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: David
Our tour guy big Anthony was very funny. He also helped us to understand more about Hawaii culture. We really enjoyed the tour. The Waimea falls was our favorite. First time we saw some beautiful flowers that only can be seen in Hawaii. We will recommend the tour to our friends in future.
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Packages: | Waikiki Hotels & Honolulu Cruise Ship Pier Departure |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/09/02 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/31 |
Reviewed by: Todd Strubbe
Great tour guide! So much fun! Very entertaining and friendly, and the scenery is phenomenal! Would definitely do this again.
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/09/01 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/30 |
Reviewed by: Alissa
Allow yourself plenty of time to get to the ranch especially if you are taking public transportation (and especially if you do not take public transportation often and are prone to taking the right bus # in the wrong direction lol). We luckily made it JUST on time for out tour. The tour itself was fun! The tour guide had lots of random facts about the ranch, different movies that had be filmed there, and different events that had been held there. There was even a movie being filmed at the time and we got to see a few minutes of it in action. The tour bus was just an old school bus with no glass in the windows which would have been find but it rained, hard. The good news is the tour guide did have a supply of rain ponchos! The best part by far was the views, you had an amazing view of a more rural side of the island and you could see China Man's hat from there as well. There were also some great photo opps!
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/08/27 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/23 |
Reviewed by: Angelica
The tour was relaxing and fun and our tour guide Kimo (forgive the spelling if incorrect) was wonderful and super friendly and took the time to get to know his passengers asking thoughtful questions and representing the kind Aloha spirit. We learned a lot about Hawaii and the movies while enjoying the beautiful sights!
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/08/22 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/20 |
Reviewed by: Allen
This was an amazing experience. The tour guide added energy, stories, showed us beautiful plants left and right. Terri was well informed and answered any questions we had about Hawaii with enthusiasm and expertise. We had an excellent group with us! There are lots of trees to climb along the way if you're adventurous! Thank you Terri for a wonderful learning experience!
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Packages: | Honolulu Volcanic Rainforest Hike [No Transportation] |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/08/21 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/16 |
Reviewed by: Daniels
Driver was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Did his best to keep our son entertained. We would recommend this to anyone.
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Packages: | Premium Tour: Arizona Memorial, USS Missouri, Bowfin Submarine & Aviation Museum |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/08/20 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/18 |
Reviewed by: mg. a. s
My whole family was so pleased we took this tour. We had the chance to enjoy a few spots and stops. Every stop is almost a food stop. Sandy ( I hope I remember her name right ) and Maus ( or mouse? ) are a good team! They are very thoughtful not only inside the bus but even when we were at our stops, going beyond what is expected of them. They made the trip lively and interesting. The lunch was delicious. I went for the garlic shrimp. Make sure you have enough cash, smaller bills I would recommend. Well planned tour.
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/08/15 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/28 |
Reviewed by: Sully
The passport gives you access to the USS Battleship Missouri, the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum. You do need an ID when you are entering all these museums. You do have to get separate tickets for the USS Arizona, which is the main attraction, but the museums are filled with amazing details of Pearl Harbor, definitely some new to our group. Along with that there are so many artifacts and visuals to experience Pearl Harbor. We loved the Submarine experience.
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Packages: | Passport to Pearl Harbor |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2021/08/07 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/07 |
Reviewed by: Hannah McKinney
This was an amazing experience for our girls trip. If you are looking for fun activities that are self guided this is the tour for you. We did the snorkeling and paddle boarding both were extremely fun and we had plenty of time to do both. The price was great and included everything we needed. We got to see 2/3 of Oahu, which was beautiful. Our tour guide was Sam he was helpful and funny. Would recommend this tour/activity day to anyone!!
We are very happy to hear that you had an amazing trip! And that Sam was helpful and funny! We hope to see you again on the surf bus, the original north shore tour!
