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Circle Island Tour with Waimea Waterfall
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Circle Island Tour with Waimea Waterfall

By Go Tours Hawaii
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Join Go Tours Hawaii as we embark on an Unforgettable Oahu Circle Island tour adventure as we journey through Hawaii's wonders. Available 7 days a week with daily pickups in Waikiki, our knowledgeable local guides will lead you from Waikiki to iconic destinations like Diamond Head and Nu'uanu Pali Lookout. Indulge in authentic experiences with tastings of Kona coffee and macadamia nuts, and savor famous North Shore Garlic Shrimp for lunch. Experience Sunset Beach and Waimea Valley before concluding your day at the historic Dole Pineapple Plantation. With our commitment to accessibility and comfort, create lasting memories with Go Tours Hawaii. Experience the island's unmatched beauty in every stop. 24/7 Support: Go Tours Hawaii offers round-the-clock assistance. Our reservations team is available daily from 6:00 am HST to 9:00 pm HST to address queries and help plan your adventure. From booking to itinerary details, our dedicated team ensures a seamless and enjoyable experience.
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Ages 3-99, max of 24 per group
Duration: 8h
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Live guide: English
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  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Professional guide
  • Waikiki Pick-up and drop-off
  • Admission to Waimea Botanical Garden and Waterfall
  • Entry/Admission - Nu’uanu Pali
  • Entry/Admission - Kahuku Farms
  • Entry/Admission - Waimea Botanical Gardens, Oahu
What's not included
  • Guest should bring money for food and drinks


Start:Multiple meeting point options.
  • Option 1
    333 Seaside Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
    Ross Dress For Less Store - 333 Seaside Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815 @ 7:10 AM
  • Option 2
    Ala Moana Honolulu by Mantra, 410 Atkinson Dr, Honolulu, HI 96814, USA
    Ala Moana Hotel- curbside on Mahukona Street @ 6:50 AM
  • Option 3
    Grand Islander bus depot, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
    Hilton Hawaiian Village - Grand Islander Bus Depot @ 7:00 AM
  • Option 4
    Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa, 2424 Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
    Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa- Green awning on Koa Ave. @ 7:15 AM
  • Option 5
    The Twin Fin Hotel, 2570 Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
    The Twin Fin's Trolley stop (Formerly Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel) @ 7:20 AM
  • Option 6
    Ka La'i Waikiki Beach, LXR Hotels & Resorts, 223 Saratoga Rd, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
    Trump International Hotel Trolley Stop @ 7:05 AM
  • Option 7
    Hilton Vacation Club The Modern Honolulu, 1775 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
    Modern Honolulu Hotel Valet @ 6:55 AM
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Stroller accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
    • Infants must sit on laps
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 67418P2

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Bring cash for lunch and gratuities
    • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 67418P2

