Secret Oahu North Shore Tour With A Local Guide

Overview

If you’re looking to explore the North Shore of Oahu this is the perfect tour adventure. The attractions along the way are spectacular, but what’s special about the tour is the journey, which takes guests from Downtown Honolulu clear out to the North Shore along the amazingly beautiful Windward Coast. You’re sure to fill up your camera/phone’s memory with countless breathtaking views along the way.

City: Honolulu

Mon 23 Dec

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Starting at $149.00

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Mon 23 Dec

Starting at $149.00

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What's Included

Soda/Pop

Local guide

Bottled water

Snacks

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What To Expect

Haleiwa Beach Park

A nice, safe place to picnic, play, wade and watch the bigger waves across the channel at Ali’i Beach Park. The beach is long, safe and sandy. The name means “home of the frigate bird.”

Pua`ena Point Beach Park

A good place for beginners, where several surf schools sometimes take their classes. Usually smaller than elsewhere on the North Shore, the waves gently roll into the large southern end of Waialua Bay.

Laniakea Beach

A favorite stopping place for tourists, this beach isn’t particularly good for swimming because of its rocky bottom and strong currents, even on calmer days. But it does have a long, beautiful right-side break when there’s a big swell. It used to be less crowded than other spots, but these days there’s almost always a line of cars looking for roadside parking and dozens of people dashing across the adjacent highway, often to glimpse the turtles that lounge there.

Waimea Bay

The biggest, most historic, most famous of all the North Shore breaks, Waimea sometimes has rideable waves when all the other spots are closed out. Waves can reach 25 to 30 feet offshore and even the shorebreak can be a powerful, awe-inspiring site. Stay well clear of the water and enjoy the spectacle. When the big waves are here, though, so are the crowds. Be prepared to walk a mile or more from your parking space to a prime viewing site.

Pupukea Beach Park

Narrow and long, Pupukea is a popular place to stop on an around the island watch the big waves crash on the rocks. With few rideable waves, the site is known for it’s sublime sounds and sights. With a Foodland and Starbucks right across the street, it’s a good place to stock up on picnic supplies and safely dine in a place where you can feel the ocean’s spray on your face. In calmer weather, there are three swimming sites: Three tables, Kapoʻo and Shark’s Cove.

Ehukai Beach Park

When the conditions are right, this two-mile stretch of beach (the longest continuous stretch of wide beach on Oahu) features some of best surf-watching opportunities in the world: long, clean barrels so close to shore that you can feel the ground shake when the waves break on the shallow reef. The park, located across from Sunset Beach Elementary School, on the southern end of this beach stretch offers the only off-road parking and rest rooms in this area. To find the best viewing site at Pipeline, look for the public access lane about 100 yards north of the park.

Sunset Beach

The most famous of the North Shore beaches, “sunset has some of the most spectacular winter surf found anywhere on Oahu,” with steep and shift outside peaks reaching heights of 15 to 20 feet, according to John Clark, author of “Beaches of Oahu.” Bring your sunscreen, a bottle of water and your binoculars — the best breaks are well off-shore — and settle down for a couple of hours. You’re time will always be well spent.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (17)

kcmomel

May 2019

Travis was an excellent guide and a good driver. I easily get car sick and his driving was smooth and never bothered me. He was full of history and information about the area and just all around a nice guy. We requested some food truck stops since I watch to much food network and he picked great options. At the surfing beach we just kicked back and watched surfers for a while. It was a great way to see a lot on a small amount of time. The top was on the jeep, which was a little different than I expected but still fun.

Jeff M

Apr 2019

A week ago we stayed at a hotel on the North Shore. While planning the activities for our week on Oahu it seemed like there really weren't many if any adventures (involving a guide) that actually started from the North Shore. Seemed like everything originates from one of the hotels in the Honolulu or Waikiki area. One of the hotels I spoke with suggested I call Hawaii Jeep Tours, which I did. The young lady I spoke with told me she had a tour guide that lived close to the North Shore and didn't know why he couldn't just start our tour from the North Shore and that's what he did. We had already been on the island for 3 or 4 days and had a rent car so we had traveled around the island quite a bit but even so our tour guide, Travis, still managed to take us to places we hadn't been too. Instead of just the "North Shore" tour like we had signed up for, Travis took us pretty much all over the entire island. We learned more from Travis then we could of hoped to have learn from the internet and/or pamphlets and flyers available throughout the island. My only wish is that we had elected to do this tour sooner in our stay, so we could have had the time to return to some of the locations we visited and enjoy further. Huge thanks to Travis and Hawaii Jeep Tours for making this a very memorable vacation trip to Oahu!

Barbara_L

Apr 2019

Our driver/guide, Shawn, was nice and knowledgeable. My only criticism is that this jeep tour was NOT an open-air trip. We were expecting to have the wind in our face and our hair blowing in the wind. This did not happen. Honestly, this tour could have been done in any type of vehicle. We did nothing that required off-road or 4-wheel-drive. Perhaps including a photo of the jeep would be helpful.