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Volcanoes National Park Tour from Hilo Hotels, Airport & Cruise Ship Pier

Great tour even on a dreary day

Reviewed by: Group of 10

We had a great time with Kimo. He made us feel at ease. He was very knowledgeable and funny. He was able to answer our questions and did not make us feel dumb. He also seemed to genuinely enjoy our party’s craziness.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 4

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Private Tour (Up to 10 passengers)
Attended as: Families
Weather: Rainy
Posted on: 2025/12/29
Activity Date: 2025/12/23

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Incredible Adventure

Reviewed by: Kara

The tour was super well organized, with a guide who shared interesting insights along the way!

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/12/28
Activity Date: 2025/09/04

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Great experience

Reviewed by: RH

Loved this tour - our tour guide was very accommodating and knowledgeable and we saw some beautiful spots of the island. Definitely recommend this trip as you get to see a lot in one day. My favourite places were the black sand beach with the sea turtles and the Volcanoes National Park (but to be honest, I loved all the sites).

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/11/25
Activity Date: 2025/11/23

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Fun!!!

Reviewed by: Kara

Loved this tour! We saw so much of the Big Island in a single day. And the guide shared really interesting facts along the way.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2025/11/22
Activity Date: 2025/07/15

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Great Island Experience

Reviewed by: Kara

A fantastic way to see the islands highlights in one day like the Volcanoes National Park, Waipio Valley (our favorite), black sand beaches, and gorgeous waterfalls.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2025/11/22
Activity Date: 2025/07/15

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Full day!

Reviewed by: Kara

The tour guide was super knowledgeable and kept a smooth pace, making it easy to enjoy every stop. Highly recommend for a comprehensive island experience.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2025/11/22
Activity Date: 2025/07/10

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Jam packed!

Reviewed by: Kara

Such a great day - from the black sand beach to the Waipio Valley lookout and multiple waterfalls, of course with visiting Volcanoes National Park as the standout!!

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2025/11/22
Activity Date: 2025/07/06

Kilauea Volcano, Rainbow Falls & Black Sand Beach Guided Tour with Lunch Included from Hilo

Great excursion

Reviewed by: Rick

This was the highlight of our cruise. We were lucky to see the Volcano erupt, which was well worth the trip. The restaurant we stopped at for lunch was also very good. Desmond and Anthony were great guides.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

  • Volcano erupting

  • Lava Tube

  • Black Sand Beach

  • Rainbow Falls

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Others
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/09/09
Activity Date: 2025/09/02

Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Acceptable experience

Reviewed by: Shenyi & Yan

The good: Black Sand Beach and Volcanoes National Park are as good as they can be. Halema'uma'u Crater is amazing.

The average: The Coffee Farm we visited is a small one. We saw the coffee plants, but didn't see much about how the coffee is produced as the machines are taken apart and stored. Food is ok-ish, lunch is fast-food bento, dinner is at a small restaurant.

The unfortunate: We didn't see any star due to the cloudy weather. If you want to do stargazing, join a stargazing group as they will have better planning and equipment.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 4

Schedule & duration: 4

Equipment & facilities: 4

Comfort & well-being: 3

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/09/02
Activity Date: 2025/08/29

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Love the BI

Reviewed by: Kara

So many gorgeous stops along this tour, and the guides are so funny and make a long day seem like a breeze.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/08/20
Activity Date: 2025/06/30

Kilauea Volcano, Rainbow Falls & Black Sand Beach Guided Tour with Lunch Included from Hilo

Fun and Informative with BEST Tour Guides

Reviewed by: Julie

Anthony and Desmond were spectacular tour guides! Desmond is an expert at taking the amazing photos of your group, and Anthony is so knowledgeable and taught us so much with words, pictures, and artifacts while driving. But most of all, they were friendly and caring. I've never been more impressed with two tour guides! The tour showed us many interesting sites and we had a blast. It was the highlight of our trip to the big island!

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/08/20
Activity Date: 2025/08/08

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

A fun filled day!

Reviewed by: Kara

Highlights included walking through Volcanoes National Park, seeing steam vents and lava fields up close, the stunning black sand beach at Punaluʻu, and panoramic views over Waipiʻo Valley.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/06/30
Activity Date: 2025/05/31

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Fabulous!

