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✓ Loved discovering Kauai with Shaka Guide!I definitely recommend using Shaka Guide! Our first trip to Kauai would not have been as good without it! Loved it! Now... After going to Maui twice a year for many years, I look forward to going back and using Shaka Guide to discover some new things and learn more history!.Version: 2.0.11
✓ The best way to see Kauai!We stumbled upon this app through a Google search. After reading the reviews, we decided to download and use it as our primary tool for exploring Kauai. This app is excellent. As others have said, it feels as though you have a private tour guide in your car. The app uses GPS to detect your location and, based on that, gives you a spot on narrative of that location. The guide also shows you the best places to pull over to check out the amazing views. You can also pause the app and spend as much or little time in each location as you want without missing a beat. I strongly recommend this app to anybody considering exploring the island. Don’t bother booking a guided tour; rent a car and tour the island with this app — you will have a much better experience (and save a lot of money)..Version: 1.4.1
✓ Fantastic!Amazing app! Myself and my two daughters (12 y/o) absolutely loved it! We were at the “Start Tour” by 0930 for the Waimea Canyon and Na Pali tour and finished the entire tour by 1840. Unfortunately we finished too late because the Main Street shops in Hanapepe were already closed. So my only suggestion is to add recommended ‘finish by...’ times. We did not rush stops but we did not take our sweet time either. We did try a couple of the recommended trails: the nature trail (easy and a must do) and the Canyon Trail (nope, not unless you’re well prepared for difficulty and mud). We had too much cloud cover for the very last lookout :-( But it was still great. We LOVED the Hawaiian stories/legends and music too. The app prepared us with the FAQs and overview, it was easy to use, and we saw so much more than we ever could on our own. A few other tourists asked about the app and I immediately recommended it.... definitely worth buying individual or as the 4 pack (I bought all 4)..Version: 4.0.4
✓ Great self drive exploration!!Have used two tours. One online. One offline. Nothing gives you what these guides do. Excellent beaches, historic sites, caves, hikes. I’m a travel agent. Will be recommending these to all who travel to HI. Looking forward to the other two travelogues!!.Version: 1.6.0
✓ Great for all the Family!We really enjoyed the Waimea Canyon audio tour. It added so much to our drive through the area. Our kids loved the stories and kept demanding another one! Mahalo..Version: 1.6.5
✓ Kauai ToursWe loved having our own personal tour guide. We used all four of the Kauai tours. The tours were fun, informative and we loved not having to pull out a map! The tours played through the car stereo and were very accurate using gps. We never made a wrong turn! Thanks!!!.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Loved it!!!We just came back from Kauai, were there during New Years break. I loved the app! I used it with my daughter's Wonderboom speaker that she brouht with her on the vacation. Our vehicle was Grand Dodge Caravan and it did not have bluetooth. It worked great. I saw a lot of tour busses, but was glad to have our own "tour guide" in the car. My children are in their 20s, and they loved it too. There are three drives, each would take a FULL day to do. We did things at our own pace. I loved the fun and informative parts. Later we went on the catamaran tour and everything they were saying there, we knew from the app already! Hawaiian music on the app is perfect with the scenery outside. So beautiful! Thank you again for this, so unexpected! Aloha..Version: 1.4.1
✓ Great for exploring!We downloaded the North Shore and Waimea Canyon guides for our recent Kauai trip. The guides were great! Very helpful for exploring areas you wouldn’t necessarily see or visit, especially on the North Shore guide..Version: 1.4.4
✓ ThanksAwesome.Version: 1.6.5
✓ Shaka guide is the best !You like freedom.... you like story tellers, good places to view, to hike, to eat... in one word to do the best of everything at your speed ? Shaka guide is all of it ! Enjoy ! Merci Shaka you made our vacations one of our best ever....Version: 1.4.1
✓ Awesome appThanks for this app. Nice guide.Version: 8.1.5
✓ A must to visit Kaua’iJust relax and follow the guide! And all the stories and history added so much to our trip! Will buy again for Ohau ;).Version: 1.6.1
✓ Great appThis app was one of the highlights of our trip. It was very informative and we saw things we wouldn’t normally have seen. It was really great..Version: 2.0.11
✓ Sweet tours Bruh!!Love the Shaka guide - it made our vacation!! Thanks for touring us around this gorgeous island and keeping us entertained as well!.Version: 1.6.5
✓ Great self-guided toursWe had the Shaka Guide with our rental car GPS on Oahu, and found it so helpful and enjoyable that we ordered the Kauai bundle. It was extremely informative, fun and beneficial for ease of finding site, off the beaten path diversions, and getting to know more about the history and culture of Kauai. Definitely recommend it!.Version: 1.6.0
✓ A must for the HawaiiThe commentary was fabulous and transformed our trip of a lifetime to Volcanoes National Park and the four tours in Kiaua. Cannot recommend highly enough.Version: 1.6.5
✓ This is all you need.Honestly, other than booking a luau and any other specific to your group tours/excursions (my group went for the Allerton Gardens sunset dinner), this app is all you need. So glad we got all four tours. Each one is a preplanned easy to follow day. You’ll hear all the information even if you don’t do all the activities by just driving to them because of the gps activated prompts. The only thing that could make this app better would be a “Sit or Squat app” style feature to mark all restrooms with mini reviews. Bonus: the voice is more like Casey Kasem (Shaggy from Scooby-Doo) rather than those that have more of a Tour Guide Barbie sound..Version: 5.1.5
✓ Used the app today...it’s AMAZING!When I read a review, someone mentioned, “they would have never seen so many unique places on their own.” I have to agree with this 100%. We realized it was gonna be a rainy week during our vacation to Kauai island and found this app and decided to give it a try. We are so glad that we gave it a chance. The directions were spot on and it takes you to a lot of uncommon places that allow you to feel like your getting a true experience. The tour guide is also really cool. It’s like being on a guided tour within your own personal space. It allows you to spend as much time as you want at each location and resume when you get back in your car. We highly recommend using this app if you want to go experience the Hawaii islands, you won’t be disappointed!.Version: 1.6.5
✓ Fun and cheapJust spent a week in Kauai. Bought all 4 tours and finished them :) lovely to relax and go around town and learning about the culture and stories made the trip that much more worthwhile and interesting. We stayed in Poipu and Jen Princeville for 4 days each, was fun to listen as we travelled to different sites. Useful because doesn’t need data (just GPS). Uses a lot of battery, remember to keep that phone charged!.Version: 1.5.2