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    • Go Tours Hawaii
      5,954
      Honolulu, Hawaii
      Joined in November 2016
    • hilarieb2018
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      2.0 of 5 bubbles
      Not a Full Tour
      We booked a tour for sail and snorkel with Dolphins and You that had a contract deal with Go Tours for a Pearl Harbor tour (around $20 extra per person). After checking these great reviews I felt good about booking it and went ahead and bought 12 tickets for our large group. We decided to drive separately and confirmed that was okay with our guide knowing that we would miss some of the “city tour” on the drive over. However, when we arrived our guide met us inside the entrance and told us about Pearl Harbor for about 8 min before setting us loose in the memorial. Having booked this for our entire group I am left feeling the guilt of the money we spent on a “tour” instead of the $1/ticket it costs to take the boat out to the USS Arizona. This was not a $20/ticket experience and it was not a tour, it was a brief introduction to the memorial. If you need a ride to the memorial it would be slightly less of a rip-off.
      Written January 24, 2025
    • Makayla W
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Book it!
      Loved this tour! Charlie out tour guide was fantastic. Not only was he very personable but super knowledgeable as well. This is a great tour option if you want to see more of the island out of Honolulu. This was mine and my husband’s favorite part of the trip!
      Written January 23, 2025
    • lonnieg676
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Cousin Charlie and this company is amazing.
      Cousin Charlie was excellent. I absolutely love this tour. The videos, educational talks, and island experience were among the best I have ever experienced. I recommend Charlie as your host if you are taking this tour. THANK YOU!!!!!
      Written January 23, 2025
    • D2281SEtonys
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great way to check out the island 🏝️
      This is a great way to check out the island 🏝️ highly recommended… it’s very fast “wiki wiki” we took our two little ones and they were completely fine. Charlie is very knowledgeable since he is from the island, great tour.
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    • donkK1514MO
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great tour of this beautiful island!
      Charlie was a fantastic guide and driver who helped us every step of the way introducing us to new history, locations and experiences. Mahalo uncle!
      Written January 23, 2025
    • JaiRamaiya
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      Honolulu trip
      Charlie was very knowledgeable and entertaining The best guide. Very personable and paid attention to everyone. Will recommend his services to all
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    • ceciliasF5241DI
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      Family friendly tour
      We had the best time toured with two little ones and they also had a blast. Family friendly tour with great history lessons and learned about some of the local favorite spots. Charlie (cousin Charlie) was beyond amazing knowledgeable is an understatement. Really felt like I got to know the island more. 10/10 would recommend
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    • Q4015WProbm
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      Island Circle Tour - North Shore O’ahu
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      Tim, our driver and guide was also a hidden gem! Knowledgeable and friendly. January may not be the best time for turtle watching but would book other tours with them.
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      Great Experience
      Tim took great care of us for the whole trip and gave a lot of good facts and history of hawaii while going around the island!
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    • A7291NKalexanderr
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Very nice
      Views were perfect, driver was funny and entertaining during the long journey, i recommend 100% would go again and are going again
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    • Travis G
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      Great family day
      RJ and Eric were a great guide / driver combo! We really enjoyed the energy and focus on imparting some native knowledge about Hawaii.
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Rain or shine you'll get an informative and fun guide
      I wanted to show my dad around the island. I'm glad I found this tour as Charlie, despite the somewhat rainy weather did an amazing job showing us around the island. From one end of the island to the other, he's well informed as a local and giving fun information about each hidden gems in the island.
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    • claudiarA9342CO
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      Love it
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    • MichelleBlues
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    Twins1961
    Cold Spring, MN77 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2020 • Couples
    Our tour had Dirk as the driver and he did a fantastic job throughout the day! As others have shared, the driver (Dirk) was worth the price of the tour! He had tremendous knowledge to share, offered great insight into the different parts of the island, and engaged all of the members of the group in one way or another! Dirk was energetic, interesting, entertaining and very personable!

    The trip is a great way to see a little bit of everything as an introduction to the island! A 120 mile trip can’t show you everything but it can give a hint of things that might be pursued more fully or areas to visit in more detail later! Dirk did a great job of planting seeds and ideas for restaurants to try, places to return to, and intriguing bits of history to encourage further exploration!

    There were several very brief stops, but we viewed them as giving a taste of the island rather than a full experience! There were stops, on our tour, at a very nice beach, at a gift shop, the macadamia nut farm, at the shrimp farm and Fumi building for lunch, time along the North Shore, a stop at the Dole Plantation. The gift shops here offered unique items that we have not found in other parts of the island!

    We had a great day and saw lots of things. Although it was tough to snorkel because of wave conditions, we saw many different sea turtles at our stop! Waves were really rolling and the scenic surf was incredible to watch! Dirk did an excellent job of pointing out various trees, plants, and vegetation as well as sharing history as to how the things got to the island.

    A “circle island tour” is exactly what it is billed—a chance to circle the island of Oahu and get a glimpse of a lot of things! It is great to do early in a vacation stay to help determine other plans and activities. Or, in a short stay, is a good way to get to see much in a very short time!

