Jan 20, 2025
Amazing - Amazing! Our guide knew so much history. We saw all the sites and then some! Can’t say enough about this tour!
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Jan 3, 2025
Fantastic tour! - We enjoyed an incredible tour with our knowledgeable and very personable guide, Caitlin. She tailored the content to our interests and made the most of our time. Highly recommended!
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Jan 1, 2025
Recommend to everyone! JJ did amazing! - We definitely recommend JJ to anyone taking the road to Hana. JJ was a great guide, she was great with the history of Maui and knew all of the sweet spots to stop on the drive. Whatever you want to see or wherever you want to stop she caters the trip to your request. The convertible Bronco was the icing on the cake! Thank you JJ you did a great job everyone was so happy with the trip.
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Dec 23, 2024
Great Time on Hana - Great Road to Hana tour with tour guide Caitlin. She was incredibly friendly, very knowledgeable and accommodating. Took great pictures for us and showed us things like a lava tube and bamboo field that we never would have seen. Highly recommend both the tour company - Journey Jill and the tour guide - Caitlin!
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Dec 7, 2024
The journey is the destination with this Road to Hana tour - Our family of four decided to fly over to Maui from Hawaii Island to do the Road to Hana tour with JJ and JourneyJill Tours. First, let me say, that corresponding with JJ was incredible. She was quick to respond and answered all of my questions. On the day of the tour, JJ picked us up from the commuter terminal at the airport in Kahului. From Kahului, we journeyed all along the Road to Hana, and this tour is all about the journey. We visited a black sand beach, swam in waterfalls, ate Huli Huli chicken, saw rainbow eucalyptus trees, a red sand beach, and the most turtles I've ever seen on one Hawaii beach in my many visits to the islands. JJ was entertaining and engaging, but she also gave us space to enjoy the company of each other and not ever feel overwhelmed by the tour. Having an experienced guide do the driving makes all the difference on this tour. JJ being so much fun, a great photographer and videographer, and just knowledgeable and reliable made our day trip to Maui so worth it. Getting to Hawaii is a journey for most people, doing a day trip and getting this experience was such an excellent investment, so whether staying on Maui or a neighboring island, you should consider booking this tour, I promise you will not be disappointed.
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Nov 26, 2024
Road to Hana with Jill - We had the most amazing day with Jill touring Maui! She was so accommodating to all our requests and showed us so many little gem spots along the road to Hana that we would NEVER have found on our own. She was so engaging with our teenage boys, and so fun to talk with! Aside from being an extremely educated guide on everything Maui and beyond, she is such a quality and fun person to spend the day with! I am 100% going to recommend her to everyone I know! She also offers personalized private tours, and we will definitely plan another trip with her the next time we are in Maui!
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Nov 17, 2024
So worth it! Customize personal tour! - Black sand cave park. Having the top down and our fabulous tour guide Travis!! He was amazing so much information knew the little spots to go to made sure we didn’t fall down any rocks. lol Eucalyptus trees were crazy cool. We would’ve just drove them. Great info and chill!! ❤️👍😆
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Oct 31, 2024
Great Day! Awesome driver, car and guide - Shannon took all of the stress out of the drive. We got to relax and enjoy the scenery. I highly recommend hiring Journey Jill.
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Oct 28, 2024
AMAZING!! - Travis was a wealth of knowledge. The vehicle was safe, clean, stocked with water, soda and snacks. Travis knew right where to take us. The trip was tailored to our liking. Highly recommended!! Worth every penny.
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Oct 25, 2024
The Trip of a Lifetime - Jill’s Journey Tours was great from start to finish! First, months ago when I first was looking at a trip to see the Road to Hana, Jill immediately contacted me personally to answer all of my questions. We had an overnight in Maui on the cruise ship so decided to do the private excursion with Jill’s company! I was a bit anxious about pick up points, etc but she laid my mind to rest quickly! Then contact leading up to our trip was great and we felt comfortable working with them!
The trip itself: Shannon, our amazing guide for the day, contacted us the day before with her suggestions for the day and to ask us if There was anything we specifically wanted to do. My husband, Steve is an avid pickleball player, and he voiced his desire to play pickleball while we were in Maui. Shannon looked up local pickleball courts that had open play in the morning and let us know that it was not far the opposite way if we wanted to go before our trip or we could take a very short uber the next day— our choice! We opted for waiting as we had so many things we wanted to see that day. At no time did we feel rushed- and having our personal guide we soon became “family” for the
Day!
Shannon met us at our meet up point by Momona Bakery as they are not allowed to pick up by the pier. It was a hot but easy walk- through the exit path set up by cruise port then just to the next light— we found her easily! Shannon greeted us with a hug and we were off! The drive on the road to Hana was breathtaking! It was amazing how beautiful it was having the top to “Sassy”, our silver Bronco, down while we traveled the winding road! Shannon’s driving was impeccable and we were very happy to let her take on this daunting task! She told many tales of the city, people, culture, and flora along the way. We stopped first at the waterfall where we were able to swim & enjoy the sparkling cold water. I was a bit anxious walking on the rocks so Shannon helped by holding my hand- it never felt awkward- she just kindly saw the need and stepped in! She took pictures for us ( worth it right there— how often do you get pictures when you are a couple traveling solo?). Shannon understood immediately my thrill to See the igneous (Volcanic )rock after teaching this subject in
science my entire life! It was just amazing to me! One of Shannon’s other job was a florist so She Could tell us of stories of the flowers also! I learned about shampoo flower-awapuhi, the Naupaka flower- hawaiin princess fell in love with a fisherman but was forbidden so tore the naupakafllwer in half and each kept half— now flowers grow only as half, bamboo, eucalyptus, Hi plant that wards off evil spirits, as well as others!
We continued on and saw the Black sands beaches, red sands beaches, surfing, giant waves, Tarzan vines and other flora in the rain forest! We had a tremendous day with bright sunshine and no rain, stopped at a food truck “village” and got our food to go, then went on to a more secluded spot to eat, and splash a bit in the waves. Shannon took us to a more private beach with a shower so we could get into the ocean and play a while! Surf was high this day but it was fun to play around! Every part of this day was Taylor’s to meet our needs, met with light chatting, information about the island, Shannon, and us! She even knew our granddaughters would love Grandma to have a “mermaid” picture! The day was ours to stay or go when we chose! Knowing I love the
Volcanic rock formations, Shannon took us to An extra cove that had unbelievable formations as well as extremely high swells! It was amazing to
See! The road back down Hana included stops at Hana Farms Roadside stand for the famous banana bread & bananas! DONT JUST BUY ONE LOAF or ONE banana - it isn’t enough! I’ve never tasted a sweeter banana! I’m pretty sure it ruined me for life! The banana bread made from those tiny, sweet, green bananas was absolutely delicious! They were cooking pizza that smelled heavenly! I’d go back to try it! Everyone at Hana Farms was great! We snacked on our bread & bananas the rest of the way down the road to Hana! Our last stop would have been our first in the morning but we had postponed it due to a surfing competition that had been going on! It was worth the wait- to see a beach full of sea turtles soaking up the sun on the black lava rock- such an extraordinary sight! Soon our trip came to a close as Shannon was able to drive us right up to the cruise ship to drop us off!
Was the trip pricey, yes! But by comparison, less than a group tour & worth every penny as it allowed for the day to be ours with our amazing new “family” member, Shannon! Thank you Jill for realizing how amazing having an open air vehicle on this trip would be! Thank you Shannon for just being you!
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