✓ Amazing value for an amazing serviceMy Husband and I just spent most of a month on 4 of the Hawaiian Islands. Since my Husband permanently uses a wheelchair, most tours and beaches are not available to us so we rely on exploring on our own a lot. So often we drive by something and wonder what it is or maybe what it’s greater significance might be. With Shaka, it’s like you have a high quality travel guide right in the car with you. Literally, there are times we would see something and say Wow and 2 seconds later, Shaka would say wow and then explain what you are seeing. We loved the Hawaiian music between points of interest, we loved that this app is incredibly seamless— truly you set it and go and never have a glitch the entire day. It’s an amazing value for the service. Now that we’re home, we find ourselves missing Shaka and his corny jokes and laugh..Version: 5.1.8
✓ Best Travel AppBest Travel App I’ve downloaded so far.Version: 1.5.2
✓ Awesome!Came in handy when I had to kill a few hours with the wife. Very informative and brought us to some great spots for pictures, food and drink. Would highly recommend..Version: 1.4.4
✓ Great App - Must buy for KauaiStumbled across this app by accident and am glad that I did. They should advertise more - maybe the airports. I dl’d the Kauai North Shore first and it was excellent. Downloaded the other two on spec. They are great too. Will def recommend to all my friends heading to the Islands..Version: 1.4.1
✓ Best Hawaiian Tour guide in an app!The best and only guide you’ll need to drive around Kauai! Brings you to all the best sites and even some hidden/less known spots. Includes lots of history and Hawaiian folklore stories. Highly recommend to get the all around travel experience for your trip!.Version: 5.1.6
✓ Shaka Guide KauaiWorks pretty good but best advice I can give is, slow down your driving. I was driving too fast and the narration couldn’t keep up to me. So lots of points skipped..Version: 1.5.2
✓ Five gold stars!!!My family and I were greatly impressed with Shaka Guide Kauai. We used it this past week when visiting the beautiful island of Kauai. The guide pointed out several amazing stops that we would of simply missed if we drove around the island without the guide. The audio tour guide was very informative, entertaining, and overall enjoyable. It instructed us where great views were, which locations had restrooms, amazing places to stop for food, and periodically gave us an overview of the tour to keep a time frame in mind. Which was greatly appreciated, as myself and my family were required to get back on the cruise ship by a certain time. I would highly recommend using Shaka Guide. We’re grateful we choose Shake Guide!!!.Version: 1.4.4
✓ Excellent way to see KauaiWe hired a car and used the app to do both tours. It's outstanding and such a great way to see the island without a formal bus tour. Much more flexible and very well narrated!! Well done.Version: 1.1
✓ Great app!So much useful information. Great tips, great info, just a fantastic app..Version: 1.6.5
✓ Great app!!This app made our trip so much better. It made it so easy to see a lot of the island. Would definitely recommend this to anyone going to Kauai..Version: 1.4.1
✓ 🤙🏾Great tour guide bruh.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Great appWe used all 4 tours on the Kauai app. We love this app! Karen.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Fantastic Addition to Our TripThis is my wile’s and my 6th trip to Kauai, our favorite vacation spot. We thought we knew everything important about “our” island. Boy, were we wrong. We saw sites and went places we knew little about. We did all four adventures. We laughed till we cried at some of the silly humor, sang along with the music, and were fascinated by all we learned. Now, we want to try some of the other islands again with Shaka as our guide. (The driving help almost worked perfectly. We had a couple of times where the trails crossed and the wrong audio file came up, but it was easy to overcome.) Be careful on the trip to the cave/sink hole. We went after a storm in a Camaro and the pot holes just about did us in..Version: 2.0.11
✓ Great Experience!Such a great app, so helpful! We really enjoyed using it on our trip. Can’t recommend it enough! Thanks for making it!.Version: 8.1.5
✓ Shaka Guide is the bombAn absolute must if you are visiting Hawaii. We visited Maui, Kaui and Oahu and downloaded all of the apps from Shaka Guide. We explored everything that can be explored on each island due to Shaka Guide. Loved all the recommendations from Hikes, to food, to scenic views and much more. We loved the stories about Hawaiian history and legends as we were driving. Big thumbs up !.Version: 5.1.0
✓ Worth it!!!! Mahalo!!Purchased this as something to do so as not to “waste” our half day after flying in to Kauai from Oahu. I was desperate to see as many waterfalls as possible on our way up to Princeville (where our Airbnb was located). This tour took us on an amazing drive, which included an amazing place to pick up an affordable lunch, picnic at a park, short hikes / walks, and many waterfalls. We didn’t finish the tour because we peeled off to head up to Princeville before it got too late, but this tour is worth every penny (and them some). Would definitely try others if we had more time on the island. If you’re on the fence, you wont regret purchasing this tour..Version: 5.1.5
✓ Waimea Canyon and Na Pali CoastExcellent, very informative and entertaining. The fact that it is GPS connected makes it great! We would have missed some of the sights if it wasn’t for this app. Absolutely fantastic!!.Version: 2.0.6
✓ Buy it - won’t regret it !Got to enjoy 2 days of the self guided tour in the island of Kauai (we bought the 4 pack), and the price , which yes, seems steep, it’s so worth it! I’m gonna be honest - I was worried about the internet or lack of it in some areas. But no. No problem at all! The app is genius , it uses gps to guide you around (and our guide also made verbal reminders to “turn left”, etc. The facts / stories about the land , the places that we visited made the ride enjoyable - our 5yr old was paying attention too! .. and the recommendations for pit stops were great (ie: poke and shaved iced made our day trip even better). We are definitely coming back here and also planning a trip to another island. And you bet that I will be downloading Shaka app again!.Version: 4.0.4
✓ Awesome AppMust have app when visiting Kauai. Luckily we downloaded the app because there were some places that doesn’t have cell signal. When we saw other people using paper maps and books, we smile and glad we have to Shaka Guide. We brought all three tours because the guide is so good. Loved the music and stories to kill time..Version: 1.4.4
✓ Awesome again!We used Shaka to explore the Waimea canyon on the second island during our Hawaiian vacation. It was awesome on the road to Hana in Maui so we decided to use for this trip to Kauai. It was awesome and so precise! Even told us about a flower on the side of the road that was blooming right as we got there. Only suggestion is that the hike to the falls is a challenging one and although the app does say you can take an ATV road to shorten the hike it suggested you would miss out on some views. The views were all forest, wood views and nothing special so I would recommend for most who are not avid hikers to take the ATV road and start from there as it’s still pretty challenging but I highly recommend the hike to the falls for some beautiful views!!.Version: 1.6.5
