Tour Information

• Tour is closed from March 1st to September 30th
• Pickup from Kona Hotels & Airport Between 8AM and 9 AM
• Please meet us outside your hotel lobby 10 Min prior your Hotel Pickup time and allow a 15 min. window for your driver to arrive.
• Return to Kona Hotels and airport
• Please call (808) 374-2022 one day prior by 3:00pm to get updated pickup times.
• Free Bottled water and snacks
• Lunch not included
• A small amount of walking is involved
• Warm clothing required,
• Weather at the Volcanoes National Park changes frequently.
• Rain gear is recommended
• This is a full day tour, please prepare necessary items for your trip.
• Fully narrated tour by experienced local tour guide
• Gratuities (recommended)
• Our tour guides are trained to make frequent restroom stops

Tour Highlights

• Richardson Black sand Beach – is the only beach in the Hilo area with black sand
• Historic Banyan Drive – Banyan trees bear the names of famous people who planted them.  Famous names include President Theodore Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, Richard Nixon to name a few.  Still thrive along Banyan Drive, having grown into a thick canopy, makes it popular for walking and driving.
• Liliuokalani Gardens: The park’s site was given by Queen Liliʻuokalani, and lies southeast of downtown Hilo, on the Waiakea Peninsula in Hilo Bay Rainbow Falls – most beautiful waterfall with never ending rainbow.
• Rainbow Falls State Park. Waterfall known for it’s never ending rainbows.
• Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Factory for nut tasting, visitors center has self-guided tour of the processing plant and large gift shop with free samples of every flavor variation sold by the company.
• Akatsuka Orchid Nursery:  Hilo is the orchid capital of the world, Akatsuka Orchid Gardens houses over 200 different types of orchids.

Actual experience and  interaction with the most active volcano in the world at the Volcanoes National Park

• Volcanoes National Park – Admission included.  Established in 1916, is a United States National Park located in the U.S. State of Hawaii on the island of Hawaii. It encompasses two active volcanoes: Kīlauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, and Mauna Loa.
• Thurston Lava Tube : offers amazing 20 minute walk thru the lush jungles and the lava tube.
• Volcanic Steam Vents : Ground water seeps down to the hot volcanic rocks in this area and returns to the surface as steam. While standing at the Steam Vents, take a good look around. The area between the caldera’s edge and outer cliffs of Kīlauea Caldera is a treeless plain.
• Thomas A. Jaggar Museum : observatory has a worldwide reputation as a leader in the study of active volcanism which is located at the site.
• Kilauea Crater : The most active volcano crater in the world.
• Mount Kilauea :  is a currently active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and the most active of the five
• Red Lava Glow Viewing at Kilauea Crater : The main highlight of this tour is the Red Lava Glow Viewing at the Kilauea Crater.  With the sunset on the backdrop, Red Lava Glow starts to appear as the sun light gives away to the dark.  This is the best way to see the red lava glow.  Even if the red magma flows over the ground it is very difficult to see it with naked eyes.