The beginning was a little rough. We were supposed to be picked up and when they called to schedule that in the morning I mentioned we had to pick up one of our members and he said if you have a car drive to waikiki and park behind the zoo and we will pick you up there. We struggled to find where to go, when we got there we called and he said now walk to the waikiki grand hotel. It's not far but we were told we would get picked up. Nonetheless, we made it. We stopped at Bob's snorkel first, but none on our bus wanted gear so we took off early, only to be turned around to come back and pick up 2 more people. We spent the first hour driving around the same few blocks!
Once we got going we stopped at some nice sites, def worth it if you don't have a car, but easy to drive to on your own.
We had some beautiful photo ops.
We had to meet at 715am so none of us had eaten, I highly recommend eating before or bringing snacks! You will not get a chance to eat for quite some time!
Also...BRING CASH! We stood in multiple lines at some stops only to find they were cash only :(
The nut farm was nice, the north shore was beautiful and had lots of turtles!!
We only had an hour at the north shore instead of the 3 hours that were scheduled, but honestly we were exhausted by then anyway :)
The dole plantation was delish!
AC, our driver was great and he had great info! He really showed his love of the island.
We didn't stop at the coffee stop that was scheduled as the last stop with no explanation (I am assuming it was time constraints that could have been avoided in the morning)
Overall, it's a great tour..especially if you don't have a car to find beautiful spots and get a taste of the island.