We are excited to announce the launch of our newly redesigned Holo Holo Charters Headquarters! Holo Holo Charters has been located on the garden island of Kauaʻi since our inception in 1997. Twenty years ago we opened our headquarters at 4353 Waialo Road, Suite 5A in ʻEleʻele. We were one of the first tenants to…
The Garden Isle offers miles of breathtaking views for seasoned hikers, new trailblazers, and everyone in between. But, before you set off on “the beaten path,” there are a few important things to keep in mind. First, be prepared. Water, sunscreen, bug spray, a first aid kit, a light jacket, and snacks are essential. Next,…
If you’ve ever been lucky to catch one of Kauaʻi’s magical sunsets, you know what all the hype is about. Exploding colors of deep red, bright orange, electric purple, and pastel pink fill the sky with fire, spanning outward from the west. Kauaʻi is blanketed in awe-inspiring hues as the sun sets on the Pacific…
Aloha friends and ʻohana, Last year Holo Holo Charters won the #1 Best Boat Tour in America by the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards contest!!! We are nominated again this year for the Best Boat Tour in America. It would be an honor to follow last year’s win with this amazing award, which is…
Are you creative and do you love the ocean? If so, then please enter our very first T-shirt Art Contest! The artwork themes are: Kaua’i marine life (whales, turtles, fish, dolphins, manta rays), seabirds, and our touring locations such as Napali Coast, Niihau, and Lehua Crater. Submit your art by June 15th, 2023. One creative…
We are seeking a diverse range of healthy, happy, fashionable individuals, couples, and families to join us for a photoshoot aboard our 65’ power catamaran HoloHolo. Let us wine and dine you while we adventure along Kauai’s iconic Napali Coast, capturing beautiful videos and photos to show off our award-winning Napali Sunset Boat Tour….
Sincere mahalos to everyone that took the time to vote for Holo Holo Charters in the recent 2023 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest for Best Tour Company in Hawaii! We were honored to be nominated and we nearly clinched the title—coming in second place. Notably, the tour companies that came in “top…
When it comes to giving back to our Kauai community, Holo Holo Charters isn’t here just to talk the talk, we’re here to walk the walk, and we mean that literally! Holo Holo Charters is a proud sponsor of the Visitor Industry Charity Walk happening this year on May 6, 2023. The Hawaii Lodging &…
Holo Holo Charters hosts several student groups annually during whale season for an incredible two-hour journey on a Keiki Marine Life Excursion. This outdoor educational experience offers students a deeper understanding and appreciation for our humpback whales and other marine life, it’s an opportunity to learn about the island and ocean ecosystems, plus it’s a…
Aloha! Are you makaukau (ready) for a week-long celebration of fun? If you are visiting Kauai during the week of February 18th through the 25th, come to the westside and experience an 8-day festival of concerts, competitions, and cultural events beginning President’s Day weekend. This year marks the 46th annual Waimea Town Celebration! Photo Courtesy…
January 30- February 17, 2023 Holo Holo Charters will not be operating any of our fabulous Napali Coast or Niihau boat tours. Please bear with us through this time as we remodel our check-in office and haul-out our catamarans for regular maintenance. In the summer of 2022, the Holo Holo Charters maintenance department moved out…
Well friends, it’s time to mark another notch on the Holo Holo Charters timeline! January 2023 is officially going down as the month and year we sold our Hanalei operations and brought all the chips back home to Port Allen to reinvest in our home-base operations—woo hoo! Yep, we sold our two Hanalei Bay permits,…
Aloha friends, remember last April when Holo Holo Charters was named the #1 Best Boat Tour in America by the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Award contest??? Earning that national recognition was HUGE! To any old landlubber on the street, it might sound like just another online poll but keep in mind that USA Today…
From the Garden Island to the Big Apple—look out New York City! For the seventh year, Holo Holo Charters will be representing Kauai at America’s Favorite Travel Show, the NYC Travel & Adventure Show. Soon, our Creative Manager Kit Furderer and Sales & Private Charters Manager Cindy Kauanui will be digging out their “winter on…
Happy New Year friends and ocean lovers! Holo Holo Charters is excited to announce that we are now live and rolling with a new carbon offset project that will eventually offset 100% of our carbon emissions via a Hawaii-based program called Carbon Buddy. If you’re familiar with our company’s values, you know that we are…
It started with a boatbuilder and a niche idea for a new ocean adventure—a Kauai boat tour that went all the way around Kauai and to our neighbor island of Niihau and back, all in one day. Our company’s founder, boatbuilder Kevin Millett, secured the permits and got the loans. He drew the plans, ordered…
Kauai, it’s time to put on the comfy pants and take a spin out west to the historic Waimea Theatre, to watch The Wind and the Reckoning—the world’s very first Hawaiian language film with international distribution! The Wind & the Reckoning had its world premiere at the Boston Film Festival on September 24, 2022, where it…
HUMPBACK WHALE CONSERVATION AND THE HYDROPHONE It’s the end of fall which means we’re right around the corner from humpback whale season here in Hawaii! Soon our Holo Holo Charters Captains, crew, and guests will be oohing and ahhhing daily during our Kauai, Napali Coast, and Niihau boat tours– as massive, intelligent, sentient, and curious…
Here at Holo Holo Charters, we’re always looking for ways to support and give back to our community. Also, we love food. So, when the Rice Street Business Association called to ask if we’d be interested in sponsoring their recent event, the Battle of the Food Trucks, we just had to say yes. It was…
We’ve all heard the phrase “talk the talk, walk the walk” a million times. It basically means that a person (or in our case, a company) should support what they say, not just with words, but also through action. In this blog post, we want to touch on the sometimes-underappreciated importance of “talking the talk” and then list some ways…