We learned about Shaka Guide in HI and are so happy to see them expanding to other national parks and adventure areas in the continental US as well. Excellent experience. We will always use them for guided tours where available. Thank you!!

Great way to tour the national parks

We have used the the Shaka Guide at four national parks and each time the guide helped illuminate and navigate each park making the day we spent in the parks some of our best vacation days ever. It can be hard to plan a trip without a lot of research and local expert knowledge but with the Shaka guide you don’t need either. The music is great too. Not too much, not too little of either the guide talking or the music playing.

We’ve used Shaka Guide for Hawaii tours (2021/2022) and this week in North Dakota (Theodore Roosevelt National Park) and South Dakota (Mount Rushmore & Black Hills Tour, and Badlands National Park Tour) and in next week in Wyoming and Idaho (Yellowstone and Grand Tetons.) In my opinion, the experience with the Shaka Guides has been outstanding. The commentary, background music, the choices and recommendations - all have led to a memorable trip so far. I intend to continue to purchase these GPS tours on future trips. The Shaka Guides are an easy way to learn about the area without having to do a lot of up-front planning. They’ve done it all for you!! Thank you, Shaka Guides!

I was skeptical about this app at first but all the amazing reviews led me to give it a try. It did not disappoint. In my opinion, this is the ONLY way to visit national parks. The turn-by-turn directions, amazing stories and history, and suggested stops proved invaluable. I haven’t used it for Hawaii yet but can only imagine it is just as good. My husband and I wanted to make sure our boys (9 and 12) got the most out of the trip as this was our family vacation for the summer, and they had been asking to visit Yellowstone for over a year. We did a TON of research ahead of time and were stressing about what to do in what order because there are endless things to do and sights to see. It was very overwhelming. No amount of research compares to what Shaka Guide offers. This app takes the guess work out. We methodically and systematically saw all the must see locations (Old Faithful, Grand Prismatic Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, the Roosevelt Arch, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Lamar Valley, etc.) and tons of hidden gems and did it all within 4.5 days! They were early days, but I feel early is the only way to do it to beat the crowds…except for Grand Prismatic Spring. That had to be midday. Note about Grand Prismatic—Don’t cheat yourself and only see it from the boardwalk. If you are able, take the Fairy Falls trail and see if from above. It is a breathtaking view and the perfect selfie opportunity for your group! ;) We never felt like we had to rush once or cut anything out of the itinerary. This trip could not have gone better. It was an amazing experience and we owe it all to Shaka Guide! Thank you so much! We will purchase this guide for all other national parks and Hawaii when we make it back there. I wish we had known about this app the first time we visited Hawaii. Thanks again, y’all are awesome!!

Used the app for both units of Roosevelt National Park. Excellent narrations of what to see and where to turn. Lots of interesting information along the way along with nice background music. Narration on the drive from the north to the south unit made that trip go by much faster than a silent ride. Learned a lot about Theodore Roosevelt for sure!! Thanks Shaka Guide!!