26 Jul 2025
Do not waste your money! We did the Oahu’s Ultimate Grand Circle Island Tour and were very disappointed that this tour did not meet our expectations, nor did it fulfill the published itinerary. Despite being listed as actual stops on the itinerary, we did not stop at Diamond Head Lighthouse, Sandy Beach Park, Makapu’u Beach, or Sunset Beach. The 20 minute stop at the Dole plantation was not enough time to take the tour and learn about the process, only limited time to shop. Several of the other stops we did make were similar, in that they were just tourist traps for shopping. At the North Shore Macademia Nut Company, we learned nothing about the process/packaging as advertised in the itinerary, just another stop to get us to buy their product. We should have just put our money towards renting a car and doing the tour ourselves where we could’ve actually stopped at all of the places that we expected this tour to stop. I do want to say that our tour guide, Mr. King was very pleasant, funny and informative