Reviewed by: Kara

It’s a long day, but absolutely packed with jaw-dropping sights and well-paced stops.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/06/30
Activity Date: 2025/05/31

Elite Volcano Hiking Tour - Explore Kilauea’s Most Recent Eruption & Lava Flows

Great experience

Reviewed by: John & Leena Western Australia

We enjoyed a great day learning and exploring the Volcanos, Craters, Lava Tubes. The bus was clean and on time, the tour guide (Torrie) was really good and informative. The lunch was really good as was the dinner. Overall it was a great experience. I would definitively recommend this company and tour.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Tips and suggestions

Good walking shoes and light jacket.

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Packages: Elite Volcano Hike from Hilo Hotels
Attended as: Couples
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/06/15
Activity Date: 2025/06/14

Big Island Backroad Adventures - Water & Fire Private Volcano Tour with Meals

Fantastic custom experience

Reviewed by: The relaxing and exciting way to see Big Island

Shawn is super polite and well educated in many topics regarding the lava, plant life, history and sites on the islands. He was particularly helpful in suggesting to us to change the itinerary so we could see the active eruption and we are so happy he made the suggestion. 100% well worth the private tour. We changed things up and kinda called audibles throughout the day and Shawn was all about it. We had a great dinner and the day was a total success. Thank you.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Tips and suggestions

If you don’t want to be herded in a tour bus and would like the ability to customize, book this!!

Reply from activity provider

Aloha Monika,

Mahalo for taking the time to share your experience with us! One of my favorite parts of just doing private tours is the ability to call those audibles and customize our itinerary based on our guests desires, or in this case the Volcano. Happy that we were able to get to the Volcanoes NP, see the eruption before it stopped, still be able to take you to the other locations we had planned, and enjoy a great dinner! Thanks again!!

Mahalo,
Shawn

  • We got to see the eruption and Shawn got us there

  • Really nice nature walk and falls

  • The beautiful falls

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Packages: 12-Hour Private Tour with Lunch & Dinner
Attended as: Families
Weather: Rainy
Posted on: 2025/05/18
Activity Date: 2025/05/16

Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

AMAZING EXPERIENCE 10/10

Reviewed by: Sarah 5-10-25

This tour was mind blowing especially because of tour guide Felix! He showed us all the best spots and gave so much interesting history and facts without making you want to fall asleep LOL. First time in Hawaii and I’m so grateful to have been on this excursion! Amazing food, views and so much more. Thank you wasabi tours and even bigger thank you to Felix!! ❤️❤️

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Tips and suggestions

This is an ALL day trip be prepared to have nothing else planned but a great time!

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Friends
Weather: Rainy
Posted on: 2025/05/12
Activity Date: 2025/05/10

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Wonderful day

Reviewed by: Kara

Kilauea was just amazing, I could go every day if it was possible!

Local customer service: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/05/07
Activity Date: 2025/04/11

キラウエア国立公園ツアー コーヒー農園立ち寄りやマウナケア山に近いサドルロード付近での星空観測もあり<昼食・夕食付き/英語ガイド>

Recommended only for those who are proficient in English. 英語得意な方のみにおすすめ

Reviewed by: MA

The guide was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. It was a fulfilling day. It was really good. However, all the participants were Americans, and perhaps because they all had knowledge about Hawaii, the topics discussed were quite difficult. Things like how to buy land and rumors about Captain Cook. If you have prior knowledge and are fluent in English, it would be very enjoyable, but if your level is just average, you might feel a bit left out.

ガイドさんがとても熱心ないい方で、知識も豊富。充実感のある一日でした。とても良かったです。ただ参加者はアメリカ人の方ばかりで、またハワイに着いても知識がある方ばかりだったからか、話の内容がなかなか難しいものでした。土地の買い方やキャプテンクックの噂話など。事前知識があったり、おそらく英語がペラペラだととっても楽しいかと、ただそれなりレベルだとポツン悲しい思いをしてしまうかも。

現地スタッフ: 5

場所・雰囲気: 5

スケジュール: 5

設備: 4

サービスの快適さ: 3

Tips and suggestions

It's quite tough if you can't understand English well! Also, the lunch bento is somewhat disappointing for Japanese people, so those who are particular about food might want to bring their own. The ta

Tips and suggestions

かなり英語を聞き取れないと厳しい!あとお昼のお弁当は日本人にはなかなか残念な内容なので、食にこだわりのある方はご自身で持って行かれるといいかもしれません。味は不味くはありません。

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Attended as: Families
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/04/30
Activity Date: 2025/04/15

