This tour will take you to all the most active volcano in the world.  If you are in Waikoloa, Hapuna, Kailua-Kona or Keauhou area, this is the tour that will take you to all of attractions on the Big Island. Let this local operator make your day full of joyful memories. Volcanoes National Park will amaze you with it's size and remnants of its volcanic eruptions. The park includes 323,431 acres of land. Over half of the park is designated the Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness area and provides unusual hiking and camping opportunities. The park encompasses diverse environments that range from sea level to the summit of the Earth's most massive active volcano.

Pick-up from Kauhou, Kailua-Kona, Waikoloa Village and Hapuna areas of the Big Island:

• 8:00am pick-up from Keauhou area
• 8:30am Kailua Kona Area
• 9:00am Waikoloa Area
• 9:10am Hapuna Area

Tour highlights:

• Rainbow Falls. Waterfall which creates rainbows.
• Richardson Blacksand 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
• Mauna Loa Macademia Nut Factory for nut tasting, visitors center has self-guided tour of the processing plant and large gift shop with free samples of every flavour 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.
• Volcanoes National Park, 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 approximately 10 minute wall thru the lava tube.
• Steam Vents. shows that the volcano is still active
• Thomas A. Jaggar Museum. observatory has a worldwide reputation as a leader in the study of active volcanism which is located at the site.

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Discover both the Big Island's beauty and its volcanic fury. Experience all the awesome spectacle of Madame Pele's lava and volcanic badlands, then explore lush rainforests and the Hamakua Coast. Finally, the deep and immense tropical valleys of the Kohala Mountains, with dozens of cascading waterfalls, provide the perfect finish to the ultimate Big Island adventure.

Discover both the Big Island's beauty and its volcanic fury. Experience all the awesome spectacle of Madame Pele's lava and volcanic badlands, then explore lush rainforests and the Hamakua Coast. Finally, the deep and immense tropical valleys of the Kohala Mountains, with dozens of cascading waterfalls, provide the perfect finish to the ultimate Big Island adventure. (see tour options ECO-Star and A-Star)

EcoStar: Individual First-Class seats, 23% more interior space, over 60 sq. ft. of viewing glass, high-tech Fenestron instead of tail rotor for greatly increased smoothness, raised "theater-style" platform in the rear, a more powerful yet more fuel-efficient engine that delivers fast flight and thus more sightseeing value. 

A-Star: The industry-standard A-Star offers a great flight in a compact cabin, with bench-style seating and good visibility through over 50 sq. ft. of viewing glass. Most important, our A-Stars are flown by Blue Hawaiian's pilots and maintained by Blue Hawaiian's technicians, the best in the business. 

Tour departs from Waikoloa Heliport

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This is a fully guided small group  hike to see the highlights of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and various sights along the way.  

This tour is a full-day Volcano Adventure via Mercedes Benz Luxury Van with a local guide.  Includes deli-style lunch along the historic Saddle Road, a brief lava walk on Mauna Loa's most recent flow, visit to Rainbow Falls, historic Hilo town and a cookie factory.  Then to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park including natures walk along lava train, through a tropical rain forest, guided explanation of various lava formations by park-certified guide, walk through lava tubes, stops at park highlights including various craters, steaming vents and finally experience Kilauea's glowing lava of Halema'uma'u crater.  Tour includes local style dinner and stargazing between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the return! 

Leave your Kona or Waikoloa resort or hotel in style in our new high-ceiling Mercedes Benz luxury van.  Your local guide will entertain you with information about the current, past and history of Hawaii as you climb initially to the height of 2000m or 6500 feet.  First we'll make a brief
restroom stop at Mauna Kea County Park, located approximately halfway up Mauna Loa (4169m) and Mauna Kea (4205m).  From there, we'll head down the famous Saddle Road into Hilo for a brief tour of the historical town and a stop at the famous Rainbow Falls, a beautiful tropical waterfall, then on the top rated Big Island Candies cookie factory for cookie and Kona Coffee samples, restroom breaks, and other snacks.

After this break, you'll head up to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - a World Heritage Site and an International Biosecurity Zone.   Your guide will lead you on numerous stops in the park including a short hike through a tropical Ohia forest, through a Lava tube, through stops at craters and lava fields, where you'll learn about various lava formations and flows.   You will then go to one of our famous local volcano restaurants, where you will enjoy a relaxing dinner.  Finally, we make a last short hike to Halema'uma'u crater summit, to see the glow of the broiling lava in Kilauea's summit eruption.  This is the premiere deluxe tour available on this island.  Local Guides, Luxury Van, Jackets and Stargazing Included!

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Charter a Mercedes Tour van and an experienced guide to see the best of the Big Island on your own schedule.  Choose from a variety of sample tours or design your own based on what you'd like to see on your own private tour.   Our professional and volcano-certified guides can provide guided commentary while you visit either famous or off-the-beaten path volcano sights, waterfalls, beaches, valley excursions, coffee or macadamia nut tours, or a selection of them all!

Circle Island Tours (Typically 12 hours) including farms, waterfalls, coastline and beaches, historic towns, tasting, volcanoes, local plants, birds and wildlife.  