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2021/08/04 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/02 |
Reviewed by: Regina
We enjoy this tour each time we take it. We brought our mom and wanted her to experience the sites of the island. Chelsie was very knowledgeable with details about the different stops, as well as along the route. I would recommend this tour to anyone with plans on visiting Oahu.
Aloha Regina,
Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos! And Mahalo for including your mom, we loved sharing our island with her too! We are very grateful for your continued support and consider you 'ohana (family). We appreciate your recommendation and look forward to your return. Until then, please stay well!
Mahalo!
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Packages: | Waikiki Hotels & Honolulu Cruise Ship Pier Departure |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/08/04 |
Activity Date: | 2021/08/02 |
Reviewed by: Jake
Great tour! Learned a lot about the history of the ranch. Must see tour Highly recommended!
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/08/02 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/31 |
Reviewed by: Shani Freeman
Stephanie was amazing! Awesome energy, full of facts, the ranch is absolutely stunning and amazing. The location is phenomenal and the scenery is like a postcard photo, at every angle. Please be advised, this is NOT like the ATV tour. I thought we'd get out at more stops, but we didn't. None the less, it was fun and worth the money!
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/08/01 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/15 |
Reviewed by: Holly
Wonderful tour, great tour guide. Would recommend and next time will reserve earlier and do the ATV tour.
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/08/01 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/30 |
Reviewed by: dave
the tour guide was very good If you would install a screen for video clips of the scene that was shot at that location it would have people more invested in the tour
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/07/30 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/20 |
Reviewed by: Civitastours.com
Cousin G was a wonderful driver and guide. He provided great local information and the activities were so fun that everyone was exhausted! This is a great addition to any first timer and well worth it!
Mahalo,
Civitas Tours
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Packages: | [From Waikiki] North Shore Tour + Two Fun Adventures |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/07/29 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/27 |
Reviewed by: Siddhant
Jackson and Sandy were amazing showing us the island. Apart from fact that they are awesome, they had great knowledge about the island and places you can explore. Overall I had a great time and would definitely recommend people to try the island tour. Cheers!
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2021/07/24 |
Activity Date: | 2021/06/28 |
Reviewed by: Nancy
The tour was so much fun and Lani, our bus driver was awesome. She bragged several times about her imaginary husband..(The rock).. ;)
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/07/23 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/21 |
Reviewed by: Honey
Not that perfect but its an experience thing especially the bones ....no thinking made of styrofoam, its cool though... talking about history kind of sleepy .
We holoholo going the place but coming back to waikiki we have to go on bus...memorable ..mmm one time only.........................
So windy place llbreath taking........
Thanks to the tour guide...........................
Shes good...........
She did her best....................................
She needs to be given a tip by the big group....
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/07/22 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/19 |
Reviewed by: Angie
I had an amazing time! I would love to do it again !
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2021/07/20 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/18 |
Reviewed by: Shauna
After my group was picked up another couple was picked up. I was disappointed because they were picked up across the street from the condo we were staying at. My group had to take a 15 minute walk to The pick up location that they told us. We could have slept in a little bit later and had breakfast. The ride to Diamondhead was simple and quick. Once you get to the location they do you have food trucks if you want to grab food or something to drink. As we were entering we were ask for tickets. Our driver did not give us the tickets to enter the hiking trail. We called the company no one answered and we did not have the phone number to the shuttle driver. The staff at Diamondhead did not want to let us in. however after taking sympathy on as they were nice and let us in. They could have said no and we would have to have sat in front of Diamondhead for 2 1/2. If you book with this company make sure your driver gives you your blue ticket for entry into the park.
After the hike it was a madhouse because the afternoon tours were coming in and the morning tours were going out. I received a phone call and it was a new shuttle driver who was supposed to take us to our original shuttle driver because he was caught in some type of traffic. It was a tight squeeze because this new shadow was much smaller than the ones that we came in on. The drive was really nice he gave us kind of like a sightseeing tour as we were going to the drop off location. We all get out and we’re kind of just standing around waiting. He tells us that the original shuttle driver is coming (he never showed). For people decided not to continue on with the second hike. So the shuttle driver said that instead of us waiting he could take us now because it was a smaller group. This isn’t their first time doing these tour so I would have expected things to run a lot smoother. I do recommend shopping around for different tour companies.