Volcano Highlights Tour, Rainbow Falls, Black Sand Beach, Coffee Farm with Meals

Big Island Tour

Reviewed by: Paule965

The tour guide was great. We really enjoyed ourselves

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Standard Tour
Attended as: Families
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/04/25
Activity Date: 2025/04/22

キラウエア国立公園ツアー コーヒー農園立ち寄りやマウナケア山に近いサドルロード付近での星空観測もあり<昼食・夕食付き/英語ガイド>

Wasabi Tours is the best! 🙌 ワサビツアーズ最高🙌

Reviewed by: ペレに感謝

The guide was very kind, and there were many services that weren't mentioned when I signed up! In cold areas, they lent us windbreakers and jackets, and they also checked our meal preferences in advance and placed orders for us. There were several occasions where they provided Hawaiian juice and bottled water as well.

I mainly signed up for the volcano tour, but they also drove us around to other places while giving detailed explanations the whole time. The guide was English-speaking, but they spoke to us in the Japanese they had learned, which made it feel very homey and enjoyable.

My kids challenged themselves to speak in English, and the guide responded kindly, which made me very happy as a parent to see their growth during this tour. The weather was great, we got to see sea turtles, and we witnessed both daytime and nighttime lava flows. Additionally, we were able to observe an incredible number of stars in the night sky that I had never seen before. It was an unexpectedly amazing tour filled with good luck!

ガイドさんがとても親切で申込む時に書いてないサービスが沢山ありました!寒い地域ではウィンドブレーカーやジャンバーを貸してくれ、食事も事前に希望を確認して注文してくれたり、ハワイのジュースやペットボトル水の提供も数回ありました
ボルケーノツアーメインで申込みましたが、その他の場所も細かい説明をずっとしながら運転してくれました
英語ガイドさんでしたが、覚えた日本語で話しかけてくれたりしてアットホームで楽しかったです
子供達は習った英語で話すことに挑戦しましたが優しく対応してくれて、このツアーで子供達の成長した姿がみれて親としてとても嬉しかったです
天気も良く、ウミガメにも会い、昼と夜の溶岩流もみれて、更に見たことのない数の満天の星空観測も出来、幸運続きの想像以上に最高のツアーでした!!

現地スタッフ: 5

場所・雰囲気: 5

スケジュール: 5

設備: 5

サービスの快適さ: 5

Tips and suggestions

I highly recommend Wasabi Tours for a tour of the Big Island! The guide spoke English, but other groups had guides who could speak Japanese as well. The tour was rich in content and exceeded my expect

Tips and suggestions

ハワイ島のツアーはワサビツアーズをオススメします!英語ガイドさんですが、他のグループは日本語が話せるガイドさんもいました
内容が濃く盛り沢山のツアーで期待以上です❣️

  • 珈琲農園で果樹と珈琲栽培の方法を学び、3種類の美味しい珈琲試飲をしました☕️

  • 黒砂海岸で幸運にも5歳位のウミガメに遭いました🐢タイガーシャークに噛まれた傷がありました

  • 夕食は7種類から選べてマカダミアナッツマヒマヒ&ドリンクで美味しくボリューム満点

  • 沢山の観光客が来ていましたが流れ出る溶岩がよく見えました この後、満天の星空観測も最高でした🤩

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Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/03/27
Activity Date: 2025/03/25

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Biking Adventure- EBike Ride with GPS Audio Tour

Great way to explore the park

Reviewed by: Kara

Our family loved it, as we love the e-bikes to keep the speed up, but get around the park at a good pace!

Equipment & facilities: 5

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Packages: GPS Self-Guided E-Bike Tour of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park & the Lava Viewing
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/03/19
Activity Date: 2025/02/12

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Tour & Tropical Waterfalls Sightseeing from Hilo

I recommend visiting all the places included in this tour

Reviewed by: Laura J

In general, my family and I had a good experience. Dexter was a fantastic driver and tour guide.
The only thing we did not like is that we had to drop and pick-up people at the airport 3 times, I'd rather spend more time in the rainbow falls than going over and over to the airport.

Local customer service: 4

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 4

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Tips and suggestions

Be prepare for cook weather, rain, slippery trails, etc.

Reply from activity provider

Aloha and mahalo for your review!

We’re so glad to hear that you and your family had a good experience and that Dexter made a great impression as your driver and guide—he’ll be happy to hear your kind words!

We also appreciate your feedback about the multiple airport stops. We understand how this can affect the flow of the tour, and we’ll be sure to share your comments with our operations team as we continuously look for ways to improve our guest experience.