A typical "Northern Route" from the Kona or Waikoloa side of the island would include stops at:  Hamakua Macadamia Nut Factory - Waimea's Parker Ranch - Waipio Valley - historic Honoka'a Town - Laupahoehoe Point Lunch - Akaka Falls - Hilo Downtown - Big Island Candies Cookie Tasting - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park including Thurston Lava Tube, Devastation trail, Jagger Museum and the main summit eruption at Kilauea crater overlook - Dinner in Volcano or Hilo and return via Saddle Road with a stargazing option.

A typical "Southern Route from the Kona or Waikoloa Resorts would include stops at:   Kona Coffee Farm, Kealakekua Bay and Captain Cook monument, Honey Tasting, Macadamia Nut Farm and Tasting, Ka'u Coffee Tasting, Punaluu Black Sand Beach, lunch at Hawaii's Southernmost Bakery, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park including Thurston Lava Tube, Devastation trail, Jagger Museum and the main summit eruption at Kilauea crater overlook - Dinner in Hilo and return via Saddle Road with a stargazing option.

Guided Volcano Hikes of various lengths (Typically 12 hours) to either extreme lava (when available) or red lava glow tours both inside or outside or Hawaii Volcanoes National park.   Hikes range from easy walks to 15 mile excursions to the major active lava areas. 

Most Popular Sample Hikes:  

- Three Crater Hike inside Volcanoes National Park to Mauna Ulu, Kilauea Iki, and the main summit eruption at Halema'uma'u inside Kilauea Caldera (12 hours).
- Green Sand Beach Hike (10 hours)
- Pololu Valley Hike to a Black Sand Beach (5 hours)
- Waipio Valley Beach and Waterfall Swim (8 hours)

EXTREME Lava Hikes:  Offered only when surface lava is present, this would take you on a certified guide-led hike to see surface flowing lava.  Typically tours from the Kona and Waikoloa area hotels are about 10 hours total and depart at 10 am.  

Gourmet or Picnic Excursions to your desired fine dining location or sunset picnics on the beach or volcano lava.  Our popular beach picnics include Hapuna Beach, selected the best beach in the USA over 10 times, 

Evening Stargazing Tours usually at the warmer 2100 meter elevation using binoculars and telescope.

Any desired customized combination of the above!

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This is a fully guided small group  hike to see the entry of lava into the ocean and possibly liquid flowing lava up close and personal.  
This tour is not for the faint of heart and involves extensive hiking 4.5 miles in and 4.5 miles out. But it is definitely your best chance to see lava flowing and lava breakouts from Pu'u O'o vent on Kilaueau crater. The narrated tour also includes Saddle Road, Mauna Kea State Park, the 1984 lava flow from Mauna Loa, Hilo highlights and Rainbow Falls. Experience lava flows into Pahoa (2014), Kaimu Black Sand Beach, and Kalapana. Hikeapproximately 10 miles, mostly along coastal evacuation roads to see the lava flows, then up across very recent lava to look for potential breakouts of flowing lava with your experienced guide where a picnic style dinner on the lava is included.

Leave your Kona or Waikoloa resort or hotel in style in our new high-ceiling Mercedes Benz luxury van.  Your local guide will entertain you with information about the current, past and history of Hawaii as you climb initially to the height of 2000m or 6500 feet.  First we'll make a brief
restroom stop at Mauna Kea County Park, located approximately halfway up Mauna Loa (4169m) and Mauna Kea (4205m).  From there, we'll head down the famous Saddle Road into Hilo for a brief tour of the historical town and a stop at the famous Rainbow Falls, a beautiful tropical waterfall, then on the top rated Big Island Candies cookie factory for cookie and Kona Coffee samples, restroom breaks, and other snacks. Our next stop will be the historic town of Pahoa, where we can see where lava met the town in 2014 and threatened her existence. From Pahoa, we head straight for a quick hike to Kaimu, previously site of the most beautiful black sand beach in Hawaii before it was covered by Pele's eruption in 1990.  We'll spend some time enjoying the new black sand beach at Kaimu and then  straight to the Kalapana trailhead to begin our hike out to see the
active flow. The hike is approximately 2.5 miles each way along a gravel road that passes near
devastated town of Kalapana and the ocean. It's not an easy hike - the terrain is level for most of it but the payoff is often breathtaking!  Recently lava entering the ocean provides a show of steam and sometimes visible flowing lava. We will also take a hike up the pali and onto the lava fields for a picnic-style dinner, photos and possible lava “breakout” moments before beginning our hike back to the van for the ride home.

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Join this local operator every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10am until 2pm for an old-fashioned Aloha Beach Celebration in the sheltered waters of Anaeho'omalu Bay. You’ll enjoy use of beach toys (including snorkel gear, hydro-bikes, standup paddle boards, kayaks, and boogie boards), Outrigger Canoe Rides, Glass Bottom Boat Cruises, lunch specials at A’bay Café and more!

Unplug, unwind, and enjoy a day of play at the beach! From 10am - 2pm, you'll enjoy unlimited use of kayaks, hydro-bikes, and standup paddle boards (please note, launching of these toys is weather dependent). You can also use our top-of-the-line snorkel gear to explore the reefs, and we also have boogie boards, life jackets, belts and noodles for flotation. Our Glass Bottom Boat will take you on a tour of the reefs and you can try your hand at paddling a real Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe with our experienced crew. The Aloha Days Beach package also includes music, specials at the on-site A'bay Cafe, and more. Aloha Days on the Beach offers something for every member of your family!

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