Aloha Simplay, THANKS !!!!!!! for your amazing and thorough review of our Adventure and your guide Alex. Everyone at ONT really appreciates this very highly:) I would like to comment on your excellent suggestions for you and your fellow travelers. Here are other observations and suggestions. 1) I recommend that more time be provided for the Lookout and Blowhole. An additional 10 or 15 minutes can make a world of a difference to the overall experience. Our stop at Halona Blowhole is 20 minutes and due to having to stay on schedule we think this is sufficient. 2) Warn passengers that they must wear their masks in the bus and call out those who don’t until they comply with the State law. We ask our guides to announce at the start of the tour that everyone must wear a mask at all times while on the bus except for when drinking water. This is required and mandatory and not optional. 3) The Dole visit is a waste of time. I do understand that most operators have it , but it doesn’t add value. A visit instead to Haleiwa would have been better than Dole. We stop at Dole primarily so our guests can see the colorful exhibit of pineapple varieties from around the world and learn about the interesting life of James Dole. 4) The included lunch was outstanding both for taste, quality and quantity. I selected spicy ginger shrimp which was recommended by the tour guide. Thanks! We really appreciate your very kind recommendation for Fumi's tasty shrimp lunch:) 6) the tour was on a bus. The tour was sold out but the bus was only about 60 percent full which could mean they controlled capacity due to COVID. Yes we control capacity. 7) while the tour was on a bus and not a van, because of capacity control it did feel intimate. Further, on a bus, you are sitting higher from the road, and the windows are larger, allowing for better views as you ride by the sights. The buses also have a special AC filtering system and UV light. I selected this tour operator primarily for the high ratings on Trip Advisor and I feel that their high ranking is justified. THANK YOU!:)

Aloha Teresa, THANK YOU! for your amazing and awesome review of Kainoa and our Ultimate Circle Island Adventure with Waimea Waterfall! The information you have provided for your fellow travelers is exceptional and very appreciated:) We are approaching our rainy season so hopefully the waterfall will be more impressive soon. We can have rain in the mountains above Waimea on any day so its really unpredictable. I fully agree that the lush tropical gardens and Hawaiian cultural exhibits at Waimea Valley are very worthwhile. We go Dole for both a restroom stop and so our guests have an opportunity to learn about pineapple and the life of James Dole. Some of our guests really love the pineapple ice cream. Thank you for your very kind words about Michael's book. He wrote it to help visitors learn about the nature of O'ahu and to promote conservation. Everyone at Oahu Nature Tours is highly appreciative and very grateful to have the excellent opportunity to share the beauty of our island with guests like you:))))) Mahalo Nui Loa !!!!!!!

Aloha Liz, Thank you for your very good review for Trey and our adventure. Our website does not state we are operating in a 25 passenger bus. The bus you were on carries 63 passengers; it was not full. Masks are 100% required for all guests inside the bus and we have advised our guides about this almost daily. We will once again remind Trey regarding our mask policy. We ask all guests to be back on time so we can operate the tour as designed but unfortunately not everyone cooperates.

Aloha Julia, Thanks for the good review but when I read it, I have to wonder if you posted it to the correct company? Our tour price is not exorbitant given that the tour is 10 hours long in a very comfortable, highly maintained motor coach that has large picture windows and excellent seats. The bus is professionally driven and you have an additional dedicated narrator. If you add the included delicious lunch and admission to both Waimea Valley and Byodo temple, you would calculate our tour price is lower per hour than any other O’ahu tour company. Plus we never take our guests to commercial shopping places other than Dole Plantation which we include for a restroom stop and because our guests can learn about the interesting pineapple plant and the life of James Dole. Since restarting our Circle Island Adventure on March 2,2022 your fellow travelers have rated our tour excellent 27 out of 30 reviews. If you read them, they highly rate both Jojo and Kainoa as providing excellent interesting and fun narration. To characterize our exceptional guides and their interesting narration that receive excellent reviews in the way you have really does not add up. Perhaps you were tired before the tour began or the great stories and scientific narration just did not appeal to your interests? The large windows are big enough to look out of from the other side of the bus. In addition during the 10 hour scenic drive around the island, you spend quite a lot of time outside the bus as follows; Halona Blowhole-20 Sandy Beach-15 Pali Lookout-20 Byodo Temple-30 Moiliili (chinaman’s Hat-25 Lunch at Fumis-45 Waimea Valley-120 Bonus Turtle stop-20 Dole Plantation -45 Total is 340 minutes or just under 6 hours outside of the coach so it is more accurate to say you spend only 40% of your time on the tour inside the coach during the beautiful, scenic 120-mile trip around O’ahu. So you are greatly exaggerating the time spent inside the tour bus. Glad you enjoyed the delicious lunch. If you had taken Uber, I doubt the driver would have spent 10 hours on the trip and certainly would not have paid for your lunch or admissions to Waimea Valley or Byodo Temple and definitely would not have the incredible knowledge and tour guiding experience that Jojo and Kainoa have; they are both legendary tour guides. Given that 95% of the reviews for our adventure are excellent reviews; perhaps you need to ask yourself why you felt so different about the value and expert narration than almost all of your fellow travelers? Mahalo,

Dear guest, THANKS! We really appreciate your very kind words about Jojo , Oahu Nature Tours and our Ultimate Circle Island Adventure:) We look forward to seeing you again. All the Best,

Aloha Janette, Thanks for writing such a great review for Jojo , Sang and our Ultimate Circle Island Adventure with Waimea Waterfall. All of us working at Oahu Nature Tours are very grateful to have the opportunity to share our island of O'ahu with visitors like you:) Mahalo,

Aloha, THANK YOU! for your very kind words and 5 star review of Emma and our Ultimate Circle Island Adventure with Waimea Waterfall! We are highly privileged to be able to show guests like yourself the beautiful island of Oahu.

Aloha Bari, Thanks! for your 5 star review and for your excellent advice for your fellow travelers. This is very appreciated and considerate. Kainoa is a legendary guide and a great ambassador of Aloha! Yes, it is very important that all guests return to the bus on time so we can keep on schedule and stay at each visited location the allotted amount. Regarding Dole, we stop there for a restroom stop but also so our guests can see and learn about pineapple and the life of James Dole. Many of our guests love the delicious pineapple ice cream. All the best and Mahalo:)

Hi tallbuck, Thank you very much for your thoughtful review of Jojo and our tour. I have asked both Byodo Temple and our lunch stop to please add more facilities so the wait is less. Please know you have almost 2 hours at Waimea Valley and another 30-45 minutes at Dole PIneapple. With Aloha,

Hi Marie, THANK YOU:) for your 5 star review of Gregg and our adventure. All of us at Oahu Nature Tours are very grateful! Aloha,