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Packages: | Best Oahu Combo: Diamond Head Crater Trail & Makapuu Lighthouse Hike |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2021/07/17 |
Activity Date: | 2021/06/21 |
Reviewed by: Lorena R
Great tour, our guide was friendly and professional.
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Packages: | Diamond Head Crater Trail Hike |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/07/13 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/11 |
Reviewed by: MCD
The movie tour was just underwhelming. I expected from the pictures to have more interaction with the sets, particularly for jurassic park for which a picture is prominently posted next the movie site tour online and even in the review panel. In reality they used the movie tour to try and up sell you to go on other tours where you can do what was in their pictures. Even if this were ok its a mute point as the up sold tours were not available even if you wanted to go on them. Really disappointed and feel a bit lied to. Beautiful location, otherwise i missed everything i actually wanted and expected to see.
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2021/07/13 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/11 |
Reviewed by: Zain
Awesome experience, would highly recommend doing this in your first couple of days to Oahu. Helps make you your own itinerary and places you want to go spend time at on your own. Just wish there had been more stops in the tour.
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2021/07/12 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/02 |
Reviewed by: Alicia
Our Driver/guide Leilani was the best. She was really funny which made our tour so much fun and enjoyable! This ranch had the most beautiful view of the valley, war remnants and its a movie and TV set.
Our guide really made it fun and funny touring us around. She was the best and we highly recommend her. What a memorable time we had here at the Kualoa Ranch!
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/07/11 |
Activity Date: | 2021/06/29 |
Reviewed by: Annette
We had a great time touring the Ranch. The tour guide was fun and informative. It was a great day!
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2021/07/11 |
Activity Date: | 2021/06/14 |
Reviewed by: Spain
Sandy made our experience unforgettable. She’s knowledgeable and funny without trying. She goes above and beyond for her guests and has engaging conversations with everyone!
We definitely recommend this tour to everyone, both adults and kids! We ate so much good food and saw amazing sights around the island of Oahu. We will be back the next time we’re on the island for sure!!
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Packages: | Standard Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2021/07/10 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/07 |
Reviewed by: Jovita
Awesome tour, enjoy the person that gave the tour he was very interesting and knowledgeable Would love to come back and do another tour
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/07/10 |
Activity Date: | 2021/06/14 |
Reviewed by: Alex
This activity was fun and interesting. The tour guide was very informative and all the stuff you see if very cool if you are into movies. This was my second time doing it and it was fun each time.
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Packages: | 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2021/07/08 |
Activity Date: | 2021/07/07 |
Reviewed by: Remy
First time taking the Surf Bus. Driver was on time. He was knowledgeable. Didn't like his attitude at first because he had a way of making you feel foolish but at the end, he turned out to be a nice guide. My family and I did the waterfall hike and kayaking. The waterfall hike was timed for three hours. It was a beautiful hike through Waimea Valley seeing tropical plants and birds. To my surprise, the waterfall was smaller than I thought. There were too many people swimming already and it was only 10am. My kids did not want to swim because of the amount of people in the water. Even after the hike, and the waterfall and even ate lunch at the cafe, three hours was too much. It could've been spent doing other activities. We went kayaking in the afternoon. My family enjoyed that even though we didn't see any turtles. We were disappointed that we couldn't walk to town and get shaved ice because the line was too long. All in all, my family had a decent time.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2021/07/01 |
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Aloha David,
This is so heartwarming to read. We are thankful that you enjoyed yourselves. Thank you for sharing your review and Mahalo for your recommendation.
We are very grateful,
Team E Noa