thank you for making it so easy for me :-)
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2020/01/27 |
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Great Tour with little kids
Reviewed by: Wilson, 2019/04/23It’s a very good tour around the mountain with kids. A few movie filming site is a bonus! Highly recommended!
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2019/04/20 |
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Love it!
Reviewed by: mcavalheiro, 2019/02/25I went to one of the many Adventures at Kualoa Ranch with my grandson. I took him to the Hollywood Movie Site Tour and we love it! My grandson is 5 years old and he loves dinosaurs and was so excited to see the Jurassic Park movie site, and believe it or not he was so excited to see the sign that appears on the movie. Also, all that bones and of course the dinosaurs. He was so happy!!!
For me was much more then I expected, everything was so beautiful and the lady who was guiding us, I think her name is Fono, wow ... she was awesome!
Everything was so beautiful and we enjoyed it a lot! I highly recommend it!
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2019/02/23 |
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Breathtakingly Beautiful
Reviewed by: Lonna Gawryleski, 2016/09/25My husband and I enjoyed the time we spent at the Open Palm Plantation. Upon our arrival we were taken back as to just how beautiful this place was. Lush greenery, a display of beautiful Hawaaian flowers, a gorgeous mountain view and a 2 1/2 acre ranch with horses that made this the picture perfect.
Kitty is a gracious host and was very knowledgeable to the area and shared some of her favorite restaurants in her book of goodies. Our favorites restaurants were: Over Easy and Hailewa Joes!
The distance from her place to Waikiki was a bit of a drive but the scenery in all directions was well worth the trip! If you want a great adventure whether it be just then two of you or a family getaway, you won't be disappointed!
Lonna and Gene Gawryleski
Palm Desert, California
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/08/29 |
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Great experience
Reviewed by: Fabbi, 2016/08/16We ar a family of 4 and we really enjoyed the time we spent at the ranch (very beautiful place it lself), the activities made the experience even better. We choose the The valley, The mountain and Secret Island! It was a blast!
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2016/08/13 |
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Kualoa Ranch
Reviewed by: Peter Mcfarlane, 2015/06/06Very enjoyable tour , had a great time we did the ocean tour , the movie site tour & the jungle tour . The movie site tour was our favourite and the lunch was fantastic
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2015/05/29 |
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Amazing Experience!
Reviewed by: The Lazo's, 2014/10/13We are residents in Hawaii, actually we moved here from California about 5 years ago and while kids are off school on their fall break, I decided to take them out. I didn't realize there's actually a lot to do and see here, thanks to my cousin, Emily, who works for VELTRA that recommended me to do these things.
Kualoa Ranch is amazingly beautiful! We checked-in at 8:00am to do the Full Day Experience Pass and it was the perfect time as we were able to do four different activities. We did the Jungle Expedition and although it was a really bumpy ride (which is quite fun actually), the view of the Chinaman's hat island upon reaching the top after our small hike was breathtaking! We did the Ocean Voyaging which is nice also as we got to see the view of the windward side from a far, the Ranch & Movie Tour, and the Ancient Fishing Grounds & Tropical Gardens Tour. Buffet lunch was also included in the Value Pass and the menu items are so ono(delicous)! Overall, it was a really fun and exciting experience!
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2014/10/07 |
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A Royal Experience
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous, 2011/10/24Although a very new Kualoa ranch tour the operators were keen to learn and improve where possible. My wife and I enjoyed the tour and picnic lunch, the guide was both helpful and informative. Although we have done other ranch tours on previous visits this was the first time we had a composite tour and enjoyed seeing parts we had not seen previously. We highly recomend this tour and found it value for money.
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