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190 reviews

Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Most Enjoyable Way to Experience the Island.

Reviewed by: Kerry Gaj, 2022/04/15

This tour is excellent. A great option for families and adventurous travelers looking to see it all in one day. From local coffee to black sand beaches to wineries to lava flows to lava tunnels to a charming sunset. The tour guys were knowledgeable and so kind and a accommodating. Shared their local stories and made sure all were comfortable. If you are looking to explore the island and don’t have a lot of time — this is the tour for you. If you want to see everything and get tips on where to go from some locals — this is the tour for you. Highly recommend 10/10.

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2022/04/13
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Evening Volcano Tour from Hilo - Kalapana Village, Black Sand Beach & Dinner

Could have spent a few days here!

Reviewed by: Robin, 2022/04/10

This was a great tour - really educational and fun. Be prepared for rain, you are in the rainforest and it rains a lot. Our guide cam prepared with umbrellas and rain jackets, which was really appreciated.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2022/04/07
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Awesome!

Reviewed by: Oscareen, 2022/04/07

This trip was awesome! Beautiful scenery and lots of information from Dreu.
Dreu is a man of many hats, he’s hilarious and you have to hear it to believe the incredible lungs he has! (Have to join his tour to know what that means )

Many stops we made, random people would join us just to listen to Dreu. And they would remark how funny he is.

We had a coffee farm tour, saw many highlights of volcanoes National park, and did stargazing! It was amazing!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2022/03/30
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Bucket List Tour

Reviewed by: Kecia, 2022/04/06

Best day ever! I've always wanted to go to a coffee farm and it was a delicious way to start the day. Driving around the island, stopping at the black sand beach and the bakery was super fun. By far the best part though was seeing the volcano at night and the stars. Highly recommend this trip. Our driver/guide was very knowledgeable and made a long day super fun.

  • Coffee Farm

  • Best Sweetbread!

  • Black Sand Beach

  • Volcano at night

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2021/10/19
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Deluxe Big Island Day Tour, Volcanoes National Park & Dinner at Kilauea Lodge

Volcano Experience

Reviewed by: Donna McCurdy-Wolke, 2022/04/04

It is a long day but that is due to the distance of volcano from hotel. PJ was a great host and VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. Loved the volcano area. Something I have never experienced!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2022/04/01
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Deluxe Big Island Day Tour, Volcanoes National Park & Dinner at Kilauea Lodge

Big Trip

Reviewed by: Mike, 2022/03/28

Bryce our guide is who made the trip extra special. Great and intelligent conversations. Very informative, and it didn’t hurt that the volcano was fantastic.
For sure your tour will be recommended to anyone that asks!
Good job.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2022/03/26
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Experience

Reviewed by: Barbara Fleischman, 2022/03/27

I really enjoyed the tour. Aaron was very pleasant explained what we were seeing and gave sufficient time to enjoy the site. The best for me was the black sand. Prior to this trip I had never heard of black sand or even that it existed. To sum up the tour, I would go again. It was worth the money I paid for it. There is nothing negative that I could find.

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2022/03/01
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Deluxe Big Island Day Tour, Volcanoes National Park & Dinner at Kilauea Lodge

Outstanding

Reviewed by: Kara, 2022/03/21

Beautiful tour of the Big Island of Hawaii! The volcano park is awesome!

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2022/03/20
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Best ever

Reviewed by: Mary Rossi, 2022/03/04

The whole tour was well planned out and excuted. Drew was great and in the flow with weather conditions. Hewent above and beyond what he needed to do for all of us. Providing critical information and Hawaian History, mixed in with a little humor. Made it the best tour I have had to date. My grand kids said it was their favorite thing we did on our visit. Ages 11 and 14, you should know we snorkled with a tour. Parasailed and more. So Drew you win the best award from all of us. Thank you for a happy memory weshare and treasure forever.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2022/03/02
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Perfect tour of the island!

Reviewed by: Kerry, 2022/03/02

This tour was perfectly laid out. We covered a lot of territory, but it all went smoothly. The tour included breakfast and lunch, which were both excellent. Loved seeing a coffee plantation, winery, Black San Beach with turtles, the volcano crater, and waterfalls. Our guide, Derek, was incredibly knowledgeable and provided excellent information throughout the day. I highly recommend this tour. I was traveling with a child, and she also enjoyed all our stops.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2022/02/21
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Tour guide Aaron is amazing!

