Kohala Coast Backcountry Tour

Our travel agent told us about this app. We used it for several places on the big island of Hawaii. It made our travels more interesting and educational. The app also suggested beautiful opportunities off the main roads that we would have missed otherwise. We highly recommend this app and plan on using it in future travels.

We went around the Big Island today guided by Uncle Shaka (Ray). We felt like we were on tour bus but better, Uncle Shaka knows the area so well, even when we were driving by the dense fog area, the guide already warned us about the fog right before we got to the area. Also told us where the speed trap might be. I will use the Shaka Guide whenever it's available for our road trip vacations.

Hawaii

Used Shaka for Big island vacation. Many good things to say. Glad i purchased. 3 big downsides: 1. Way too much nonsense about ancient pagan gods. 2. Missing basic facts about volcanoes. Focus more on the major points. Active/inactive. What can tourists see. Like that’s all i sort of kind of cared about. Instead i got history lessons and points on all volcanoes and back and forth with myths and facts. Confusing. 3. We chose to do our loops differently than their tours were set up Would be nice if the app could be smart enough to open and begin a new tour if i crossed the boundaries into that second tour. Overall, good purchase. Informative and entertaining.

Adds to the vacation experience!

We purchased a package deal which was a great value. And since the Big Island does require A LOT of driving the Shaka tours were fantastic! We went places we wouldn’t have known about and learned so much about the history.

Awesome for the big island

The best value and fun I have ever had from an app. Super cool and great tours!

Amazing

We love this app. We have visited the Big Island 2x now and we have done 5 tours of the island between these two trips. It’s so great to be able to learn about the island on our time and in our way. We love the stories and the music when there isn’t a story. Thank you for putting this app together.

Best driving guide ever!

First time I used Shaka guide was on big island when my family came to visit. Now I’ve used it for Yellowstone and Grand Tetons as well. In Hawaii it showed us things I didn’t even know as a local. On the mainland it made my trip. Thanks Shaka guide , keep up the amazing work.

Amazing!

Totally recommend. A friend recommended Shaka guide for seeing big island. We used it today and it was great! Like a personal tour that you could customize. Totally worth the $35 for the entire big island package.

got the big island package, enjoying it so far, the stories are interesting but not too much talking, also, directions are clear with upcoming turns

Best Tour of Big Island

Such a great guide! Especially when you have no set plans or idea for side visits!!