Set on Oahu’s North Shore, CLIMB Works Keana Farms offers unique zipline adventures that blend in Hawaiian culture and storytelling. Guests can expect an adrenaline rush, of course, but owner Aaron Campbell is especially proud of how his team highlights local people and history as guests zip through the course.
“The tour is obviously designed to be fun and exciting, but the main point we're trying to convey is the incredible ingenuity of the Hawaiian people when it comes to their relationship with the ‘aina,’ or the land,” Campbell said. “Prior to anybody coming to the islands, there were more than 1 million Hawaiians here, and they were self-sustainable. We want guests to leave with a larger awareness of that.”
The experience is also about the CLIMB pillars: challenge, learn, inspire, master and believe. Here’s how those pillars come into play on a CLIMB Works Keana Farms tour.
The adventure begins with a drive through Keana Farms’ crop fields.
Credit: 2025 CLIMB Works Keana FarmsLearning on the Go
On a zipline tour at Keana Farms, participants learn on the move. First, a guide drives them through the farm and to the top of the zipline adventure course — about 430 feet above sea level. Next, guests test their mettle as they fly on a series of eight ziplines, cross skybridges and conquer rappels. As groups progress along the course, guides pause for mini lessons, with topics ranging from what’s growing beneath them — apple bananas, papayas, cherry tomatoes, taro, bitter melon, ginger — to how early Hawaiians maximized land yield while also protecting it from overuse.
“They had their own version of the Environmental Protection Agency,” Campbell said. “They knew they had to use this resource in a way that was not only environmentally correct, but morally correct, as well. When people come to Hawaii, they feel different; I believe that feeling comes from how Hawaiians care for other people.”
Zipline riders must be at least 5 years old to participate.
Credit: 2025 CLIMB Works Keana FarmsCollectively, Keana Farms’ 11 farmers grow and harvest more than 1 million pounds of produce a year, and 95% of those crops stay on the island. Zipline guests have a chance to sample some of what’s growing, depending on the availability.
Guests often forge fast bonds with local guides and fellow tour members, especially when they’re trying something new, or stepping out of their comfort zone. Families love to zip together, Campbell says, though travel advisors should note that guests must be 5 years old to zipline.
What we hope is that guests leave with a greater understanding of how brilliant Hawaiians were, and with this idea that they can challenge themselves.
“There’s a sense of accomplishment when our guests touch the ground,” Campbell said. “This experience creates a unique environment. What we hope is that guests leave with a greater understanding of how brilliant Hawaiians were, and with this idea that they can challenge themselves. We want to them to leave thinking, ‘Let's get out, let's experience the world, let’s do stuff together. Let’s get out from behind our devices and enjoy life.’”
Lessons on Hawaiian history and culture are part of the fun.
Credit: 2025 CLIMB Works Keana FarmsOther Local Connections
During or after a tour, guests often asked their newfound friends for local pro tips. Ever supportive of fellow North Shore growers and businesses, Campbell’s team will happily point hungry guests to nearby options after they zipline, for instance. Seven Brothers serves up burgers and coconut macadamia nut shrimp, and Da Bald Guy makes pan-fried poke bowls, furikake-crusted fresh fish and more.
We're doing something good and unique here, and we're also trying our best to lift other businesses up, because that’s the right thing to do.
“We're doing something good and unique here, and we're also trying our best to lift other businesses up, because that’s the right thing to do,” Campbell said. “When other businesses in our community succeed, we succeed.”
Skybridge crossings are a component of the tour.
Credit: 2025 CLIMB Works Keana FarmsThe same goes for other North Shore tours and cultural opportunities. Travel advisors can book packages that combine a zipline adventure with a visit to the nearby Polynesian Cultural Center, or a visit to Gunstock Ranch for horseback riding. Another important detail: Keana Farms offers transportation to and from the farm for clients, Monday through Saturday.
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CLIMB Works Keana Farms opened in 2014, after Campbell partnered with CLIMB Works Gatlinburg in Tennessee to bring the CLIMB Works brand’s zipline expertise to the North Shore farm. Now, trained experience managers help run the tours on Oahu and ground the experience with a local’s perspective.
