03 Oct 2024
We are so happy we booked the one day Big Island Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Experience from Maui. Our tour guide, Melvin (Mel), a native Hawaiian, was so knowledgeable and informative. He shared so much about Hawaii's history and culture making the drive from one attraction to the next so interesting. We saw all the things listed in the tour's itinerary, the highlight being Volcanoes National Park which is spectacular. Along the way, we visited a coffee plantation, walked on a black sand beach where we saw sea turtles swimming up to sunbathe, enjoyed seeing the island's beautiful and different bio diverse environments, and even walked through a lava tube. It was long day, but we saw and did a lot...well worth it! I would just advise eating/buying breakfast and/or bringing snacks before heading out. The tour guide did stop at a convenience store soon after we got on the road, but they did not have any breakfast foods in the case, and no coffee or tea. It did not even have any bakery items available. We were pretty hungry by the time we stopped for lunch. Also, wish the flight back to Maui at the end of the day was a direct flight like on the way over to the big island. Having to take two flights at the end of a very long day was rough.