✓ Can't say enough great things about this app!!!!!I can't even imagine what we would have missed out on if we hadn't purchased this app. This was the most amazing vacation! Our time spent exploring was so awesome with the easy directions, tips, and stories along the way! We were able to find places that we wouldn't have been able to locate otherwise. It allowed us to sit back and relax without constantly having to refer to the book. I plan to buy the apps when I visit other Hawaiian islands. Almost everything mentioned on the app was worth the stop along the way!!!!! Thank you for creating this app. We had the time of our life!!!!!! We plan to visit a lot of the beaches next time and do more hiking at some of the locations that we stopped at on the tours..Version: 1.1
✓ Fantastic way to discover the islandAs a family of four we have done four Shaka Guide tours of Hawaii and they are great for the adults and children alike. I’d recommend them to everyone. Plan a bit more time than the actual time allocated to each tour though, a 3-5hr tour can easily take a whole day, in fact I don’t see how you could do it in 3 hours..Version: 1.4.1
✓ ExcellentHappy with our purchase. Worked wonderfully without data. GPS map got us to start of tour easily. Waimea canyon is beautiful. Too cloudy to see Napali for us..Version: 1.4.4
✓ A must have!It’s an awesome app you have to get if you’d like to discover the island, the main locations as well as some other hidden places. The app worked perfectly, it’s so nice to have an offline feature for foreigners that don’t have internet, and the guide is funny as well! Keep on the good work :) We paid for 1 tour, but ended up buying other tours and the full package for another island, that’s how much we loved it!.Version: 2.0.6
✓ Shaka is a first class tour guide!We bought this app on a whim as we started our vacation in Kauai. It turned out to be the best purchase of the week. We did all three driving tours. Each time, Shaka showed us off the beaten path sites and activities that we would not have otherwise known about. All were interesting and fun. Our only issue with the recommendations was that hikes were rated as being less strenuous than a average American would find them to actually be. The payoff was usually worth the effort, but be warned: easy is really moderate, moderate is strenuous and strenuous means you should be an experienced in shape hiker. The offline maps worked great, especially since a lot of the areas are not well covered with cellular service. Thanks Shaka for making our trip extra special. (No more coconut jokes though).Version: 1.1
✓ Great appWe loved this app. Easy and quick to download. So much interesting info. Just like your own personal tour guide..Version: 1.4.1
✓ Amazing and EssentialThis is my second year and second review of this incredible app! I just had to leave a second one because this is the best investment I have ever made! My sister and I love this app. We love the histor, music, and jokes. I love that it efficiently starts up when you reach a talking point. I had a long career, almost 40 years, as a computer programmer. I am sometimes disappointed in the careless apps that are available and this one is not!!! It is the greatest tool for driving around the island. I am presently on Kauai but purchased all of the islands because this one is so good. The only negative thing I can say is I am now spoiled and wish that other places were also available. Thank you so much for providing such a wonderful product..Version: 5.1.6
✓ Fun, Easy, Useful & AccurateMy family recently visited Kauai, and this particular app was recommended to us. When using it, we all found the history, (shared with a sense of humour), directions, and sites to visit were well described, easy to get to, and worth the stops suggested. Just download it, and stop and/or move on with your travels based on the pace you'd like to go..Version: 1.1
✓ Game changerMy husband and I downloaded the tours hoping we might find a few helpful hints. What we discovered was an incredibly thoughtful and delightfully user-friendly experience. We love exploring on our own as opposed to being stuck with a group. These tours are the best of all worlds. We hopped in the car, got to the starting point, and let the app do all the work. We saw breathtaking, magical places I know for sure we wouldn’t have found on our own. We learned history as we drove along at our own pace. The app is so easy to use, and saved us SO MUCH TIME because we weren’t spending hours researching where to go. We did hikes, hung out on very cool beaches, even knew where restroom stops were located. This is truly the best way to see the island. Would give 6/5 stars if I could. Loved it!.Version: 5.1.2
✓ Love this appWe were recommended the Shaka guide: Maui app for our road to Hana trip, by a friend, and stumbled across this one for kauai as well. Holy moly this app has been so fun. It started out a little corny when we did our first tour, but got so entertaining that when we had weird audio problems, and missed half the stories, we were so sad, and actually went back to listen to them when we got back to the hotel! We had such a fun time discovering many places on Kauai that we never would have known existed. We also had an app update during our trip and love the addition of the Hawaiian music between when the guide talks. Something minor we noticed with the update, is the audio volume for the music and talking is very inconsistent and we have to keep adjusting the volume due to it being way to quiet to all of the sudden blasting. Or even Getting gradually louder!! Hopefully that gets fixed. We highly recommend this app!.Version: 5.1.7
✓ Best part of our trip!My family did two full tours, and the other two in bits and pieces. This app was an immediate hit! My kids (12 and 15) named the guide Frederick, and we did whatever Frederick told us. (If the parents were in charge, the kids would have gotten bored/grumpy, but they never complained about Frederick!) We went places that we never would have noticed, learned fascinating Hawaiian history, and heard lots of legends. We had the best shave ice and poke, Frederick never steered us wrong! The driving directions were easy and spot on, plus we felt like pros whenever Frederick said “Great job on that roundabout!” Waimea Canyon was one of our best days because of this app. The waterfall tour kept us entertained on our last day. On a hike, we were wishing Frederick was there to talk about the plant life (future app idea?) Honestly I wish Shaka made guides for other places, too, because this improved our vacation so much!.Version: 5.0.3
✓ JUST what we were looking for!I so rarely pay for apps, but this one was worth it. We only took one of the tours, up to the Waimea Canyon. It worked perfectly! With two teens, impressing them (even in Kauai) can be challenging ;). They were grumpy at first but once we stopped at the Kauai Coffee Plantation they were all in. There was so much we wanted to share with them (my husband had been the first off island reporter after Iniki and I visited a year later) but our stories are ‘so lame’. The voice talent is great and as soon as they asked a question it seems it was answered by the guide! My only sadness is we are on the Big Island and excitedly downloaded that app. You only have one tour here! And due to the volcano of course it’s closed. I was hoping for a Hilo and Saddleback road and maybe Kona area tours :( . Please keep up the good work! Maybe pair up with the Hawaii Uncovered tour book people - between the 2 apps all the info we needed was available! Mahalo!.Version: 1.4.4
