
| Akaka Falls State Park (Big Island) |
Description: North of Hilo, these waterfalls plunge over 420 feet in a sheer drop over a volcanic cliff into Kolekole Stream. Take a walk through a pristine valley surrounded by ginger, heliconia, fern, orchids and bamboo groves, crossing gurgling streams on footbridges. |
| Hapuna Beach (Big Island) |
Description: Rated by Conde Nast Traveler magazine as one of the top beaches in the world, this popular spot off the Kohala coast is the largest beach on the island with picnic areas and miles of find, white sand. |
| Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Big Island) |
Description: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park lies to the southeast of the island and was founded in 1916. It includes a large of Mauna Loa, all of Kilauea, including its eastern and southern sides as well as the Puna coast. |
| Kilauea Volcano (Big Island) |
Description: One of the most impressive volcanoes in the world that is nearly continuously active, when Kilauea erupts at the summit, the crater of Halemaumau has been known to fill with lava. A new island named Loihi, is indeed forming off the southeast coast of Hawaii and may emerge sometime within the next 200,000 years. |
| Mauna Kea Mountain (Big Island) |
Description: Mauna Kea, an extinct volcano about 13,800 feet,is the highest mountain in the Pacific basin. Add to that its enormous mass underwater, it descends to a depth of 18,051 feet and it becomes the highest mountain in the world. Most years from December through March, skiers can whisk down the snow that blankets the peak. the observatory on top of Mauna Kea is ranked one of the best in the world. |
| Mauna Loa Mountain (Big Island) |
Description: Mauna Loa, standing at 13,677 feet is probably the largest single mountain mass on Earth and also considered an active volcano, perhaps erupting once every generation. |
| Petroglyph Tours (Big Island) |
Description: The Kohala coast boasts more than 12,000 well-preserved petroglyphs located at easily accessible fields. Explore these sites along the Kings' Trail of Anaehoomalu and get a close-up view of these rock carvings. |
| Royal Kona Coffee Mill & Museum (Big Island) |
Description: This coffee mill offers self-guided tours of the history of coffee in Hawaii and free samples of fresh roasted coffee. |