Seattle: Rainforest, Beach, and Olympic National Park Highlights
Description
A Full-Day Rainforest and beach adventure from Seattle Explore Washington's Olympic Peninsula with a friendly local guide We ensure you get many photo spots! We are the only single day tour from Seattle that takes you into the best rainforest and beach spots on the peninsula. Local knowledge to see the most fun and meaningful spots! For fun during the ride, we provide tasty craft chocolate bars and other good snacks and drinks! Why Travelers Love This Tour: "The rainforests felt like out of a dream." "I’ve never seen a beach like Ruby Beach—completely unforgettable!" *Late June through August the Hoh Rainforest area not accessible due to very long lines. Don't worry, we go to a similar rainforest area you will love! About Max Travels: Max Travels was created for people like you to experience the great nature of this area in a fun and friendly way. We look forward to your tour! Max Travels, LLC is licensed and insured to provide tours
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Itinerary
We pass through Aberdeen, full of intriguing stories. We stop at a local coffee shop that sells art from local artists. For people interested in Seattle music history or the band Nirvana, we may can stop at the under the bridge memorial and childhood home for Kurt Cobain.
We enter the Quinault Rainforest and take a short hike amongst ancient trees, giant ferns, and other plants. The fresh air and surroundings of this temperate rainforest is a thrilling experience for a first time visitors and long time hikers. We take a rest stop at the Quinault Resort Lodge, which is where President Franklin D. Roosevelt stayed when he established Olympic National Park. The lodge has a perfect view of Lake Quinault.
We take walk along the gorgeous Ruby Beach. You will see large haystack rock formations and many logs strewn about the beach. This is raw and unique beach surprises many visitors. One awe struck visitor remarked, "I've been to a lot of beaches, but I've never been to one that looked and felt like this."
We walk through the famous "Hall of Mosses" in the Hoh Rainforest. The moss grows heavy among this large grove of maple trees. We will also see giant ferns and may see mushrooms and elk. *Please note from late June to early August, we may not be able to access the Hoh Rainforest since the wait times to enter are over 2 hours.
We stop for lunch in the historic town of Forks. Forks was featured in the Twilight vampire book and movies series. Lunch options include: A burger cafe, a BBQ spot, and Mexican spot.
We stop at the Lake Crescent lodge located right on Lake Crescent to get a few more good photos. This deep lake has some chilling stories we may share.
Fun Ferry Boat Ride across Puget Sound with great views of Seattle.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can pick you up at The Westin Hotel at 1900 5th Ave. We can pick up from your hotel if you are 3 or more people or in special circumstances. After the tour we drop you off at your hotel in the main Seattle area.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(84)
Just wow! If you want to experience a day full of adventure and nature tripping on Olympic National Park, you should book this one. It's a long day but very fun with Max who is so friendly and knowledgeable. Also, it was so nice to know your fellow travelers. Just love it! ☺️
Excellent experience - just what we were looking for👍👍👍👍👍 plan for a long day, but lots of wonderful sites in Olympic NP..
That is wonderful, thanks for the feedback!
Had a great time seeing a bunch of sites in northwest Washington that we wouldn't have been able to if we didn't book this tour. Rachel was an excellent tour guide.
Kristine, thank you for the feedback, glad you enjoyed!
Excellent tour. Mark was super helpful and informative. We truly enjoyed are tour and found it well worth the price
Art, it was great having you and your wife on the tour. And thanks for the questions and comments about all the plants!
This was a great tour. It is a long drive from Seattle, but our guide Rachel gave us the right amount of stops plus the travel through Olypic NP and surrounding area was beautiful and relaxing. The itinerary was well planned and thought out. We packed a ton into a super full day, including a beautiful, leisurely hike through the Hoh Rain Forest and some wandering time on Ruby Beach. Rachel did an excellent job. I recommend this tour to anyone looking to experience the best of the Pacific Northwest!
So glad you enjoyed and got to see a lot in one day!
Rachel did an awesome job explaining the area and what we were seeing. She was super friendly made both myself and my daughter feel welcome. It was a great time and we would highly recommend taking a tour with her.
Karen, wonderful, glad you and your daughter enjoyed!
The agenda for this day is too long with too much time driiving (5+ hours). The day went from 7am to 9:30 pm. Rachel did an okay job ( not the best I have experienced, but okay.) I do have a safety concern....Rachel's driving was agressive; tailgating and passing in an unsafe manner. I would not choose a trip with her again.
Rachel was a wonderful guide. She answered all of our questions and made sure everyone had a good time. Thank you!
Awesome Salman! Thanks for your feedback!
This trip was one of the best tours we’ve been on. Johnny is very knowledgeable and shared a lot of knowledge along the 8 hour drive. He took us on several stops to hike and tour. Our meal places were local and very friendly. I highly recommend going on this tour. It is well worth the time and money!
Amazing, so glad you enjoyed!
Marc was an incredible guide! So glad I got to meet him! He’s super personable with just about anyone and knows seemingly anything about everything! The tour itself was really cool. Loved going through Aberdeen. Ruby Beach was really great too. We went through a couple rainforest climates. We as a group opted not to do Hoh Forest because the line might be long but I can’t help but wonder if I missed out on anything because the one we went to instead just didn’t do much for me. You don’t get much time at all In forks so if you’re someone wanting to do the twilight things this is not the tour for you. Lake Crescent was great. I had originally booked this for a Monday but he messaged me on a Friday and told me he wanted to reschedule due to lack of sign ups. Thankfully I was able to do it Saturday instead. I did have a mariners game I had tickets for that day and I barely made it to the stadium in time for the 7th inning. He did everything he could to get me there at all and I appreciate it. Overall would recommend! The hikes are easy, and Marc is a joy to hang with.