✓ Amazing app!The driving tours offered by Shaka Guide are wonderful! My wife and I visited Kaua’i for the first time and I cannot overstate how much the app enhanced our experience. It might have been the best part of our visit, as it really helped us connect to the history and geography of the island. The first couple of days we spent there, my wife was attending conference sessions, and I was left to entertain myself. It might sound corny, but I felt like I was driving around with a friend in the car as I took the North Shore and Wailua Valley tours by myself. We ended up doing all four tours and loved them all! We love to travel and I’m pretty good about planning, and I even love digging through guide books; but, sometimes it’s nice to just have something take the guesswork out of it, and that’s just what this app does. It’s really not like any other app I’ve used. Even having experience geocaching and using other GPS-based programs, I was so impressed with the experience. It’s not often I review an app, but I had to give my feedback...we loved our Shaka experience so much! Mahalo! 🤙🌺.Version: 1.6.5
✓ So much fun!!Just loved this app. Had a great, relaxing self drive tour with great directions and stories and of course the Hawaiian music along the way. Loved the sense of humor of the narrator who made us LOL!! Loved the flexibility of picking and choosing what we did and it took us to some off the beaten path places we would not have found on our own! Must try!.Version: 1.1
✓ Amazing way to see everything...I can’t say enough positive things about this app. The guide is humorous and knowledgeable, pointing out everything you need to see in Kauai. LOVE LOVE LOVE.Version: 2.0.11
✓ Don't see Kauai without this app!I had never heard of this app and when I stumbled upon it wondered if it would be worth it. It totally is!! We ended up purchasing both tours for Kauai as it kept us from getting lost, helped lead us to lots of sweet spots we otherwise would not have found, and kept us entertained all the while. The only reason I didn't rate it 5 stars is 1) it led us to a waterfall area that is sacred to local people and when we arrived there, a sign had actually been posted by the locals asking us to please respect their culture and not access the site. It is still a public area so anybody can access the site but can doesn't mean should, and 2) as my husband and I entered the ditch with the hanging bridge site, we felt highly uncomfortable after a conversation with men who live there at the bridge site. It appeared there was a homeless camp there, with people living out of old vehicles etc. Pretty sketchy and I didn't feel entirely safe, as we were the only tourists there. Everything else was totally spot on and we wish we had this type of app for everywhere we travel :).Version: 1.1
✓ Very helpfulUsed this in Kauai which was our first time. Used the North Island Tour and the Waimea Canyon Tours. Found them both very insightful and helpful. We would not have found many of the sites without this app. The only complaint is the breaks in between where the app is not talking or there is no music and the radio keeps coming on. Wish the app would be able to play Hawaiian music during these frequent breaks Also one other comment is maybe the warning for the next turn a minute or two earlier. Many times it was when we would be at the intersection and had to scramble to make the turn. Highly recommend this app to anyone travelling to Kauai. Beside the great hidden treasure the stories provided insight into some Hawaiian history. Kevin.Version: 2.0.11
✓ Great app!Our family loves coming to Hawaii and renting a car to do our own thing. When we heard on a Trip Advisor review that Shaka Guide should be used we decided to give it a try. Compared to most Hawaii atttactions that cost and arm and leg the app’s 4 Kauai tours for less than $30 is a bargain. We followed the guide and enjoyed the stories, stops and advice. It felt like we had a personal tour guide. The only bad part was in the end of of our last tour (the Kauai North Shore) our rental car could t connect to the app so we couldn’t hear all the stories over our car’s stereo. This was not the fault of the app at all. Also, if the Kauai tour can include the Queen’s Baths stop, that would be awesome..Version: 2.0.3
✓ Awesome appI was a bit hesitant purchasing this as its relatively expensive as apps go however it was brilliantly-highly entertaining, very informative, great music, history and directions. It only glitched once where it was too late with a turn instruction, otherwise, I spent about 6 hours using it for an excellent day out on Southern Kauai.Version: 1.4.4
✓ Great AppWe bought the Kauai four tour bundle, used each tour to its entirety and were very happy with every one. Definitely worth the money for anyone looking to experience Kauai without an actual tour guide. Instructions were precise and super easy to follow. Each tour can be completed in a couple of hours but we did one each day which allowed us to spend plenty of time at the areas that were of the most interest to us most. Dedicating a full day to each tour allowed us to complete several of the shorter hikes, most particularly to the more remote beaches and waterfalls, a couple of which we’d have never found without the Shaka app. Fun stories and historical insights made the time between sites fly by. Well worth the money..Version: 5.1.2
✓ So Thankful for this app!My husband and I have toured four islands on our own in the past, with a little help from guide books. We brought our 18 and 21 year old children on our last vacation and were excited to show them Kaua’i and some of our favorite places. I learned about Shaka Guide via a FB page and I am so glad we found it. It was so worth the purchase price and led us step by step to each destination. We loved the stories and background on each tour. When the last of the four tours was over, we missed our guide’s voice and accompanying music. Strongly recommend this app for those on island for the first time and those returning. I can guarantee you will learn and see something new..Version: 2.0.3
✓ This is the way to see Kauai!This is such a well made app, we saw places we would never have found on our own and in order so we weren’t back tracking all day. The North Shore Tour was the family favourite and then the Waimea Canyon. Stunning! Don’t hesitate, pick a day and explore with The Shaka app, it’s funny and very educational. Thank you!.Version: 1.4.1
✓ Great driving toursThis is our first Kauai trip and we did all 4 tours available on this app. I did a lot of research before our trip, making my “to see” list. These tours included everything on my list and more! I can’t believe how much time I wasted reading tour books, doing Google searches, and mapping out routes for each day. This app did all the work for me! Very entertaining and enjoyable experience with each tour. The narrator does a great job of mixing humor with Hawaiian legends and factual information. We live on Oahu and while we think we’ve seen it all, I’m starting to think perhaps the Shaka Guide app holds hidden gems. We’ll be checking it out as well as the Big Island tour for our next island adventure. Mahalo for making our trip so enjoyable!.Version: 2.0.11
