Waipio Horseback Tour: Hawaiian Ahupua’a Adventure

Experience the beauty of Waipio On Horseback Ranch, a working cattle ranch with stunning ocean views. Ride through coconut orchards, banana groves, and fishponds, and encounter native animals and exotic fruits. Learn about Hawaiian culture and customs on this guided tour.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Honokaa - Experience a guided horseback tour through a traditional Hawaiian Ahupua’a. The journey starts at WOH Ranch, a functioning livestock ranch and farm, offering exclusive views of the captivating Hamakua. This picturesque tour traverses a traditional land division (Ahupua’a) extending from the mountains to the ocean, home to native plants…
What's Included
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Not a tour of Waipio Valley. Ocean views! We do not go down to the ocean.
  • No children 6 and under
Additional Information

Join a guided tour at Waipio On Horseback Ranch and immerse yourself in the traditional Ahupua’a (Mauka Makai). Ride through a vast coconut orchard, banana groves, and fishponds. The journey follows the historic Hamakua ditch and ascends into pastures adorned with purple flowers, guava, and ironwoods. Encounter baby sheep, horses, and calves, as well as…

Location
485115 Waipio Rd
Waipio Road
ARRIVE 1/2 HOUR EARLY,NEED TO PREPARE HORSES FOR YOU, SADDLE UP! From Hilo: travel north on HWY 19 turn right Mamane st., Honokaa drive 7.5 miles WOH Ranch sign, mile marker 7.5 From Kona: north HWY 19 turn left at Honokaa town sign turn left on Mamane st. turn left at WOH Ranch sign 7.5MILE MARKER
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Danielle_t
Jan 22, 2026
This was super fun, my... - This was super fun, my partner and I’s first time riding a horse. Nia and Micah were great guides and we felt safe with them. They take u about 3-4miles around land full of fruits, water, and wildlife. If you have a history of allergies to animals, I’d take some allergy meds with you. I found out I was allergic, unfortunately. But made it to the end okay and picked up allergy meds after. Still an amazing experience. Would do this again, with allergy meds beforehand.
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Kris
Dec 19, 2025
Worth every penny and time spent! - We thoroughly enjoyed the horseback riding tour of Waipio upland hills and surrounding mountains. Beautiful views, excellent guide (a lovely lady don’t remember her name) She was most gracious and made us all feel comfortable. She is well informed about the history of the island and showed us all the different varieties of plants and trees. This was a safe and pleasant ride we felt very taken care of.
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Darryl
Oct 17, 2025
Great views and a wonderful experience! - Wonderful experience! The property is huge and it was great to have views of the ocean as well as sample fruit from the trees on the ranch. Our guide’s family owned the ranch and he was super nice and informative. This was well worth it and I would highly recommend it!!
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Deba519
Oct 11, 2025
Great sunset ride - What an Aloha experience! Even though the valley has been closed off for now, the experience you will feel is true Aloha - warm greeting by staff and cats! Guide took the time to assess everyone's ability and matched horses to same. Knowledge of trees, plants and animals on the ride were great! Being able to catch wild horses and one cooling off in a pond with a baby waiting on the edge was a treat! To have parting gifts of tastes local fruit with some to take with us was true Aloha - mahalo!!
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M9958jkadamk
Oct 9, 2025
Best part of our trip - Great experience! Mica was a great guide, made the tour fun and interesting. Great views, sweet horses and trying all the fruit fresh off the tree’s was a lot of fun. We stopped halfway through for some family pics taken by Mica so we definitely won’t be forgetting this trip anytime soon.
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Shelly_k
Sep 19, 2025
Horseback riding was a great experience - It’s beautiful experience . I would recommend to others. Patricia was an awesome guide. The horses were well behaved and followed the trail with ease
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小林かおる
Aug 28, 2025
Fruits growing in troughs, wild horses, the sea stretching before you. And I was comforted by horses that would listen to me. - I previously visited in 2014. At the time, he went to the valley, but from 2021, he said he could no longer ride there. The valley was good, but the view from riding in the mountains this time was also very good. You could see the ponies in the wild. The bananas and lily carp were very good.
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Joehh1235ed
Aug 23, 2025
Wonderful experience on our last day in Hawaii! - My wife and I did the Sunset ride at 4:30pm in August. Patricia was an Excellent guide throughout the tour of the farm to see all the variety of plants, trees, and fruits. She shared all kinds of background stories and history with us which was very cool. She took great photos of us overlooking the ocean and the great property. Best pictures from our trip. Would highly recommend this farm tour! Seeing the wild horses during the tour was a great bonus and great weather!
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Shauna_s
Aug 9, 2025
Father and son horseback riding - Wonderful tour! Beautiful grounds, wonderful guides Nia and Micah. Lovely horses. My son and I had a blast.
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Odyssey255536
Oct 12, 2025
A real farm - Patricia the hostess was fabulous and very informative and funny. The horses had a good gentle streak. We enjoyed the ride. Nice scenery. This place is a real farm by the way with lots of exotic fruit trees. Even feral horses, cattle and cats
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From $160
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).