Reviewed by: Megan, 2022/02/26

Wow, if only every tour guide held a masters in history and was a native to the area they were leading a tour! Aaron was truly brilliant and super knowledgeable about everything from Hawaiian history to language and culture to geology and astronomy. His easy going personality put the group at ease, and we had fun connecting with the rest of the guests while learning a ton! The day flew by and we would do it all over again. Ask for Aaron!

  • Lava at night

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2022/02/24
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Big Island Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm / Twilight Volcano Tour with Night Lava Viewing

Reviewed by: Kathryn, 2022/02/23

We enjoyed our tour and Drew our tour guide was energetic and shared a lot of knowledge with everyone.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2022/02/18
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Deluxe Big Island Day Tour, Volcanoes National Park & Dinner at Kilauea Lodge

Absolutely amazing!

Reviewed by: Lleur, 2022/02/08

This tour was an amazing experience! The drive to Volcano National Park was beautiful and we enjoyed each stop along the way. Viewing the lava field was phenomenal! Our tour guide, Bryce, was a font of knowledge and made the day even more special. Every comfort was thought of from a clean, spacious Mercedes van, to rain jackets and warm parkas. I would do this tour again in a heartbeat!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2022/02/06
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Great tour

Reviewed by: Satisfied customer , 2022/01/29

A wonderful tour. Definitely worth while. Our tour guide, Aaron, was very knowledgeable. Learned so many things. From the coffee making process to the history of King Kamehameha. The night tour of lava view was great. Although you don’t actually see the lava itself you do see the red glow. It was a long day of touring but Aaron made it very enjoyable. Don’t miss the lava tube walk.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2022/01/27
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Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Circle tour

Reviewed by: Christine , 2022/01/16

We really liked the tour, got to see the everything in whole Island that we wanted to see! Robert was our guide and gave us the history of the islands, so knowledgeable and mixed in fun stories! Don’t think we would of seen all of it on our own

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2022/01/14
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Amazing experience!

Reviewed by: Sumi, 2021/12/22

We will give 5 *****, The tour was amazing. Derrick did an awesome job in keeping us all informed with many details and of course quizzed us as well. It was a fun trip. Thanks for taking care of the special request on our food as well. Food wise- it was very well organized and catered. Breakfast and coffee at the coffee plantation was very apt. Wine tasting and Lunch was very well paired. Snacks and soda at the waterfalls was cool! Raincoats and umbrella was very helpful when it started raining while heading to the volcano view point. Superbly planned and catered to everyone’s needs. We will definitely recommend our friends and family.

  • Amazing tour!!!

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2021/12/20
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Terrible..

Reviewed by: Lola, 2021/12/21

The tour was not complete… the main atractive “volvcano park” was terrible… we was there less than 1:30… terrible !!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2021/12/19
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Amazing experience!

Reviewed by: Amanda , 2021/12/02

Derek had so much knowledge and an amazing personality! He made the tour personal and fun! This tour really takes you through some of the coolest parts of this island. Coffee farms, bakeries, black sand beaches with sea turtles, volcano glow, lava tubes, the most spectacular view of the stars, and so much more. It’s well worth the experience. The food was not so great, but everything else was beyond amazing so it made up for it. 10/10 would recommend this tour!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2021/11/30
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Deluxe Big Island Day Tour, Volcanoes National Park & Dinner at Kilauea Lodge

Amazing tour

Reviewed by: Kevin L., 2021/11/19

We had an amazing time on this tour. PJ, our guide, could not have been better. He was so entertaining and informative, and made the whole day fun & interesting. The highlight was getting to see the lava at night - truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Highly recommend!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2021/11/11
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Great guide!!!!

Reviewed by: Mike, 2021/11/19

Dastan was a wonderful guide, very knowledgeable with a great sense of humor. Had some much knowledge of everything Hawaiian. Enjoyed all parts of the tour, was a long day and glad we were the first stop on returning!!!!