✓ An absolute must for visitors!🤙🏿This app is completely immersive and an all out treat for people who like self guided tours. Having complete control of my day on vacation is a must for me. I’m not one to book group tours or all day excursions because the last thing I need on vacation is to feel rushed. I also do not like feeling like I could have done more on my vacation. Luckily, shaka guide was the perfect tool for my vacation! This is a self guided tour that uses your car and your phone GPS to show you the sights and some uncommon points of interest around the island. Once you’ve downloaded the app and the corresponding tour, it’s all basically automatic. The app will tell you where you could stop to grab food, enjoy the scenery, go swimming, hike, and other fun things, all at your own pace. If you have time, try everything! If you’re not interested or are short on time, skip a few things! I can’t tell you how much I love this app. This is my second Shaka guide app, and I bought all the tours. The Maui Shaka guide was my first when I was in Maui looking for an itinerary for the Road to Hana. I highly recommend this for all the islands!.Version: 2.0.13
✓ Loved!I had a tour booked for Kauai. One that picks you up from your Waikiki hotel insanely early, flies to another island and returns you at the end. Well while at the airport flight gets cancelled so no tour. We decide to book another flight on another airline to Kauai, rent a car and blindly drive around the island. I got this tour and we loved it. Such a better experience than we would have done. Hidden gems, roadside treats. We enjoyed it so much we got it for Oahu as well even though we'd been there 4 days already. My only suggestion for improvement- I wish I could select more music. They have some Hawaiian music on here but sometimes it was 20 min to stop 1 or traffic made it a while between numbers. I would have loved to have it continue to play music since its using the cars speakers..Version: 1.1
✓ Very helpful and entertaining app.Overall a very well prepared guide book that also environmentally friendly. No booklet or brochure to recycle. We used this app on three islands. It pointed out some sites we would have never bothered to see and yet they were the most fun. Keep up the good work guys..Version: 2.0.9
✓ Great app. Loved every minute.Very entertaining and very cool..Version: 1.4.1
✓ Shaka Guide - Maui and KauaiWe’ve used the Shaka Guide on Maui and Kauai. Such a great app if you are looking to explore the Hawaiian Islands..Version: 1.5.2
✓ Best travel App everI bought the Shaka Kauai and Big Island tours for my recent trip. It was the best thing we did. The children loved the animated stories and the app made it so easy to see all the best places and learn a little about Hawaiian culture along the way..Version: 2.0.3
✓ Fantastic!Very surprised and thankful for the helpful and informative tour. Easy to use and fantastic for gaining some local insight that would have been otherwise missed!.Version: 1.4.1
✓ Love this appWe heard about this app from other guests on the island & thought we’d give it a try. We did the Weimea & Nāpali Tour on Kauai. This is a great way to experience various parts of the island. You can go at your own pace, stop when you want, explore at your leisure. Although we have done this drive several times before on our own, we were able to see some great stuff with the Shaka Guide hat we hadn’t seen before. The snippets of history, geography & all kinds of trivia keeps it very interesting in between stops. They’ve even included some restroom stops. Make sure to allow plenty of time to complete the tour, don’t forget your phone charger & connecting your phone through you car stereo is a definite plus for the enhanced audio..Version: 1.4.4
✓ A must buy but needs updatesWe’ve bought this app for each of the islands and haven’t been disappointed. Each tour gives some fun history and tidbits that we probably wouldn’t have known about had we just driven around. And we didn’t pay an absolute fortune for it. That said, here are a couple of things to know but not to discourage you from purchasing. 1. The narrator is great but it sure would’ve been nice if they could have a different voice for each tour, just for a little variety. 2. In the years since these first came out, changes have happened. The Ishihara store in Waimea is closing in March 2023 so that’s off. The archaeological site in Poipu is kind of blocked by a large screen on the right and can be easy to miss. 3. When he tells you to turn right down a dirt road in Poipu, it’s been paved. Don’t be confused. 4. Kauai can be rainy. Try to look over or get a forecast of Waimea Canyon before driving up. Clouds settle in the canyon so views will be obscured. Consider bringing a hoodie and decent hiking shoes. Slippahs are slippery on the red mud. Trust me. 5. Finally, the app can be a bit clunky to use, especially when getting to the starting point, but once you’re there it’s pretty easy to just follow along. Just have fun with it and Live Aloha..Version: 8.1.5
✓ Kauai vacationI have used this app most days of our vacation. Did two of the tours, saw things we would never have found without the app. Loved the music and all the Hawaiian history. Like having your own tour guide in the car. Would highly recommend this app. Will definitely try on any of the other islands we go to!.Version: 1.5.2
✓ Grateful for this app!My husband and I took our young adult daughters to Kaua’i this past week for what will most likely be our final family trip for a while as they start their adult lives. We learned of the app from a used car salesperson (we owe him a thank you too!) and downloaded it. After listening to the previews, we downloaded it. We are SO grateful we did! This app rocks. It took us turn by turn all over the island, explaining what we were seeing, why it’s important and the value of each place to the culture and people. It also covered lore as well as factual information. We were thrilled to see the famous “must see” sights as well as seeing MANY places the tour buses don’t visit. And it only cost $20 to download all 4 tours... for the 4 of us that was the cost of $5 a person. I don’t even want to consider what we’d have paid for a tour bus where we’d have been on THEIR agenda and timeline, rather than our own. Thank you Shaka Guide. You made our Kaua’i visit better than we’d even anticipated!.Version: 1.6.5
✓ Must Have for Island exploration!This app and the tours made our trip to Kauai fabulous! We saw things we would not have found on our own, learned a lot of island history and were entertained by the stories. Cant even imagine not having the Shaka guide along on our trip. Wish they covered even more of the island! Mahalo.Version: 1.1
✓ Couldn't have done/seen all we did without this app.We did all four self-guides through Kauai. I would recommend this to anyone. It took us 4 days- and went back to the ones we missed. It's important to remember to download it when you have internet and then get the GPS connected so they can time and map out your location. It is truly amazing! We learned so much we wouldn't have otherwise between the history of the island, archeological digs, and recent history along with plants, animals unique to the island- plus hikes, snorkeling spots, and beautiful beaches with history to boot. I can't say enough about this except... thank you! My husband took a ton of videos and pictures and tagged Shaka guide. Thank you so much for the awesome rate, and hanging out with us. And, making us laugh and sing in the car:) it was perfect!.Version: 5.0.4
