Volcano Tour

Posted on: 2008/07/02

There were good and bad points about this tour. The continental breakfast turned out to be a cup of coffee and a piece of stale cake. The plane was great and there was plenty of room to move about and see out of both sides of the aircraft. The bus journey was OK the visit to Hilo and the Farmer's market was acceptable; the stop for coffee in Banyan drive was unnecessary and a waste of time. The buffet lunch was disgusting and barely edible and NOT good value for money. The viewing points around the crater were fine and the walk through the Lava Tube was a highlight. The stop at the old lava flow was a bit lame and we would have preferred to got to the end of the Chain of Craters road and see where the lava meets the sea. A bit disappointed that we didn't go anywhere different to where you would go if you had hired a car and done it yourself. The stops on the way back at the Orchid farm, the Macadamia nut factory and the Candy factory were irritating when we had really come to see the V