5/30/2023 0 Comments Hapu u fern cottageReservations for the tour are taken the Wednesday before. On Wednesdays only, twelve people have the opportunity to go on a hike/tour of a pristine lava tube, Pua Po‘o (“poo-ah poh-oh”), the location of which is not known to most residents. They also lead guided hikes, daily, in different part of the Park. Drive a mile or so up the highway from the village and turn left, as instructed by the signs.Īfter you drive through the entrance station (they charge $10 per car, unless you have a National Park pass, and your receipt is then good for 7 days also, you’ll be given an excellent map of the Park), the first stop on Crater Rim Drive, which circles eleven miles around Kilauea Caldera, would be the Visitors’ Center, which shows a twenty-five-minute update film, hourly from 9 AM, about the current eruption Park personnel can answer questions about the Park. (“mow-nah-loh-ah” means ‘long mountain’), the largest active volcano in the world, which is above Highway 11. Most visitors don’t have the time to see Maunaloa That’s the older-style spelling of the island’s bigger volcanoes, now spelled Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. The Park is named Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, because it includes two active volcanoes. You’ll enter the Park shortly after turning onto Highway 11, which cuts above and around Kilauea (“KEE-lau-ay-ah”) Volcano on its way around the southern part of the island. The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park siteįrom your cottage in the village, drive out Old Volcano Road to Highway 11 in the Kona direction.
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