✓ Love!!My family and I loved everything about this guide! It was so easy to use and it was easy to skip parts of the tour if we weren’t interested. My only complaint is that the whole app was 4.99 and not each tour inside. Still worth it!! Editing because I don’t know how to respond to the developers comment. I realize now that my review didn’t make sense so that’s my bad! I meant to say that I wish the app was $4.99 up front (for the whole thing) instead of paying 4.99 for each tour. Paying for each tour makes the app over $15, which is pricey, in my opinion for an app, especially since that’s just for one island! If there’s a way to make it cheaper, please let me know! I recommend this app for the info, but downloading the (free) app and then being surprised with paying for each tour, isn’t fun. Maybe if the app for the whole state of Hawaii was $15, then I’d understand..Version: 1.4.1
✓ Love this appThis app took us to some amazing off the beaten track places!!!! Very useful and informative!! Great bargain for what you pay! Would highly recommend it !!!.Version: 2.0.11
✓ Enhanced our tripI’m a Hawaii vacation veteran. My wife and I married on Maui. As a traveler I really like to learn and see not just the easy sites. I read the reviews both negative and positive. Is there a little pandering to the tourist? Appsolultly. Is it over done? No. I worked in the tourist industry for years. And this is the write level of levity and facts and just delightful stories. I also can say if I had this narrator in a live tour. I’d tip at the top of my ability. Kaui is my favorite island. Laid back. Lower tourist congestion. And beautiful. The stories are great. The off the beaten path beaches that we saw are fantastic. If you are visiting Kaui for the first time. Not sure of how to spend a day here or there. This app is a gem. We did 3 of the four tours. If we had one more extra day. We would have done all four. My kids also enjoyed it as well. Lots of laughs and nice to hear stories we probably wouldn’t hear otherwise..Version: 2.0.6
✓ So much exploring and adventure with Shaka tours!!!We spent 5 weeks with Shaka Guide in Kauai, Oahu, and Maui! I highly recommend this app to anyone visiting any of the Hawaiian islands. Planning a trip can take hours... this app takes care of all the planning and researching for you. Shaka guide teaches you all about Hawaiian culture and legends, takes you to off-the-beaten path places, gorgeous beaches, hikes and food. Shaka is funny too!! I can’t imagine our Hawaii trip without Shaka, it just wouldn’t be the same. So much fun and adventure!!!! You can tell each tour took many hours to map out and plan. Very thorough. Tours range in length to complete. We did find half day tours usually took us the whole day, especially if you want to not be rushed. May want to leave a little earlier than the suggested time to cover everything during daylight. In the 5 weeks we spent across the 3 islands, I can’t remember how many beaches we visited and swam in, mostly through tours with Shaka. You won’t regret your experience with Shaka. 🤙🏻🤙🏻.Version: 4.0.4
✓ Absolute must have for KauaiMy husband and I recently made our first trip to Hawaii. I’m a very thorough planner when it comes to vacations, and I came across a Shaka recommendation on a blog post. While I had previously read about most of the stops on these tours and planned to visit a majority of them, those visits would not have been nearly as interesting without the guide. It’s so helpful to learn about the historical and cultural aspects of the various places to really appreciate them beyond their beauty. We also really came to value the efficiency of these tours. We might have stopped at these place, but not in such an efficient time and fuel saving manner. We did complete all four Kauai tours. My husband told me to be sure to say that he typically hates everything (fairly accurate), but that these guided tours are well worth the money and in fact, should cost more for what they are worth. Thanks, Shaka, for helping us to make the most out of our time in Kauai. I truly hope I get to return some day!.Version: 6.0.0
✓ Amazing!This app was the best thing I purchased prior to coming to Kauai! There is so much to see and do here that it can be overwhelming. To maximize your time and truly enjoy Kauai to the fullest this app is a must have. We enjoyed everything it had to offer from the stories of Hawaiian culture, to the "off the beaten path" beaches and views, to the amazing food recommendations! It's a great tour companion. We liked that you can set your own pace, and even start and stop whenever you like! We loved the North Shore and Waimea tour so much we ended up buying the 3rd one. Plan to spend a whole day with each tour at least. Only recommendation we have would be to make more tours of Kauai! Maybe smaller versions or other areas that aren't included currently. Thanks Shaka guide! You really made our trip memorable!!!!!.Version: 1.1
✓ Best App Ever!I’ve never used a tour app before, and I can’t imagine a better one! So helpful, interesting, accurate, informative & funny! There is no way we could have seen as many interesting places, visit as many beautiful beaches or explored the island the way we did so effortlessly and thoroughly without our Shukla Guide. We used all four guys to really explore Kawaii properly. We are going to Maui next and will definitely be using you again. Thank you so much for putting all this together!!! Mahalo!.Version: 1.6.1
✓ ExcellentThoroughly enjoyed this App. Great tour and wonderful information and also entertaining. Can't wait to use the other Shaka Guides on our other island visits..Version: 1.1
✓ Best part of our trip so far!We’ve been on the Kauai for 3 days - and unfortunately have had a lot of rain! Not the kind of weather to sit by the pool or beach and relax... so we decide to get out and explore. I googled Kauai driving map and stumbled on this app and decided to check it out. We figured it was worth trying to go to another area of the island looking for some sun - and if no sun was to be found at least we were out seeing something new! What a great decision. We’ve now done all 3 Kauai tours and it’s been the best part of our vacation. The tours are fun, informative, and include great little stops that we would have never found had we not taken the tour. Tours are easy to follow with great and detailed spoken instructions. Even little tips like ‘pull over here and look for someplace to park - because if you go farther down the road it’s difficult to turn around.’ The tour guide is funny and engaging - sharing a great amount of history and interesting anecdotes as you follow the route. I highly recommend investing the minimal cost to purchase the tours - all 3 have been great!!.Version: 1.4.4
✓ Great app for self driving tour!We bought the whole package, and took our first tour today. I thought that the tour itself was wonderful, pointed out great sites and was very clear with when we needed to pull over to the side of the road or make a turn. I do wish at the beginning of the tour it was specific about how early some of the small towns close so that we could’ve planned accordingly. One enhancement I would love to see is some more music playing during the drive when the tourguide isn't narrating. There was some Hawaiin music played when we first turned around towards home, and it was very enjoyable. We really appreciated that it pointed out some suggested stops that were different on the way home from the way up the mountain. Overall I would definitely recommend this app!.Version: 2.0.3
