Beachiekeen Posted January 14, 2019 #1 Share Posted January 14, 2019 On Kona and possibly Hilo, I am thinking of doing a tour to give my hubby a break from driving. Many companies seem to get excellent reviews. My only concern is that it appears they make several shopping/coffee/macadamia nut type of stops. For those of you that have done a tour of these areas, did you feel like it was worth it or would you have rather driven yourself? Any companies you would recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccole Posted January 15, 2019 #2 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Mary Lou's tours will personalize a tour. If you come up with a plan and post on your roll call I would imagine you would have a full tour in no time. Maybe pick up lunch for a beach stop? Most do not want a stop to shop and/or go to the nut farms. I enjoyed the coffee plantation on Kona side but think the Mauna Loa nut stop is a waste. The email for Mary Lou's is kensmet@hotmail.com I hope you find something fun. Cherie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachiekeen Posted January 15, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Thanks. There will be six of us so in some cases we could pay for a private tour for not much more, so that is an option. It’s just hard to know what stops are worth it and what aren’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccole Posted January 16, 2019 #4 Share Posted January 16, 2019 It might be good to reserve the private tour and then work out the details. I think I have read that Mary Lou's gets totally booked when cruise ships are in port. Cherie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStar Posted January 22, 2019 #5 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Just took marylous tour. Excellent and she will go or not go wherever you want. All small groups. We had 4. She can do 6 easily as well. I would definitely recommend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachiekeen Posted January 22, 2019 Author #6 Share Posted January 22, 2019 4 hours ago, JStar said: Just took marylous tour. Excellent and she will go or not go wherever you want. All small groups. We had 4. She can do 6 easily as well. I would definitely recommend. Thanks, she does get excellent reviews, it's hard to think we wouldn't enjoy our time with her. And since we can do a private tour with 6 of us for not much more than a regular one, I think customizing our tours would do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faerievert Posted January 24, 2019 #7 Share Posted January 24, 2019 We're doing two tours on the big island because our cruise does stops on both sides. Kona -- Big Island Air airplane tour -- taking a taxi or rideshare from cruise port to airport Hilo -- Kamaaina Custom Tours private van tour -- picking up inside the port Tip: Full day private tours at Hilo (and probably Kona, but I didn't look) are very reasonably priced, IMO, and there are several great private tour companies available! We picked this one because he was most amenable to my itinerary customization requests. I spoke to several different private van tour options, and there were none that I would say to avoid. I just liked Kamaaina best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachiekeen Posted January 24, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted January 24, 2019 8 hours ago, faerievert said: We're doing two tours on the big island because our cruise does stops on both sides. Kona -- Big Island Air airplane tour -- taking a taxi or rideshare from cruise port to airport Hilo -- Kamaaina Custom Tours private van tour -- picking up inside the port Tip: Full day private tours at Hilo (and probably Kona, but I didn't look) are very reasonably priced, IMO, and there are several great private tour companies available! We picked this one because he was most amenable to my itinerary customization requests. I spoke to several different private van tour options, and there were none that I would say to avoid. I just liked Kamaaina best. Thanks, I think I recently read about Kamaaina on another thread and have added them to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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