9 reviews of Haleakala, Iao Valley and Central Maui Day Tour
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It was a pleasure to have this tour with our guide. The tour in itself was amazing. We learned so much from our tour guide, from historical perspective,cultural changes, the evolution of the island and it's inhabitants, politics and economic position and the beautiful Heleakala National Park. Our guide was funny and made the trip enjoyable and very informative.The views at the summit was unique to Maui and it blew me away..Thanks!
Our bus driver and tour guide was exceptional, careful and very informative. thanks for an excellent day! Audrey Barnes
The tour guide was knowledgable, the van was comfortable. It was fun to see the volcano and learn about what I was seeing.
This was better than I expected. Great tour.
This was an enjoyable trip, but there is a lot of driving on winding roads to reach the crater. The views are amazing, but be aware that the weather is changeable and there is a risk of low clouds, which means no views. I would recommend skipping the meal during the lunch stop and strolling through the small town shops. One negative: the thirty minute stop in the Iao Valley is not long enough.
Great trip!
Slightly stressful start as the initial pickup bus transfers you to a tour bus that can be packed. The views from the top of the Volcano are fantastic and there's also a stop at the national park entrance (where all the American's aboard seemed to be stamping some sort of USA park visits passport). 20 minutes at this entrance was sufficient time, however we only spent 10 minutes at the mountain summit. This was very disappointing as there was plenty to see and there are effectively three sides (three viewing points) to see it from. We then had 45 minutes at the crater viewing station, but again this wasn't enough as it takes 30 minutes just to climb up and down to the main viewing point. This made the restaurant meal in one of the villages at the bottom of the mountain very disappointing as it was very expensive, tips were automatically charged on the bill, and we spent longer eating than we spent at all three viewing stops combined. I paid to see the volcano, not to sit in a pay for yourself restaurant. After lunch we visited the innards of the smaller volcano on the other side of the island. This is interesting but nothing special as you don't visit any high up vantage points. The main volcano is certainly worth visiting, and doing it on this tour is fairly hassle free, but there was nothing like enough time at the volcano's peak and were I to return to the island I may prefer to hire a car and make my own way to the summit so that I can spend several hours there.
The weather was terrible so we couldn't really enjoy the views.Not the driver's fault. I was disappointed but left Maui so I couldn't go again.
The trip was great. But the only part of the trip that we did not enjoy was lunch. We were all taken to a restaurant which had okay food, but only 2 servers which caused a lot of delay in the bringing the food out, also overlooking everyone's needs. Then we were all billed for gratuity in our tabs of 15 because we were part of a 'group'. The other tourists were extremely upset over it. They thought it was unfair and spoke to management. The management were very rude and asked everyone to leave the restaurant. Which was unfair to me and my fiance because we were not even any part of this fussing. There were only 2 stops that were made. Most of the tour was focused on a sugar plantation. This tour could have been much much better.