✓ Amazing value!This app was everything we needed and wanted for our special honeymoon in Kauai! The guide is not only helpful at taking you to all of the best spots, but he's also really funny, and gives all of the history of Hawaii a tourist craves. 10/10 best purchase in Hawaii!.Version: 2.0.6
✓ Excellent help for "self-guided" island tour!Oddly enough I first found the Shaka Kauai tour information thru a desperate google search rather than the App Store, but when I found an iPhone app was available for this guide... sold! Yes it is probably one of the most expensive iPhone apps any user will buy, but considering that you could have easily spent $100+/pp on a bus tour instead, this app is well worth its value. Like advertised, it worked magnificently to automatically start audio at your route points ... even in a rare spot where no cell reception could be obtained! One note to the user - heed the author's advice in tour time length suggestions. The "side trips" for photo ops or hiking trails may be easily overlooked to think you could. Breeze through both Kauai tours in the same day, but as I quickly found out when you stop worrying about the map and where you have to go next and think about the fun of the day's tour, time flies really fast!!! All said, I'm very impressed with this tour guide app and fully plan to purchase the Maui version for the final leg of my vacation tomorrow!.Version: 1.1
✓ Great App. Made our stay in Kauai memorableWe used this app for self guided driving tours on our recent trip to Kauai after my husband paid a stupidly insane price for a 4 day rental of a convertible Jeep (so organized group tours were out of budget after that 😆). Turns out this was a great decision. We enjoyed exploring the island at our own pace and found so many hidden gems that you would never discover on your own or get to see on a big expense commercial tour. Highlights were the waterfall hike at Kapa’a stream and the Makauwahi Cave with the tour by volunteer Jerry. The kids actually really enjoyed listening to the commentary about the island especially the part about the historical wars between the islands. I will definitely download the app for the other islands if I get the chance to visit Hawaii again..Version: 5.1.5
✓ Great waterfall tourOnly recommendation I would give is sometimes the turns came up really quickly. Maybe a longer warning would help. Other than that though, awesome tour:).Version: 1.6.5
✓ Absolutely RecommendedA friend who used this app recommended it to us and I wholeheartedly agree. It made the drive around Kauai really enjoyable and pointed out so many things along the way we never would have thought to stop at otherwise. The GPS is amazingly accurate. Usually with driving guides, they tell you where to go and then you have to navigate yourself there and hit “play” on the app. Not with the Shaka guide! It knows where you are and plays fun background music while you drive and then automatically starts the guide when you get to the right spot. So if you’re stuck in traffic, or take a wrong turn, you don’t have to worry about getting off-sync with the tour. Amazing! The content is really fun and good for all ages. The stories, history and legends are really interesting, and we found ourselves using some of their catchphrases during our trip, eh brah?!.Version: 8.0.0
✓ Great Guide!!My boyfriend and I bought the Waimea Canyon Tour and it was an amazing experience! Definitely worth the $15. We spent all day out exploring and honestly it was our favorite part of our trip! The tour guide tells you very interesting histories about Hawaii as you drive so there’s never a boring moment. The tour guide doesn’t give us his name so we called him Berto for the whole trip. Really fun guy! His accent changes a lot and the jokes are a little corny but we thought he was very amusing. Berto was probably our favorite tour guide during the whole trip as well! If I were to make a small change, I do wish that the music after the Berto’s speaking parts were just a little longer— just long enough so there isn’t an awkward gap or silence between locations. Other than that little suggestion, I think this app was amazing and will definitely use it for when we return or go to the other islands!.Version: 5.0.4
✓ Just what I needed!I had a 3 night 4 day stay in Kauai and didn’t know what to do with my time here. A friend told me about the app and i paid for all 4 of the tours, thinking to myself i can’t go wrong. It was the blast investment ever. I was able to fit all 4 into my schedule and what i enjoyed the most was the history and the fact that i was not on a tour bus with a lot of other tourists. I had the convenience of just myself in the rental car. I stopped if i wanted to and or passed what i didn’t mid seeing. I recommended the app to 5 other people before i left my hotel. I live on Oahu for3 years now and i plan on purchasing that app just to see if i missed any history or small hidden gems. This was awesome. Great job!.Version: 1.5.2
✓ ImpressedThis app has good reviews but I was still sceptical. I downloaded it as a just in case thing... but we’ve actually done two of the tours on here. We plan to do the other two during our trip. Lots of good information and even our 5 year old was interested in the stories. Would definitely recommend..Version: 1.6.5
✓ Excellent!! Don’t drive without it!I have been to Kauai over 15 times in 22 years. I can’t believe I didn’t know about this until now! Excellent, user friendly, you can go at you own pace, stop at all or none of the highlighted places, turn on and off as you wish. We had no problem downloading the 4 trip options, and the tour automatically started when we were in range of the first starting point (turn the app on of course), with sound through our rental car speakers, when we connected the phone via usb. We did the Wailua falls tour yesterday because we had never done the Fern Grotto boat ride, and we loved it! Highly recommended!!!.Version: 8.0.0
✓ Fantastic guide!So very helpful. We got to see so many hidden gems. Highly recommended..Version: 2.0.9
✓ Easy to UseWe used this app to see the island of Kauai at our own and pace. My favorite tour was Waimea Canyon. The guide works by downloading the tour and map in advance so even if you are stuck without cell signal (which you probably will be), it will still function. There are a lot of cool legends and stories that the guide shares. He takes you to some nice scenic places that maybe most other people don’t know about. There are options to do some hiking so be prepared and have the right clothing, walking stick, bug spray, water if you want to do hiking. Some hikes are short, some are several miles and longer. It also gets very muddy if it has been raining so be prepared for that also. It can be very dangerous in Kauai to hike certain areas when muddy so use your own judgement. Would definitely recommend this app and will use the other Shaka Guides when I go back to other islands on Hawaii. I would love to see similar guides for other parts of the USA!!.Version: 2.0.13
