Oahu GyPSy Guide Driving Tour

We first heard about GyPSy Guide when we went from Banff to Jasoer. We found it incredibly informative and entertaining. So on our first trip to Hawaii, I got the island package and first used it on Kauai. I really can’t say enough superlative words about the app. It was obvious on the road to Jasper how it worked because there was only one road, but it worked just as beautifully with choices. “Fred” helped us choose where to go, gave us lots of information about the history, culture, geology, and flora/fauna and weather. It tells you what is a must see and what to do or pass up depending on time. He speaks with humor and has a good voice. I like how he reminds of previous stories and continues them at various points. It was great for our 2 days on Oahu and then the 7 days on the Big Island. “Fred” even did a great job of explaining not only what to see in Volcano National Park and how to use our limited time wisely, but also about the important geology, history and biology related to the park. I seriously will purchase every single one available for every road trip or vacation we do from now on!!!!

We decided to download this app and rent a car as opposed to paying for tour excursions. The money we saved paid for the rental car. The information this app provide was great, and led us to some sites we had not discovered in our own research. The narrator was funny, had an easy to understand voice and gave a lot of history we found interesting a normal tour guide normally wouldn’t give or you wouldn’t be able to hear. The information was well spaced out so you had the right amount of silence and talking, and the app provided directions on turns faster and more accurately then the map app we had running. The only thing I wish the app did was cache the tracks it had already played and not play them again unless marked to do so. As Oahu only has a couple main highways we found ourselves traveling over the same areas during the time we were there and would hear the same information. We started playing the app once we got to new areas. Other then that it was great and we will continue to buy the app in any other locations they offer this service!

We downloaded this after our excursion was canceled. It was probably the best part of our trip so far!! The narrator is very easy to listen to and very informative. The app follows your location very well!!! I would recommend this app to anyone and everyone!! Only two small things would make this app amazing. For it to 100% work while in the background. If you go to a text or listen to Pandora it may skip some of the narrative. Or a couple of the places where you needed to turn off weren’t clearly defined like pipeline beach or turtle Beach. We missed the turn offs for those because he said he would let us know where to turn and didn’t. We just looked up a regular map and realized we’d missed it and turned around. Even the narrative driving back to Waikiki was very informative and fun.