Grand Oahu Circle Island Tour: Full-Day Exploration with Snorkeling at Turtle Beach

Embark on a full-day adventure with the Grand Oahu Circle Island Tour. Snorkel at Turtle Beach, visit Diamond Head Beach Lookout, explore the Dole Plantation, witness the Halona Blowhole, and enjoy a delicious lunch at the World Famous North Shore Shrimp Truck.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Oahu - Full Day Island Experience
    Inclusions:
    • Visit or See 16+ Iconic Locations
    • Professional and Knowledgeable Guide
    • Comfortable, Air Conditioned Bus
    • Certified Lifeguard
    • Free Refreshments
    • Free Snacks
    • Free Coffee Samples
    • Free Snorkel Rental
    Highlights: (Not in Order)
    • Diamond Head
    • Kahala Estates
    • Halona Blowhole
    • Sandy Beach
    • Pele’s Seat
    • Makapuu Beach
    • Jaime’s Waimanalo (Restrooms)
    • MacNut Farm (Restrooms)
    • China Man’s Hat
    • Byodo-In Temple ($5 per person Admission pay to the Temple)
    • Sunset Beach
    • Shark’s Cove
    • Waimea Valley
    • Drive by Laniakea Beach aka Turtle Beach
    • Coffee Farm
    • Dole Plantation (Restrooms)

• Waimanalo Nursery/Farm

and much more….

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional guide
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Best Oahu Tours invites you to experience the Grand Oahu Circle Island Tour with Snorkeling at Turtle Beach. We initiate our journey with pick-ups from selected Waikiki Hotels. This full-day excursion is guided and takes place in a high-end, air-conditioned vehicle, transporting you from one amazing site to the next. Join us and immerse yourself in the majestic beauty of the Diamond Head Beach Lookout, marvel at the Dole Plantation, explore the enchanting undersea world by Snorkeling at a North Shore Turtle Beach, experience the mighty waves at the Halona Blowhole, and pause for lunch at the globally renowned North Shore Shrimp Truck (meal costs not included)! This captures just part of the adventure awaiting you. All our passengers are offered non-alcoholic beverages, light refreshments, and Coffee Samples.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
  • All Ages Welcome, however Infants must be accounted for and ride on an Adult lap
Location
Oahu
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Stephanie_v
Aug 22, 2024
Jeremy was awesome! - Jeremy our tour guide was great. Knew a lot of history about the island and even texted the group other tours, restaurants, hikes etc. he genuinely loves his island and wants us all to experience the most out of it. Only complaint was the bus was warm and would have been nice if it had better AC!
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Scott_w
Aug 16, 2024
Best tour ever! - Aka our tour guide was amazing. He educated us about the island & about ourselves. We fell in love with him by the time the tour came to an end. It was the most experience❤️ Victor was a great driver & so very helpful. Will recommend your tour company to everyone! Thank you for a day full of memories ❤️
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Carmen_c
Jul 28, 2024
Amazing tour. Highly recommended - Absolutely amazing. What an amazing day from start to end. Rob and Jake … ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️you’re both such good tour guides and I’d go with you again. Thank you from us both Carmen & Joe
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Valeria_c
Jun 19, 2024
Best tour ever - This is by far the best tour I’ve had. I have done this 3 times. They took us everywhere and the day was filled with fun and laughter.
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Inspire60411500067
Mar 19, 2024
Great adventure - We loved going on this tour. It was well worth every penny we spent on it. Our tour guide “Prince” Keshua was very knowledgeable and shared a lot of interesting info with us. He didn’t even just ramble because he knew what he was talking about. Our driver Dean did a good job at getting us to our locations on time and safely. I also like their selections of Hawaiian flavored drinks.
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Tbelcastro74
Mar 6, 2024
The Aka experience. - Aka and Neal were the best. Aka is so informative caring and such a loveable tour guide and Neal the best driver. He really treats you like family. They give you snack and drinks along the way .. you stop for an authentic lunch and then se the wonderful island. Learning about the Hawaiian culture from him really is the best way to experience Hawaii. Even though we come every year I have never felt so much like Ohana as we did this day. Hats off to you all.
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Stormk2024
Mar 3, 2024
A Must Do! - This tour is definitely worth doing in your visit to Oahu! The tour was accommodating, friendly, insightful, and breathtaking. Definitely recommend! You can’t go to Oahu and not do this tour! Tour guide Jake, and bus driver Uncle Will were delightful!
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John_p
Feb 14, 2024
Must experience - Our tour guide Aka was superb, very knowledgeable and entertaining the whole way. Would definitely recommend this tour
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Monap312
May 29, 2024
More Souvenir & Food Stops Than Natural Attractions - Ultimate Circle Island Tour ($105, discounted to $65) In the review that follows I mention the attractions listed on Circle Island Tours advertisement in “This Week Oahu”. (I toured 5/28/24.). Please note that I skip around some on order of sites and don’t comment on every site. First we saw Diamond Head, from a side lookout, not the top. Soon afterwards was Halona Blowhole, the nicest site I saw on the tour. It was non-touristy and I liked it. Then came a long list of stops for food and souvenirs, interspersed with attractions I would have liked to have seen, but we just drove by them, as mentioned after the next paragraph. Food and souvenirs include Souvenir 1 (I’m not sure of the name); it’s the first stop with coconut sales. A Malapagos (donut) food truck, Macadamia Nut Farm (no macadamia trees seen); Tanakas Shrimp Farm (tasty lunch with minimal services—no TP in the restroom); Kahuku Fruit Stand, Dole Plantation (gift shop only—pineapples seen only as we drove by them). I think at the end was what the ad lists as “Green World Coffee Farm”, which was just a coffee stand. The sight of coffee trees was as our van whizzed by them. We drove by Sandy Beach where Obama used to bodysurf as a young man. Other things worth a stop, that we just drove by were Waimea Bay and Laie Temple. I am not sure what Makapu’u Lookout is—it wasn’t pointed out by the van driver. We also drove by the Banzai Pipeline and Haleiwa Town. I liked the brief stop to see Chinaman’s Hat, a nearby island. The other ‘nature’ stop was Turtle Beach. I think I saw two or three turtles swimming. The beach was too rocky for swimming, for me. (No snorkeling equipment was offered.). It was pleasantly underwhelming. The van driver was knowledgeable about Hawaiian history and movie stars homes. He kept up a somewhat interesting running chatter, but the van trip overall had too many touristy sites (one after another after another) and not enough natural attractions.
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Linda_b
Apr 9, 2024
Disappointing - We chose this tour because we wanted to learn about the island and we love snorkeling. If you enjoy snorkeling , the place they took us to is nowhere you would want to go. The beach wasn’t nice, the water was murky and it was extremely crowded. Very poor visibility that day. While on the bus our guide spoke mostly about his personal life, surfing injuries and the dead body he saw as an 8 year old. We received no information about growing pineapples. Basically we got dropped off places to spend money. He implied that the majority of his income came from tips. This was our only day to see the island and we were extremely disappointed, but it could have been better.
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