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Prix: open

Le prix comprend:

• Accommodation in double (shared) room
• Half board excluding drinks (generally dinner in local restaurants)
• All transportation on the Big Island
• Park entry fees and local txes
• Guided tour and entry to the lava cave
• Accompanying material
• VolcanoDiscovery Hawaii volcanologist guide

itinéraire de 13 jours

J 1: Arrival in Hilo - transfer to Volcano - Kilauea's caldera

Arrival on the Big Island at Hilo airport and transfer to Volcano village near the rim of the Kilauea caldera (arrival in Kona and transfer from there can be arranged on request).
In the afternoon, if there is still time, we could do an optional warm-up walk to explore the area around the rim of the caldera of Kilauea volcano, with its lush rainforest on one side and the dry, desert-like lava landscape on the other. We'll have our first dinner in a nearby restaurant of our choice (e.g. very good Thai food, or Italian pizza). For the next 5 nights, we'll stay in a cozy B&B located in the lush rainforest of Volcano Village.

H: B&B in Volcano village (D)

J 2: Sommet du volcan Kilauea et activité éruptive

J 3: Le plus grand tunnel de lave au Monde - randonnée sur les coulées de laves actives

J 4: La zone du Rift oriental du Kilauea

Nous passons la journée à randonner le long de l'axe de la zone du Rift oriental à travers un paysage extraordinaire ponctué et déchiré entre les constructions, les destructions volcaniques et la Renaissance de la vie. Nous traversons près de profonds cratères d’effondrement, des champs de lave aride, des kipukas avec leur forêt tropicale luxuriante (petits îlots de végétation), Trou d’effondrement, des fissures actives, des émissions de vapeurs, des arborescences de lave, des draperies et des sculptures laviques, des arbres de lave dressés sur de récentes coulées et d’autres formations étranges.
Encore une fois, dans la soirée, si l’activité est intéressant et accessible, nous pourrions opter pour une observation des coulées de lave actives dans la soirée / nuit.

H: comme avant (Volcano ou Hilo) (B, D)

J 5: Ka'u lava desert, Hawaiian footprints, giant turtles, South Point and Green Sand beach

J 6: Hilo (or end of 6 days version)

This day is free to explore the island's colorful, laid-back capital Hilo. Interesting things to do include visits of the Lyman Museum, the Tsunami museum and stroll along the lively Farmer's market.
For those doing the 6-day version, the tour ends today and we transfer you to the airport or nearby destinations in fime.

H: hotel in downtown Hilo (B, D)

J 7: Hilo and the Puna coast

This day is dedicated to the lush sourroundings of Hilo and the Puna district. Those who are interested have a good opportunity this morning to charter a helicopter for a sightseing flight over the lava flows from Hilo (which is best in the early morning before clouds come in).
Activites today include hikes to the some of the waterfalls near Hilo and along spectacular black basalt lava formations near Hilo. In the afternoon, we drive south to the beautiful Puna coast district to stop at natural saunas - hornitos that still emit hot steam from eruptions on the rift zone in this area. The road leads us through a dreamscape of enchanted forest with large arching trees and reach an amazing forest park with impressive lava tree molds created in an eruption from 1790.
We head down bit further to the coast to stop for a relaxing bath in a volcanically heated natural warm water pool next to the sea. We continue to drive slowly along Hawai`i's most scenic road, the "Red Road", with the wild ocean shore on one side and a colorful, abundant rainforest mixed with coconut palms on the other.

In the afternoon & evening, if volcanic activity is present, we have the option to go and see it.

H: as before (Hilo) (B, D)

J 8: Akaka waterfalls and Mauna Kea

We drive to spectacular Akaka Falls (easy 1 hr round-trip hike) in the rainforest near Hilo and continue to drive up the slopes of Mauna Kea. At the saddle between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, we climb a beautiful cindercone for great panoramic views of both giant volcanoes and a hearty picnic.
In the afternoon, we drive up to the Mauna Kea Visitors Center at 9,000 ft, where we spend some time to acclimate to the elevation. Then we continue to drive upwards, stopping for a short hike to explore Lake Waiao at 13,000 ft, a unique alpine lake fed by permafrost and meltwater from snow in the winter, in a moon-like setting created by a large glacier(!) present here during the last ice-age.
Before sunset, we arrive near the top of the mountain, dotted with an impressive array of bright, silvery shining modern telescopes, some of the largest and most advanced in the world. If possible, we'll visit the interior of one of them. For an unsurpassed sunset from the Pacific Ocean's highest point, we hike a short but steep path to reach the holy summit of Mauna Kea with a small Hawaiian sanctuary.
After nightfall, we head back down to the visitor's center where we can spend some time stargazing under some of the earth's clearest skies while drinking hot chocolate, before returning to Hilo for a late dinner.

