Uber/Lyft available from Nawiliwili Pier to Kauai Backcountry Adventures?

Our family wants to do the tubing adventure and the sign-in location is 4.4 miles from the pier.

Has anyone tried using Uber or Lyft to get from the pier to Backcountry Adventures office?

Has anyone done the tubing adventure? Your thoughts?

Thanks!

We did the tubing adventure back in 2015 and loved it, but we decided to book our excursion through the cruise line. I called Backcountry Adventures and asked about transportation options, and concluded that sticking with the ship's excursion was the best option. (At the time- I don't think we knew anything about uber back then!)

Thank you.

There are 5 of us and the cost via Backcountry is $106 per person vs $189 per person via the cruise ship.

It would be cheaper to rent a car if we have too but would prefer to uber/lyft if that service is available in Kauai.

Have you tried going to the Uber Kauaii site to price it out? If you enter both starting and ending address they will give you a price range. Not sure of availability though.

We're doing the Tubing Adventure too. For our family of four it made sense to book direct. We're renting a car though, since we're there for 2 days.

Uber in Kauai is not much cheaper than a taxi and Uber is still relatively "new" in Kauai and getting a driver can be tricky depending on where you are. To be honest, you're better off renting a car. You can park at the Anchor Cove Shopping Center (for a fee) if you keep it overnight. It's not far from the port and the have a shuttle to and from the ship.

Thanks all!

Any recent users of Kauai Backcountry tubing while sailing on the POA?

Thanks!

9 hours ago, SherriM said:

Any recent users of Kauai Backcountry tubing while sailing on the POA?

Thanks!

 

Papa B just did it.  He rented a car to get there and did it on day 1.

Hi we did the tubing with Kauai Backcountry adventures in April 2019 and loved it although I did wonder about spending time underground in such a beautiful place but would still recommend it!!!!! Our group had all kinds of people(ie size, weight and abilities) and everyone had a great time. Staff are great.

We only had one day in Kauai 8-5 on our cruise so hiring a car didnt seem a good idea. We caught the free Hilo Hatties shuttle, checked out the store and then caught a taxi from there. Had a little trouble as we didnt have a phone but staff at Hilos rang a taxi for us. Driver gave us a card for Backcountry to ring for the return journey. Not particularly cheap but reasonable and not much difference between each trip.

People kept suggesting we use Uber !!!! Our taxi driver did say that she was the only  driver who hadnt managed to pick up a full day tour fare so am guessing that cars may be hard to get on cruise days.