Page 4) Things to Do in Big Island in 2025 – Tours & Activities

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

Experience

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Friends
Posted on:	2022/03/27
Activity Date:	2022/03/01

Deluxe Volcanoes National Park Experience, Black Sand Beach & Restaurant Dinner

Outstanding

Reviewed by: Kara

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

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Packages:	Deluxe Volcano Tour
Attended as:	Solo Travelers
Posted on:	2022/03/21
Activity Date:	2022/03/20

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

Best ever

Reviewed by: Mary Rossi

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2022/03/04
Activity Date:	2022/03/02

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

Perfect tour of the island!

Reviewed by: Kerry

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2022/03/02
Activity Date:	2022/02/21

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

Tour guide Aaron is amazing!

Reviewed by: Megan

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2022/02/26
Activity Date:	2022/02/24

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

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

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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2022/02/23
Activity Date:	2022/02/18

Deluxe Volcanoes National Park Experience, Black Sand Beach & Restaurant Dinner

Absolutely amazing!

Reviewed by: Lleur

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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Packages:	Deluxe Volcano Tour
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2022/02/08
Activity Date:	2022/02/06

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

Great tour

Reviewed by: Satisfied customer

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2022/01/29
Activity Date:	2022/01/27

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

Circle tour

Reviewed by: Christine

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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Packages:	Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2022/01/16
Activity Date:	2022/01/14

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

Amazing experience!

Reviewed by: Sumi

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Families with Young Children
Posted on:	2021/12/22
Activity Date:	2021/12/20

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

Terrible..

Reviewed by: Lola

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

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Packages:	Standard Tour
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Posted on:	2021/12/21
Activity Date:	2021/12/19

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

Amazing experience!

Reviewed by: Amanda

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2021/12/02
Activity Date:	2021/11/30

Deluxe Volcanoes National Park Experience, Black Sand Beach & Restaurant Dinner

Amazing tour

Reviewed by: Kevin L.

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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Packages:	Deluxe Volcano Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2021/11/19
Activity Date:	2021/11/11

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

Great guide!!!!

Reviewed by: Mike

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
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Posted on:	2021/11/19
Activity Date:	2021/11/17

Deluxe Volcanoes National Park Experience, Black Sand Beach & Restaurant Dinner

Amazing Experience. SO. MUCH. FUN!!

Reviewed by: Kara

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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Packages:	Deluxe Volcano Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2021/11/08
Activity Date:	2021/11/07

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

Great Trip!

Reviewed by: Jeff Barnes

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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Packages:	Twilight Volcano & Stargazing Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2021/09/24
Activity Date:	2021/09/22

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

Great tour! Great time!

Reviewed by: Keisha

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2021/09/02
Activity Date:	2021/08/31

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

Great tour to be with families

Reviewed by: Sujata

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Families with Young Children
Posted on:	2021/08/31
Activity Date:	2021/08/29

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

OUTSTANDING!

Reviewed by: Nasreen Kassam

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2021/08/28
Activity Date:	2021/08/10

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

Awesome!

Reviewed by: Andrea

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2021/08/07
Activity Date:	2021/08/01

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

Great packed one day tour of Big Island!

Reviewed by: Roxene Gascoigne

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2021/07/20
Activity Date:	2021/07/19

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

Kick off your vaca with this trip!

Reviewed by: Amanda

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2021/07/14
Activity Date:	2021/07/12

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

Great tour

Reviewed by: Jayjay

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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Packages:	Standard Tour
Attended as:	Solo Travelers
Posted on:	2021/05/29
Activity Date:	2021/05/27

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

Volcano circle tour

Reviewed by: David Embrey

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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Packages:	Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2021/03/12
Activity Date:	2021/03/10

Deluxe Volcanoes National Park Experience, Black Sand Beach & Restaurant Dinner

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Reviewed by: Joyb

Awesome awesome awesome. We had a volcano tour on 3/8/20 with Mike. He was the best. He was especially good with our very inquisitive grandson. He was knowledgeable also!!!! He was great great great!!!!

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Packages:	Deluxe Volcano Tour
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2020/03/30
Activity Date:	2020/03/08

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

Island tour

Reviewed by: Steve and Michelle

We had a wonderful experience. Our tour guide Daniel was excellent. Informative and witty. We highly recommend this complete island tour. The steam vents at Volcanos National Park highlighted the day!!.