H: as before (Hilo) (B, D)

J 9: Waipio Valley and Hapuna beach

We get up early to ride northwards to Waimea, from where we hike to a spectacular lookout deep within the Kohala mountains (~1-2 hr easy hiking), facing a 1,000 ft high waterfall dropping into Waipio Valley. We return for lunch in a small restaurant on the way and continue to another, lower lookout onto the shoreside of the same valley. If weather conditions are good we can hike down to the wild black-sand beach at the valleys entrance and another, smaller waterfall nearby. Otherwise, we return to the usually dry Kona side of the island and spend the rest of the afternoon on Hawai'i's best surfing beach, Hapuna Beach. In the evening, we'll return to Kailua-Kona, where we will celebrate the tour in a restaurant on the seashore.

H: as before (Kailua-Kona) (B, D)

J 10: Kailua town (end of 10 days version)

J 11: Kona-side beaches and Hawaiian petroglyphs

After a leisurely breakfast, we'll drive north along the Kona coast to our choice of beaches in the morning. Two of our options are beautiful Kua Bay, a remote, beautiful white sand beach with a gentle ocean, and Kiholo Bay, hosting some of the largest Hawaiian fishponds on the island, with good swimming and panoramas and often lots of turtles.
We'll picnic for lunch at scenic `Anaeho`omalu Bay before a short walk to one of the best petroglyph fields on the island, a record of Hawaiian life before European contact. We'll continue to the far-northern city of Hawi on the now-extinct Kohala volcano, and look out over deep valleys, Pololu and/or Honokane Nui (optional hike, depending on time) valleys eroded into the volcano's ancient core. We'll return to Kailua-Kona in the evening.

H: as before (Kailua-Kona) (B, D)

J 12: Kealakekua Bay and Captain Cook monument

J 13: End of tour - transfer to / departure from Kailua-Kona airport

version 6 jours (volcan Kilauea et tardant)

J 1: Arrival in Hilo - transfer to Volcano - Kilauea's caldera

Arrival on the Big Island at Hilo airport and transfer to Volcano village near the rim of the Kilauea caldera (arrival in Kona and transfer from there can be arranged on request).
In the afternoon, if there is still time, we could do an optional warm-up walk to explore the area around the rim of the caldera of Kilauea volcano, with its lush rainforest on one side and the dry, desert-like lava landscape on the other. We'll have our first dinner in a nearby restaurant of our choice (e.g. very good Thai food, or Italian pizza). For the next 5 nights, we'll stay in a cozy B&B located in the lush rainforest of Volcano Village.

H: B&B in Volcano village (D)

J 2: Sommet du volcan Kilauea et activité éruptive

J 3: Le plus grand tunnel de lave au Monde - randonnée sur les coulées de laves actives

J 4: La zone du Rift oriental du Kilauea

Nous passons la journée à randonner le long de l'axe de la zone du Rift oriental à travers un paysage extraordinaire ponctué et déchiré entre les constructions, les destructions volcaniques et la Renaissance de la vie. Nous traversons près de profonds cratères d’effondrement, des champs de lave aride, des kipukas avec leur forêt tropicale luxuriante (petits îlots de végétation), Trou d’effondrement, des fissures actives, des émissions de vapeurs, des arborescences de lave, des draperies et des sculptures laviques, des arbres de lave dressés sur de récentes coulées et d’autres formations étranges.
Encore une fois, dans la soirée, si l’activité est intéressant et accessible, nous pourrions opter pour une observation des coulées de lave actives dans la soirée / nuit.

H: comme avant (Volcano ou Hilo) (B, D)

J 5: Ka'u lava desert, Hawaiian footprints, giant turtles, South Point and Green Sand beach

J 6: End of 6-days version in Hilo

version de 10 jours (à partir de Hilo & Kilauea à Kona)

J 1-10: same as in 13-days itinerary

J 11: End of tour - transfer to / departure from Kailua-Kona airport