Toa Luau
Toa Luau is a family-run show on a lawn inside Waimea Valley, the only Oʻahu luau held inside a botanical garden. Before the [...]
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$125
Mauka Warriors Luau
The best food of any luau on Oʻahu, served on a hilltop above Kapolei. The show centers on Polynesian warrior history and weapons [...]
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$147.34
Chief’s Luau
Chief Sielu Avea, the original World Fire-Knife Dance champion, emcees all three hours himself, and no other Oʻahu luau puts on a [...]
Duration: 3 hours
★ 4.7 (based on 2,456 reviews)
Free cancellation
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$152.64
Experience Nutridge Lūʻau
A luau capped at about 50 guests on a hillside macadamia estate above Honolulu, Native Hawaiian owned. The evening is hands-on [...]
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$180
Ka Moana Luau at Aloha Tower
The closest full-scale luau to Waikīkī, at the Aloha Tower Marketplace, about fifteen minutes from the Waikīkī hotels. It runs [...]
Duration: 3 hours
★ 4.1 (based on 805 reviews)
Free cancellation
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$129
Nā Lei Aloha Lūʻau
The most traditional hula and dance of any Waikīkī luau, performed entirely by Hawaiians and produced by the Council for Native [...]
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$194
Queens Waikiki Luau
The Waikīkī luau you walk to from your hotel, with the whole evening finished by 7:30 PM. It's a small luau with the tables close [...]
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$109
Kaula Luau at Ko Olina
A Native Hawaiian nonprofit stages one family's voyage from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi as a 45-minute theater production at Ko Olina. [...]
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$169
Waikīkī Starlight Luau
For guests of the Hilton Hawaiian Village, the luau is right on the property: walk over at 5:30 PM and walk back after, with no [...]
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$200.34
ʻAhaʻāina Luau at The Royal Hawaiian
At the 1927 Royal Hawaiian, ʻAha ʻĀina serves a plated dinner on the resort's oceanfront [...]
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$254.40
Germaine’s Luau
The only Oʻahu luau where you eat at picnic tables on the sand, facing a west-shore sunset, and one of the lowest-priced on the [...]
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$128
How do you curate these tours?
Unlike most other travel websites we prioritize quality over quantity and hand-pick the tours based on 3 criteria:
- 1: We have done many of these tours ourselves, and we would send friends and family on every one we list;
- 2: The tour must consistently receive good reviews, and
- 3: The tour operator must give back to the community and make an effort to minimize their impact on the environment.
Are there any "unmissable" tours I shouldn't miss?
Yes, but not that many. Unmissable for us means the tour is both uniquely Hawaiian and so memorable, you won't be able to stop talking about it once you get home. The following adventures did that for us:
- Big Island: The Manta Ray night snorkel/dive and seeing the lava at night (if lava is flowing).
- Maui: driving the Road to Hana.
- Kauaʻi: Exploring the Napali coast (by land, air, or water).
- Oʻahu: Visiting some of the world-famous white sand beaches and take in history at Pearl Harbor.
What about free cancellation?
Most tours shown here offer free cancellation. The window is typically 24 to 48 hours before the activity, with a few requiring up to a week's notice.
The one exception is a tour with no free cancellation policy. It is marked prominently on its page and during checkout, so there are no surprises.