Thank you for choosing Polynesian Adventure, and we hope to welcome you back again for another island adventure!

Warmest aloha,
The Polynesian Adventure ʻOhana

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Packages: Volcano Adventure Tour
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/02/26
Activity Date: 2025/02/19

Evening Volcano Tour from Hilo - Kalapana Village, Black Sand Beach & Dinner

WOW!

Reviewed by: Kara

Great day, we got lucky to get to see the current ruption! What a perfect experience.

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Packages: Evening Volcano Explorer
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2025/01/19
Activity Date: 2024/12/28

Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Wow!

Reviewed by: Kara

The Big Island is so beautiful and to wrap up at Mauna Kea- the perfect tour!!

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Packages: Twilight Volcano & Stargazing Tour
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2025/01/14
Activity Date: 2024/10/25

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Excellent day tour!!!!!!!!!!!

Reviewed by: DJW

Brett was an excellent tour guide. Funny engaging and informative. It is a long day as the island is rather large. Greenwell Farms (coffee farm) was our first stop. Excellent coffee! Brett explained the growing and harvesting process, followed by tasting and souvenir purchases. Then on to the Punalu'u sweetbread bakery for treats. I lived the Lilikoi flavored pastry. Nice gift shop also. Next stop was Punalu'u black sand beach with a bonus sleeping turtle. Quick provided tasty lunch at a shady state park. Next into Volcano National Park. Brett has fantastic volcano pics. Kilauea was steeming and erupted hours later. Traveled down a large lava tube, very cool. Huge old lava fields. Next on to Rainbow falls and majestic Akaka falls on the East side of the island. On the North end, we visited Waipi'o lookout for sunset. It was along day, but excellent. Strongly recommend. Brett made the trip very enjoyable.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

Tips and suggestions

It is a long day, lots to see.

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/01/11
Activity Date: 2024/12/22

Volcanoes National Park Tour from Hilo Hotels, Airport & Cruise Ship Pier

Great event

Reviewed by: Kara

Came over from Oahu, and loved every ounce of what we saw. Def coming to BI next!

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Packages: Standard Package
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2024/10/23
Activity Date: 2024/10/01

キラウエア国立公園ツアー コーヒー農園立ち寄りやマウナケア山に近いサドルロード付近での星空観測もあり<昼食・夕食付き/英語ガイド>

I thoroughly enjoyed the nature of Hawaii Island. ハワイ島の自然を満喫しました。

Reviewed by: guccie

There were 13 participants, including 10 travelers from the mainland United States and us, but the guide made an effort to speak Japanese when talking to us, which showed consideration and allowed us to enjoy the tour.

アメリカ本土からの旅行者10人と私たちとで13人の参加でしたが案内のドライバーが私たちと話す時には極力日本語を使ってくれ、気遣いが感じられ、楽しくツアーをすることが出来ました。

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Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2024/10/22
Activity Date: 2024/10/15

Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

It's a great way the experience the island in one day

Reviewed by: Sand under foot

The Grand Circle Island tour is a great way to have a compact adventure all in one day. It was full of beautiful scenic views of cliffsides, beaches, cooled lava formations, waterfalls, volanic crater, and so much more. You experience a hike through a rainforest with some inclines at times, volcanic steam vents that feel like you're in a sauna, turtle viewing at Black Sand beach, cliffsides overlooking crashing waves, a coffee harvesting & processing walkthrough, a lava tube cave, and much more. Some hikes can be a bit challenging if you have mobility problems but our tour guide Brent is so accommodating and on the HNP Kilauea hike, you can ride along with him to the top of the viewing area if you're not able to do the short walk. Additionally, Brent is not just a tour guide, he will transport you to another time. He wove an amazing storytelling of Native Hawaiin history into the scenic mountains, beaches, historical battleground sites, trees, buildings, fantastical stories, and rich cultural backdrop. I walked away with a deep appreciation for how the Hawaiian island and culture came to be. This was an amazing way to experience the island!

  • Drained lava dome atop Kilauea

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Packages: Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/10/06
Activity Date: 2024/10/04

Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Lots to see

Reviewed by: Kara

Your in the bus for a long rides but the sights are all beautiful!

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Packages: Twilight Volcano & Stargazing Tour
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/09/18
Activity Date: 2024/09/12

Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

All day event

Reviewed by: Kara

A really well planned day, we really wanted to stargaze so was super happy we got the day tour + the evening

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Packages: Twilight Volcano & Stargazing Tour
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/09/18
Activity Date: 2024/09/07
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