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Hawaii Ranch Tour & Animal Encounters 90 min
AverageTop 44% in Big Island of Hawaii
5 reviews · Rated on 2 providers · How we score
- Big Island of Hawaii
- 1 hr 30 min
- Updated November 1, 2026
Explore a working ranch in Hawaii, learn about vanilla and native plants, taste seasonal fruit, and meet friendly animals.
About this tour
Step into the green countryside of Ola Nani Ranch, where a 90-minute visit offers a glimpse of everyday life on a working ranch in Hawaii. The rainforest setting brings native plants, seasonal fruit, and a small greenhouse vanilla operation into view.
Learn about the plants growing around the ranch and taste fruit when it is in season. Then meet the curious animals, with opportunities to feed and interact with horses, alpacas, donkeys, a mini-horse, goats, peacocks, and a Sulcata tortoise. Bottled water is included, and the experience is suitable for all physical fitness levels.
This Hawaii Ranch Tour & Animal Encounters pairs a look at local agriculture with close-up animal moments. Arrive 15 minutes early and look for the large teak gate at the entrance. Come ready to explore the countryside and enjoy a relaxed taste of ranch life.
Highlights
- Explore a working ranch in Hawaii’s rainforest
- Learn about native plants and sample seasonal fruit
- See how vanilla grows in a small greenhouse operation
- Feed and interact with horses, alpacas, donkeys, goats, peacocks, and more
What's included
Included
- Bottled water
Ratings on each provider
The ratings and review counts each booking site shows for this tour.
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View on Viator
Viator
5.00 / 5 · 4 reviews
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View on GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide
5.00 / 5 · 1 review
Important information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Arrive 15 minutes before the tour
- Free onsite parking is available
- Look for the large teak gate at the ranch entrance
- Call 808-272-7222 for assistance finding the meeting point
How this score is calculated
This tour scores 5.00 on Viator and 5.00 on GetYourGuide. Ratings on these sites cluster near the top of the 5-star scale, so we compare each one with all other ratings on the same site before combining them.
How the score works and rating distribution in Big Island of Hawaii
- Each provider rating is turned into a percentile: the share of that provider's ratings it beats, weighted by review counts.
- Listings on different providers are combined in proportion to their review counts.
- Tours with few reviews are pulled toward the average until more reviews come in, so a handful of perfect reviews can't top the list.
- The result is shown from 0 to 10: this tour scores 7.4. Top 44% in Big Island of Hawaii means it ranks in the top 44% of tours in Big Island of Hawaii by this score.
Provider rating distribution in Big Island of Hawaii
How many tours in Big Island of Hawaii have a provider rating at or below each value. The dashed line is this tour.
- GetYourGuide
- Viator
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