Custom Sightseeing & Storytelling Tours (trip)

Custom Sightseeing & Storytelling Tours

  • Culture & Nature
oahu tours,  native legends,  hawaiian culture,  hawaiian history,  storytelling

from $78* per person6 HoursYear-round
Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 4
Operator: Hina Adventures 12 people max

Explore the native culture of Hawaii through storytelling & legends, sightseeing, archaeology and visits to sacred sites.  Hina Adventures’ custom tours of native Hawaii take you off the beaten path to discover some of the most beautiful scenery and sacred places on Oahu while offering insight into Hawaiian culture, world views and scientific knowledge.  Experience the heart of Hawaiian culture by learning about the ancient religion and sacred sites, the morals and beliefs within the Hawaiian legends and the skill of their archaeological structures.

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oahu tours, native legends, hawaiian culture, hawaiian history, storytelling

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Special information

  • This is a custom departure, meaning this trip is offered on dates that you arrange privately with the provider. Additionally, you need to form your own private group for this trip. The itinerary and price here is just a sample. Contact the provider for detailed pricing, minimum group size, and scheduling information. For most providers, the larger the group you are traveling with, the lower the per-person cost will be.
  • May accommodate certain types of disabilities. Contact the operator for more information.

Itinerary

Visit beautiful Ka Lae o Kealohi peninsula overlooking the largest bay in the Hawaiian Islands and listen to the vivid tapestry of legends of sorceresses, fire goddesses, ghosts, tidal waves, the creation of man and more.  Then view the nearby ancient 88-acre fishpond guarded over by a shape-shifting goddess and a testament to the complex and unique Hawaiian aquaculture system.

Next explore a hidden promontory studded with large, unusual stones and overlooking the largest wetland preserve in the islands.  This site was once the caldera of the ancient Ko’olau Volcano and the haunt of another lizard-sorceress.  Explore the stones, views and restoration garden of endangered Hawaiian plants while listening to the legends and lore of this sacred place.  Last, but not least, meet the legendary keeper of the secret of fire.

Finally, visit the most ancient, preserved temple on Oahu and explore the cultural restoration of fresh springs, taro patches and rock terracing.  Learn the legend of mankind’s taro brother, the flight of the taro lovers, the menehune night builders and more…Tour includes a scenic drive through the Ko’olau Volcano.

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