  • Lava tunnels

  • Volcano glow

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2021/11/17
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Deluxe Big Island Day Tour, Volcanoes National Park & Dinner at Kilauea Lodge

Amazing Experience. SO. MUCH. FUN!!

Reviewed by: Kara, 2021/11/08

This tour will have you learning so many great things about Big Island. They pushed our tour back a tad but they did this to let us see more of the night lava flow!

There are simply too many good things about this tour - from the stop at Black Sands (breathtaking) to the 3 course dinner that was TO DIE FOR and all local!

I would recommend this to anyone!!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2021/11/07
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Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm

Great Trip!

Reviewed by: Jeff Barnes, 2021/09/24

This was a rally fantastic trip. Be prepared because this trip is over 10 hours. (We ran closer to 11) and requires a lot of walking. That being said, the day was EXCELLENT. Tour guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Would definitely do it again.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2021/09/22
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Great tour! Great time!

Reviewed by: Keisha , 2021/09/02

This tour was amazing and worth every penny! We decided to do the circle tour on our first island day as an introduction to the Big Island and we couldn’t be more happy about it. Our guide, Jim was so knowledgeable and had such a soothing voice, his storytelling and information were great. I would recommend this tour to anyone.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2021/08/31
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Great tour to be with families

Reviewed by: Sujata, 2021/08/31

Dave was very knowledgeable he picked up on time from airport on time and we could cover entire island on one day very nice lunch and breakfast on time amazing tour

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2021/08/29
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

OUTSTANDING!

Reviewed by: Nasreen Kassam, 2021/08/28

Bryce, our driver, was amazing! Made the tour everything it was. We all enjoyed the amazing tour with friendly employees and clean vehicle.

Thank you!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2021/08/10
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Awesome!

Reviewed by: Andrea, 2021/08/07

Bryce was awesome, very knowledgable. We had a big scare about the fire on the way back to the hotel and he was super professional about letting us know what was going on and even offered to stop at a grocery store in case no food options were open in the evening. Highly recommend!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2021/08/01
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Great packed one day tour of Big Island!

Reviewed by: Roxene Gascoigne, 2021/07/20

This was great! Gabby was our driver and she was absolutely amazing. She knew everything about Big Island and was so friendly. This is a nice tour to get it all in in one day.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2021/07/19
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Kick off your vaca with this trip!

Reviewed by: Amanda, 2021/07/14

We had a great time with Jim! The trip was very informative and we learned much about the history of Hawaii. I would suggest taking this tour at the beginning of your vacation so that you can explore in-depth some of the places we visited. The winery and tea tour was amazing! I learn so much about tea and the winemaking process in HI!
Thanks so much!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2021/07/12
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Big Island Highlights Tour - Volcano, Waterfall, Black Sand Beach, Coffee & Wine

Great tour

Reviewed by: Jayjay , 2021/05/29

I went solo. There were 2 tour guides. They were informative and funny. I threw up because of road sick and maybe too much caffeine and food coma in the morning (I assumed - I ate my bf&coffee b4 the tour started and ate their bf & tasted their coffee again). The lady guide took care of me well. Other people in the trip were nice too. Some lady gave me a motion sickness pill and some lady asked me how I was feeling. Thanks!

We went to 6-7 places. I like the black sand beach the most. Walking through the volcano tube was fun. But another volcano attraction was not I expected because we couldn’t get too close to the volcano. It was dangerous Lol. So I couldn’t get a clear pics of the crater.

Big island is a black island (in my opinion) because of dry black lava spreading all over the island.

They picked me up in the morning and dropped me off at the Kona airport in the evening. I flew for a day trip. Call them when you arrived at the airport. They need a reminder. I think my tour guides were Gary and Gabbie. I bought this trip to celebrate my bday. Great serviceThank you!

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Attended as: Solo Travelers
Activity Date: 2021/05/27
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Grand Circle Island Tour - Volcano, Black Sand Beach, Waipio Valley & Waterfalls

Volcano circle tour

Reviewed by: David Embrey , 2021/03/12

Awana was awesome. He did a great job from the start by getting out group of 20 together in one van. His knowledge of the island’s as well as the big island was extensive. Never a dull moment he kept us laughing and taught us a great deal. All stops were as promised. Would do the tour again

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2021/03/10
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