    If you get a tour guide like Dirk, it is an even greater experience!
    Written February 9, 2020
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    GHTreservations
    Mahalo for sharing your experience with us! See you again soon!
    Written February 10, 2020
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    bth1023
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jun 2021
    My personal family traveled with 3 adults and 5 children. Each of us loved this experience. The tour was amazing! We even were able to see turtles while snorkeling!
    Our tour guide, Kamanu, made the experience even better. She brought us into her "ohana" by telling us personal stories, legends of the island, and history of Hawaii. It truly felt as if we were part of the culture and not just visiting. She had to make a couple of minor adjustments to the itinerary due to high crowd volume, but she always prepared us ahead of time and found amazing places to visit. We did make quick stops at each place noted on the itinerary. I felt as if she went above and beyond to accommodate our group. I would highly recommend this tour and ask for Kamanu!
    Written June 23, 2021
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    FrequentFlier115862
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jan 2020
    This tour was like many others, typically stopping at the usual places for photo ops, beach time on the north shore, and a quick trip into the Dole Plantation for ice cream and souvenirs. What made it more interesting than these usual attractions was the stop at the macadamia nut farm, where we were allowed to sample all their products, and our prearranged lunch at a shrimp truck. Both of these were delicious! But the truly outstanding feature was our guide/driver, Kanamu, who talked to us nonstop and even sang some traditional songs. By the time the tour ended, there was no aspect of Hawaiian life: past, present, or future that she hadn’t touched upon. As a native Hawaiian, she informed us as no one else could and in a very entertaining fashion. She alone was worth the price of the tour.
    Written February 6, 2020
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    GHTreservations
    Aloha! Thanks for giving us a five-star review! We're glad that you appreciated the service we provided! See you again soon!
    Written February 10, 2020
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    Mari Elftmann
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2021 • Solo
    If you want an entertaining educational tour of the island, book with Dirk as your your guide. His humor makes everything memorable. Do this tour first so that you learn what to do on the island. There are a lot of stops. Dirk will give you a wealth of information for other places to visit too that you may want to go spend more time in for the rest of your trip. You only get 40 minutes to go snorkel and spend time at the beach. If it's snorkeling is what you really want to do I recommend doing that on a different time unless 40 minutes is enough for you. We booked with a travel agency which cost 2x more than booking with Groupon which is what other people did. Although we would've rather paid half price, Dirk made it worth it. He's super funny, he was the best part of the tour.
    Written March 9, 2021
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    Alix Harris
    Paphos, Cyprus60 contributions
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    We were sold this trip as the best way to see the island! when in reality it was over $100 to sit in a van all day and visit every gift shop Hawaii has to offer!
    It started off with diamond head where you get taken to the look out point only to take a photo and get back in the van straightaway. and that basically is how the whole day went! We drove past lots beautiful beaches but when we finally stopped at one it was rocky and had very limited fish to see when snorkelling, but there was a turtle on the beach!
    It’s over priced for what it is,you do go to a pineapple and macadamia nut plantation but learn nothing about how the plants are harvested or any facts about it at all. they both have an over sized gift shop to buy the typical Hawaiian souvenirs or their products. you can’t even do any of the activities you want to cause you don’t stay at the location long enough! Wouldnt recommend it at all felt like it was a total waste of a day!
    Written February 2, 2020
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    GHTreservations
    Mahalo for doing the tour with us! We'll surely take note of your review and use it for improvement.
    Written February 5, 2020
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

    hepcat2
    Chicago, IL8 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    May 2021
    Robert, my tour guide, was there to answer any question I had. He was very informative and showed that he really loves his job. For a full-day tour, it really ran smoothly overall.

    Of course, it depended on the cooperation of everyone such as returning on time after each stop and leaving cell phones off or put on silent. There was only one time in the beginning when we had to wait for a straggler and on the way back there was a disrespectful person who kept receiving texts with that annoying chime.

    Other than that, we had ample time to take pictures and enjoy the scenery while being driven all over the island to locations I never imagined existed or would ignore if I had to do it on my own. Robert was also available to provide his knowledge about Hawaiian culture and history. He went out of his way to make the experience more joyful by cracking jokes and offering us trivial information along the way.
    Written May 15, 2021
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    Elisabeth A
    10 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jan 2021 • Solo
    This was truly an awesome tour. Motivated, knowledgeable and super friendly tour guide. I was concerned that it might not be worth my money, but it was worth every single penny. We actually saw more than promoted on the schedule. Got super helpful advice on what to see here. I can only recommend this tour if you want to get the best overview of the island and its culture.
    Written January 24, 2021
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    Garnet P
    2 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sep 2022
    James was amazing! If it were not for him, the tour would have been a complete waste for us. It was nice to learn about the culture from someone who lives it and is not just not just a tour guide.

