Local Living Tours & Trips in Western USA

Your host Ipo, born in Hilo, shows you around Kona Sea Salt Farm where you'll learn how they harvest deep-ocean water and produce salt using traditional Hawaiian methods, all over a nice lunch. Later, walk along Punalu'u Beach Park's black volcanic sand.

Stay two nights inside Yellowstone to see geysers lighting up under Montana's starry skies, then float down the calm Flathead River with local guides keeping watch for wildlife. Walk through Nevada City's old mining buildings from the 1860s and hike Big Sky's trails.

Cruise Santa Barbara Harbor to Channel Islands National Park and spot dolphins, sea lions, and marine wildlife in the sanctuary waters. Drive the scenic 17-Mile Drive past Pebble Beach Golf Course and see the famous Lone Cypress holding onto rocky Pacific shores. Stay at the boutique Hotel Winters surrounded by vineyards and visit downtown tasting rooms in California's agricultural heartland.

Try local life like lunch at Kona Sea Salt Farm tasting different salt flavors and learning traditional production methods. Tour Grove Farm's 100-acre homestead in Lihue with its original 1870s plantation buildings, then visit Greenwell Farms to see eco-friendly coffee farming.

Stay at Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa in Kaanapali with its half-acre oceanfront pool and rooftop stargazing. Walk through Iao Valley State Park and see Kauai's Spouting Horn blowhole, where Pacific surf channels through lava tubes shooting 50 feet high.

Cycle across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito and check out San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf and the Cable Car Museum. Stay at Hotel Caza Fisherman's Wharf, great for walking to Embarcadero and Union Square, then head to rustic tent cabins at Curry Village.

Hollywood's Walk of Fame features 2,800 pink stars to check out, then you'll see the futuristic Disney Concert Hall and historic Union Station downtown. Santa Monica Pier's Ferris wheel and roller coaster offer Pacific Ocean views, then Venice Beach's Ocean Front Walk takes you past Muscle Beach and street performers. Drive scenic Mulholland Drive through Beverly Hills, with optional Universal Studios Hollywood tickets and open-top Hollywood bus tours available.

Western USA's cultural mix includes the Danish enclave of Solvang with authentic windmills and San Francisco's historic Chinatown where dim sum at Good Mong Kok Bakery waits beyond the Dragon Gate. Hollywood glamour shows up on Rodeo Drive and Mulholland Drive through Beverly Hills' celebrity neighborhoods. The Victorian Painted Ladies sit in Alamo Square, featured in over 70 films, contrasting with downtown's modern skyline.