Oahu’s Kualoa Ranch is a home to a host of recreational activities and tours. Visitors get a chance to experience Oahu’s natural beauty and the ranch’s storied cultural heritage. This place is owned and operated by the Morgan family. Kualoa is just 24 miles away from Waikiki. The 4000-acre destination is open for visitors every day from morning 7 a.m. up to evening 5:30 p.m.
Once upon a time this place was utilized for sugar plantation. In the wake of insufficient rainfall, the sugar mill was shut and they started ranching cattle. Kualoa did play an important part in World War II and it made its Hollywood debut in 1955 in the Henry Fonda film “Mister Roberts.”
Today ranch is famous for agricultural and aqua cultural enterprises along with various cameos in cinematic history. It has become a major tourist attraction and several guides exist to help people navigate through the best of this ranch. There are multiple tour options available here.
Guests have the choice to take some adventurous route with a guided ATV or multi-person UTV tour of the scenic valleys as well as the remote regions of the park. Jurassic Valley and other popular landmarks can also be explored here. One can also do an electric mountain bike expedition. Kayak tours of Kaneohe Bay, Jungle tours, horseback tours across wooded trails and green pastures, Taste of Kualoa Farm tour and $150 Kualoa Grown Farm-to-Table tours are a few tours which are always in demand.
Kualoa also offers a number of tours that capitalize on its cinematic past and present. The ‘Hollywood Movie Sites and Ranch Tour’ permits the guests to view the enchanting locations of some of the biggest blockbuster films that include “Jurassic Park,” “Godzilla,” and “Jurassic World”. Other attractive tours are Premier Movie Sites Tour, Zip line tour of the Jurassic Valley and a catamaran tour of Kaneohe Bay.