    The tour; however, is very rushed. We did not go to the Waimea Falls at all, and it should have been told to us that there would be NO STOPPING at ANY of the locations along the route from Diamond Head Lookout all the way up to the North Shore (with the exception to lunch and shopping). There are no opportunities for photos or even to just get a view of anything. We were sitting on the left hand side of the tour bus, so we did not see many of those sites and definitely did not get any pictures of anything. It is a lot of money to spend on a full day tour to not be able to stop and take picture of the locations that we were told that were included in the tour.

    Lunch at Fumis was pretty awesome... Get the spicy garlic shrimp!!! Fruit stand was great, but not enough time to finish what we bought and could not bring food onto the bus. Same issue at Dole plantation...after standing in a long line to purchase pricey Dole Whip, we were not given enough time to finish it, we were then told to take it off of the bus and throw it away.
    Written September 29, 2022
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    Tim H
    Arab, AL4 contributions
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2022
    We signed up for this tour with the Budist Temple Visit and Sea Turtle Watch instead of the Waimea Waterfall to explore the island and see the North Shore. Our guide was Cliff and we heard so much from him, we are still confused understanding his current wife, deceased wife, children in Boston, in laws, whether he dyes his hair at 72 or not, and upcoming move into the retirement community soon to reduce his rent. We had families with small children on the bus and let's just say he had very little filter on his language and delivery to which we cringed numerous times listening to. Translate this to mean we knew more about Cliff in his retirement working two days a week than we knew about the Island on this tour. The bus ride was hard and rough, we hit every pot hole Cliff could drive into, and my neck was jerked so much that I still have muscle spasms after arriving back home, I really needed to go to the local ER in Waikiki after this tour I was in so much pain. We never saw a sea turtle and most stops were quick and short. Most of our time was spent at the mandatory $15 shrimp lunch stop and a half hour at the Dole Pineapple plant. We got back early so Cliff decided to drive us by old Honolulu near China Town further wasting our time and delaying getting back to our hotels. This tour was way too expensive for what it was, the bus ride rough, and Cliff an entire waste of time we lost spending our day with him. I tipped him out of courteousy. Apologies, our experience does not match the five star reviews, wish it had, but we cannot recommend this tour nor driver/guide. Your mileage may vary.
    Written March 7, 2022
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    dbr2013
    Chandler, AZ19 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2021
    The merchant was pretty good at communicating with me before the tour but not so much with the Driver/tour guide Robert. I informed them that I had a folding wheelchair and was told no problem. When I got picked up Robert was surprised as his van had no place to put it so it had to take up 2 front seats. Luckily, they had 2 no shows so that worked out. The tour started late as one family took their time to get to the pick up spot and we waited for them. The name of the tour should be stop and go Oahu, as most of the stops we under 7 minutes. The exceptions were lunch, Macadamia Nut tourist stop, Snorkeling and finally Dole Planation. On that point the Dole Plantation stop was more of Dole Plantation Store stop. You barely had time to go into the store and shop. You saw nothing of the plantation or anything about growing pineapples.

    We really liked the Macadamia very nice free coffee and nut samples and no pressure to by anything. Robert was very nice and the same family that held us up in the AM held us up at the snorkeling trip almost 15 minutes. The other stops were very good for taking a few photos and Robert was very knowledgeable.

    We brought our own snacks drinks and lunch as we like what we like to eat. Others seemed to enjoy the $15 on average lunch at the stop we made as this is not included in the tour.

    FYI, tour guide did not enforce mask wearing on the small van, was talking on the cell phone while driving, did not wear a seat belt and as stated above rushed us on all stops except the ones mentioned. We never spent 20 minutes at any picture stops.

    Overall, if this is your first time to Oahu and want just a flavor of the island, with the Groupon coupon, it is worth it. Mahalo
    Written April 28, 2021
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