Kauai Movie Location Tour: Pirates, Elvis & Descendants Sites

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Duration7h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · ES

PickupAt your hotel

Stand at the exact spots where Hollywood filmed Pirates, Elvis and The Descendants

A full-day private guided movie location tour of Kauai departs from Lihue in a luxury SUV, visiting four major filming sites—Wailua Falls, Opaekaa Falls, Kīlauea Point Lighthouse and Hanalei Bay—where films including Pirates of the Caribbean, Blue Hawaii and The Descendants were shot. Your guide, fluent in English or Spanish, shares behind-the-scenes stories and local knowledge at each location. The tour includes locally sourced drinks and snacks, air-conditioned transport, and runs approximately 7 hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Tour Kauai's famous movie locations

Visit Wailua Falls
See Opaekaa Falls
Explore Kīlauea Point Lighthouse
Stop at Hanalei Bay
View Pirates of the Caribbean location

The Experience

What draws filmmakers to Kauai? The same waterfalls, bays and cliffs that have stood in for everywhere from the Caribbean to a tropical island in a Disney film. This tour takes you to four of those locations in sequence, starting with Wailua Falls—the backdrop for Fantasy Island, Castaway Cowboy, The Amazing Race and Tropic Thunder. You'll stand at the same vantage point where those scenes were shot, with your guide walking you through what the camera captured and what the island actually looks like when the crew packs up.

From there the route moves to Opaekaa Falls, where Elvis Presley filmed Blue Hawaii, then to Kīlauea Point Lighthouse, which appears in Lilo & Stitch. The final major stop is Hanalei Bay, where scenes from Dragonfly and The Descendants were filmed. A luxury SUV handles the driving between stops, keeping you comfortable in air conditioning while your guide—a local who knows the stories behind each location—fills in the details: which actors stood where, how the natural light changed the mood of a scene, what the place looks like now versus how it appeared on screen. Drinks and snacks made locally are included along the way.

The tour runs about 7 hours total, which is the span needed to move between these four locations without rushing and to spend real time at each one. You'll choose your guide's language—English or Spanish—when you book. Pickup from your Lihue accommodation is included, so the day starts and ends without you arranging transport.

What’s included

Private luxury SUV with air conditioning.
locally sourced drinks and snacks throughout the day.
in-person guide fluent in English or Spanish.
pickup from your Lihue accommodation.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcome

Operated by Kauai Luxury Tours

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to see the actual filming locations of movies you've watched and hear the stories behind how each scene was shot. The private SUV and single guide mean the pace stays unhurried, so you have time to absorb each location instead of moving quickly through a group schedule.