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Packages:	Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2020/03/17
Activity Date:	2020/03/14

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

Great tour!

Reviewed by: Flow

We had a great time on this tour. We were able to see many different places on the island and our tour guide Awana had great knowledge of the island. The tour is a lot of driving but the van is decently comfortable and they have frequent stops to get out and stretch.

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Packages:	Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2020/01/23
Activity Date:	2020/01/20

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

Wonderful experience!

Reviewed by: Mary & Lloyd

My husband and I booked the Deluxe Circle Island Tour with Kailani Tours online @hawaiiactivities.com a few weeks before we left for our 20th anniversary on the Big Island. We loved our driver/tour guide Alana from the beginning...she was so personable, caring and knowledgeable (a former teacher). The Mercedes van was very comfortable for the 7 people on our tour and we were well provided for with plenty of water and snacks (even with my gluten free limitations). The tour was fabulous, from the Kona Joe coffee farm, lunch/tour at Volcanoes Natl Park, amazing Punalu'u Black Sand Beach, all the way to Rainbow Falls (yes, we saw a rainbow there) and beautiful Akaka Falls! It was great to see the highlights of the island at the beginning of our vacation to get the "lei" of the land so to speak, on the Big Island. This way the remainder of our trip could be spent leisurely exploring the Kohala Coast where we were staying. We highly recommend it to everyone!

Kona Joe Coffee Farm tour by Alana
Free coffee and snacks at Kona Joe
Punalu'u Black Sand Beach
Vistas at Black Sand Beach
Kilauea Caldera
Ranbow Falls
Akaka Falls

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Packages:	Deluxe Tour - Black Sand Beach, Waterfalls & Volcanoes
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2020/01/19
Activity Date:	2019/12/27

Deluxe Volcanoes National Park Experience, Black Sand Beach & Restaurant Dinner

Def worthwhile

Reviewed by: Tanya

The total experience is awesome! We had a looong day without questions. But the guider made sure the tour was full of fun, stories and care, we didn't feel exhausted.
Started from the lava cave, which is cooler than I expected. Black beach is beautiful. The newly formed lava flow is stunning, also sad when we heard stories from local residents, sorry for their loss. Didn't spend much time in the national volcano park, but it was exactly what we needed, also good timing enjoying the sunset there. 3-courses dinner in the volcano house was perfect, with yummy food and wonderful view overlooking the whole crater. Last but not least, stunning stargazing with professional telescope. Sorry I'm terrible at remembering people's name, thanks very much, our lovely & kind & interesting driver & guider!

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Packages:	Deluxe Volcano Tour
Attended as:	Couples
Posted on:	2020/01/06
Activity Date:	2019/12/14

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

Tour Guide Rigid

Reviewed by: big island tour

The tour was nice and Big Island is beautiful, but our tour guide gave an extensive history of Big Island which felt removed and disconnected from what we were seeing. The guide was asked multiple times from other people on the tour about things they had noticed during the tour but the guide was stuck on the historical narrative and refused to talk about "politics", yet the questions being asked were quite simple and relevant to what we were seeing. He was very knowledgeable but it made for a very tiring and boring ride. It would be great if he could break up the historical narrative with some more present-day information about Big Island.

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Packages:	Grand Circle Island & Volcanoes National Park
Attended as:	Families
Posted on:	2019/12/02
Activity Date:	2019/10/09

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All Reviews for Black Sand Beach in Big Island

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Experience

Outstanding

Best ever

Perfect tour of the island!

Tour guide Aaron is amazing!

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

Absolutely amazing!

Great tour

Circle tour

Amazing experience!

Terrible..

Amazing experience!

Amazing tour

Great guide!!!!

Amazing Experience. SO. MUCH. FUN!!

Great Trip!

Great tour! Great time!

Great tour to be with families

OUTSTANDING!

Awesome!

Great packed one day tour of Big Island!

Kick off your vaca with this trip!

Great tour

Volcano circle tour

Joyb

Island tour

Great tour!

Wonderful experience!

Def worthwhile

Tour Guide Rigid

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