✓ Excellent- Get This AppOutstanding! We saw so many wonderful sights and learned so much about the island thanks to this Shaka Kauai app. It gives step by step instructions on where to go and also provides options. It picks up your location through your phones GPS and you don’t need data/cell service for this to work. Well worth the money!.Version: 5.0.4
✓ Awesome!Great road trip...loved the commentary.Version: 1.5.2
✓ Geeat to Find Your WayThe app is an excellent tool to make sure you have the opportunity to see many sights while on the island. The historical commentary is very beneficial. The one thing I would ask between sites, dead silence leaves you wondering if you are off course. It would be better to say where the neat turn is and approximate distance to get to it. Otherwise, you are left wondering if you are traveling in the correct direction, waiting for the commentary to begin speaking again. That being sId, I am grateful to have purchased the app. It made us realize we had been missing a lot when we came to the island earlier..Version: 5.1.2
✓ Get it!Picked up this app while looking for a different one, right before a day trip to Kauai’s North Shore. We had a tentative plan, but this was so much better. Turn by turn guide starts in Kapa’a and ends at Ke’e beach, but you can start at any point on that path. We were taken to hidden, off the beaten path locations with ease, while being entertained and educated. Take as much time as you like at each point of interest. Picks up where you left off. GPS triggers worked very, very accurately except maybe at the very last part near Ke’e. So much fun! I only wish we had started earlier-we started ours around noon. Each of the 3 tours - Waimea Canyon, Wailua and North shire, requires an additional $4.99 (as of the date of this review) in-app purchase. So worth it! Thanks Shaka for the great afternoon..Version: 1.4
✓ Needs some workAll is good and entertaining stories but takes a bit of time to restart every time we go out of the car and take the phone to do some pictures. Also cannot stop the music that is playing in the background in the Music app..Version: 1.1
✓ You need this appFrom beginning to end Shaka walks you through the history of Kauai and makes sure you and him are on the same path the whole time! You’ll learn so much about the island in the comfort of your own car at your own pace, exactly how vacation should be! Best part is, if you don’t want to do something or have no interest you just don’t stop, keep going and so will the tour! We very much appreciated the jokes and got a lot of giggles. The music is also great, featuring our favourite song from Lilo and Stitch!! I could not recommend this app more it should be a must have especially if you’re renting your own car 100/10.Version: 5.1.0
✓ So many hidden gems, loved this app!I’ve been to Kauai 5 times and decided to try this app, and I don’t regret it at all. We saw so many new places and beaches, the tours were all so amazing, we did them all in the span of a week. Really enjoyed not having to use data and all the recommendations for food and snacks along the way! I’ve never purchased an app before and I was not disappointed!.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Don’t go without this app!!We absolutely LOVED this entertaining but equally educational app! It’s a must!!! It was very listenable for all ages. It’s an Hawaiian tour guide in your vehicle! We found viewpoints that we never would have, hadn’t not been for this app! It’s quite incredible how they know where you are and where you left off. Get ANY Shaka guide and you are in good hands!! Mahalo Shaka Guide!!.Version: 2.0.6
✓ Absolutely a blessing!This was totally fun and enjoyable. We came here in January and it rained the first day. Taking the waterfall tour during the rainy weather, made for a great day. The music and jokes, stories - both legend and factual - made up for the weather. This is pure fun - no disrespect intended as one person rating the app implied. The GPS was an excellent way to navigate the island. One navigational error in the North Shore tour: 68, wet cave, said it was on the right. It’s actually in the left about 15 yards prior where stated. Well worth the investment. We would never have found many places for they are not well marked. Kudos One thing of interest when doing the Canyon / NaPali tour - wear a bathing suit if you hike to the waterfall. I was disappointed that I didn’t know I could wade in the waterfall. Also, if you have trekking poles, take them. Absolutely entertaining and fun to follow. This was such a good app, that I had 5 other friends download it for our trip. The app is first class!!!.Version: 1.4.1
✓ Made our trip to Kauai fantastic!Used this app for the first time in Kauai Nov 2021. We did all 4 tours in our 6 day stay. The north shore and the Waimea canyon tours were our favorites. Just to be able to have all the possible stops and trails pointed out along with some great lesser known places really helped us see so much. Wish we knew the name of the narrator since he became our constant companion. Came to the island overwhelmed by all the possible activities and stops and left feeling like we got to really see and know much more than I would have imagined. Thank you so much for developing this app. Look forward to finding others like it for future adventures!.Version: 5.1.0
✓ Shakka RocksOk so we just finished the Waimea and Na Pali tour! Huge day, left from Poipu @ 8am and back now at 5pm and we skipped Waimea town on the way back. The tour worked flawlessly and the info was great. We had a few issues the last few days trying to run it through the cars stereo but believe the problem to be a ford / apple problem. Great trip and you get so much info the trip adviser doesn’t give you. Well worth the money..Version: 1.6.5
✓ Great app! Really recommend.This is a great app for anyone wanting to do a “self guided tour” and self is relative as the Shaka guide is with you step by step, with local knowledge and stories as well as areas that a map wouldn’t help with. We did notice that #73, 74, 75 or the North Island tour were a little off. Still great. Looking forward to the south coast and canyon tomorrow! Thank you.Version: 2.0.13
✓ Fantastic appThis app was great to have while we were on Kauai. It covered all the sites worth visiting, gave us some historical context, many jokes, taught us some Hawaiian expressions and made our many road trips and hikes so much fun, even giving driving etiquette advice for us foreign drivers. Can’t wait to use the Maui and Oahu guides. I suppose one improvement would be to have language options on the app though I think this would probably increase the cost and certain jokes just wouldn’t work in other languages....Version: 1.5.2
✓ Great resource for touring the island!I got the 4 tour Shaka guide since I knew I was going to take at least two tours (Waimea and North Shore) and I wanted to see where the app took me. I was very pleased with how the app worked and the little side trips that could be taken if you have time. I will say the the instructions for Waimea Canyon need to be updated as the app instructs you to follow the road signs for entrance to the canyon road in Waimea but the road signs currently direct you to a different road three miles down the road. It was not a problem as it was a practically empty road and I got a cool picture of a rainbow. I ended up using all four tours and got to see several points of interest and eat at a few locations that I would not have seen otherwise. Highly recommend!.Version: 2.0.13
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