A ATV + Farm Tour experience by All About the View. Back to all Big Island tours.
Tour Summary: The gentlest tour on the Big Island ATV list: a guide-led UTV ride across a working Hāmākua ranch with fruit sampling, tilapia ponds, and a cliff-top ocean stop. No mud pit, no speed.
Large photoThis scenic tour travels through a traditional land division (Ahupua’a) that stretches from the mountain to the ocean and is home to native flora and fauna.
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Intact old-growth forests stand deep in gulches where precious ‘io and pueo, the Hawaiian hawk and Hawaiian owl, make their nest in these towering giants.
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Surrounding gardens radiate fertility as you drive alongside fishponds full of Hamakua sunfish on your tour
5 Tour Highlights:
- A full ahupuaʻa crossed mountain to ocean, from 2,350-foot grasslands to the Hāmākua sea cliffs
- Fruit sampling and tilapia ponds on a 525-acre self-sustaining working ranch
- The 1906 Hāmākua ditch, a spring-fed reservoir where ranch horses swim, and a rescued Kona Nightingale donkey herd
- A coastline rest stop where whales and sea turtles are visible in season
- A slow, guide-led pace built around ranch history and native flora
Important: Ages: 7+ years old, must weigh less than 275 lbs. Wearing closed toe shoes and long pants is highly recommended.
Tour Information:
| Price: | Adult |
|---|---|
| (excluding taxes & fees) | $175 |
Price note: Pricing is per vehicle and scales with group size: 1 rider $175, 2 riders $300, 3 riders $450, 4 riders $520, 5 riders $600, 6 riders $660. Per-person cost drops from $175 solo to $110 for a group of six.
Tour Provider: All About the View
Tour start time: 10 am, 2 pm
Duration: 2.5 hours
Departure from: Hamakua Coast
Pick-up available? No
Included: Fruit sampling grown on the ranch
Cancellations: Customers will receive a full refund or credit with 48 hours notice of cancellation. Customers will also receive a full refund or credit in case of operator cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances. Contact us by phone at (808) 775-7291 to cancel or inquire about a cancellation. No-shows will be charged the full price.
Read more: about atv in our Big Island atv guide.
The route is a full ahupuaʻa, crossed mountain to ocean: 2,350-foot grasslands on a 525-acre working livestock ranch down to ironwood-canopied sea cliffs on the Hāmākua coast. It is a farm and cultural tour that uses a UTV, not an adrenaline ride, and that is the point of it.
What guests mention first is the ocean stop. The route descends to the Hāmākua cliffs for a rest break where, in season, whales and sea turtles are visible from the edge. Along the way you sample fruit grown on the ranch and stop at the tilapia ponds. The guides, regulars include Kaleo, Red, and Ronson, cover the ranch history, the native flora, and how the operation feeds itself. The history is substantial, not a signboard with a photo stop.
Cruising towards the ocean past a herd of horses
Mountain to Ocean
The 2.5 hours loop makes 4 to 8 stops depending on trail conditions: gardens of breadfruit, kukui, taro, sugar cane and heirloom bananas; the 1906 Hāmākua ditch that carried the sugar industry for a century; a spring-fed reservoir where the ranch horses swim; and a rescued herd of Kona Nightingale donkeys. One thing no brochure mentions: dust. On a dry day the trail leaves you coated in it; after rain it is mud instead. Wear nothing you care about, either way.
This suits travelers who have already done the high-energy tours and want something slower, families with children 7 and up, and anyone building a day around Waipiʻo Valley. The ranch sits at the 7.5-mile marker on Highway 240, next to the Waipio Fruit Shack, so it pairs naturally with the valley lookout or the same ranch’s Waipiʻo horseback tour.
Before You Book
The driver must be 18 or over with a valid driver’s license. All passengers must be 7 or over and weigh under 275 lbs. It is not advised for pregnant guests or anyone with back or heart conditions. There is no pickup; you drive yourself to Honokaʻa, and check-in is 30 minutes before departure. The tours leave promptly and a late arrival misses the slot. Pricing is per vehicle by group size, not per person, so the cost per head drops as the group grows: confirm the rate for your group size when you book.
The consistent note across recent visits is how much the guides know and how unhurried they keep it, even on the dustier stretches. If you want speed and a mud pit, this is the wrong tour and Umauma is the right one. If you want the mountain-to-ocean span of a real working ahupuaʻa with someone who can explain what you are looking at, this is the tour on the list that does that.
The UTVs used on this tour are suited for all ages!
Surrounding gardens radiate fertility as you drive alongside fishponds full of Hamakua sunfish on your tour
Good to know: Pricing is per vehicle, not per person, so the cost per head drops as the group grows. Rates below are for the whole vehicle.
| Riders | Vehicle | Total | Per person |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda 500 | $175 | $175 |
| 2 | Honda 500 | $300 | $150 |
| 3 | Honda 700 | $450 | $150 |
| 4 | Honda 700 | $520 | $130 |
| 5 | Honda 1000 | $600 | $120 |
| 6 | Honda 1000 | $660 | $110 |
The tour runs on the family-owned Waipiʻo on Horseback Ranch near Honokaʻa, a 525-acre working livestock operation that covers a complete ahupuaʻa from mountain to sea. We list it because it is the one Big Island UTV tour built around a genuine working ranch and its history rather than a purpose-built track, with guides who consistently draw praise for depth of knowledge. The same ranch also runs the Waipiʻo Valley horseback tour, which shares the property and the family behind it.
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