Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Tour: A Day Trip from Hilo With Local Guides

Experience the best of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park on a day trip from Hilo. Explore the island’s active volcano, visit popular attractions, and make a new friend with a local guide.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Liliuokalani Gardens - Popular Japanese Gardens.
What's Included
  • All Fees and Taxes
Additional Information

Maximize your stay in Hilo. Let a local chauffeur guide you to the most sought-after sights on Hawai’i Island. Capture the striking views of Hawai’i’s active volcano. Feel free to enquire and you’ll make a new acquaintance by the day’s close.

**Customization of this tour is possible, provided it’s discussed beforehand. When tailoring your tour, duration of the activities will be prioritized.

Location
Liliuokalani Gardens
Banyan Drive
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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R2175avrebeccad
Nov 11, 2025
Best way to celebrate our parent’s 60th anniversary! - We had such a lovely day with Kimo! We learned so much history, explored, had a little taste of Hawaii, and he went above and beyond to make us feel special! This is worth the time and cost! Thank you for a wonderful experience!
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Barbara_s
Oct 29, 2025
Worth the book! - Dan was a great tour guide! They picked us up right at the cruise port and immediately we got to go to the Japanese garden followed by rainbow falls and then off to the volcanos. Dan even bought so local fresh fruit for us to try. We ended the trip going to the chocolate factory and then a quick trip to the black sand beach! Fantastic experience!
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457lusyc
Oct 11, 2025
Fantastic - Today we had a fascinating excursion on the Hawaiian island of Hilo. Our driver and guide, Kimo, told us many interesting things. He was friendly and attentive.
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Carolyn_p
Oct 7, 2025
Amazing Tour! - Great tour including the Japanese Gardens, Black sand beaches, volcanic and Bug Island Candies. Our driver Dan was extremely knowledgeable and even stopped at a local fruit market where we tasted papaya, dragon fruit, bananas and rambutan. It was definitely an amazing tour. Pickup and drop off tight at our port (Pride of America cruise)
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335jackiez
Oct 7, 2025
Big Island love - Great trip, good teacher of history, legend, and plantlife. We will come back and hope Kimo is around to continue our education! Mahalo nui loa!
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78alvinh
Oct 3, 2025
Amazing Hilo volcano national park tours! - An incredible experience with the best tour guide, Kimo. From Rainbow Falls to the lava tubes to the summit of Kilauea. Volcanos, cauldrons and the Volcano House. Kimo was patient, gracious and so knowledgeable. Overall one of the best tours, yet.
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Jessicatness723
Oct 3, 2025
Thank you Dan the Man! Erupting volcano!! - Husband and I were there Sept 2nd from the cruise ship. We toured with a small group guided by Dan. The entire tour was awesome! Dan is very knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. Midway through the tour, he provided the group some exotic fruits for us to try (they were delicious, especially the white sugarloaf pineapple!) as well as water bottles and cookies. You can easily tell Dan is passionate about the island and gave us so much interesting info about the history and everyday life there. We got to see the volcano erupting which we will never forget! Shoutout to Dan for taking us to the volcano’s Visitor’s Center to get our National Park Passport stamped for fun! It was not necessarily included in the stops but Dan made sure we got it done! Thank you!! We hope to come back again!
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534francesl
Sep 29, 2025
Highly recommend this tour - Very nice tour, I highly recommend it. Kimo was an excellent tour guide, very engaging and knowledgeable. It was a nice overview of sights around Hilo and the Park. My only suggestion would be some kind of amplifying device for narration in the van. We were in the last row of the van and at times it was difficult to hear Kimo.
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Frances_l
Sep 29, 2025
Great tour around Hilo - This was a fun tour which gives you an overview of Hilo and Volcanoes National Park. We got some great pictures. Our guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Would definitely recommend this tour.
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Blauhund
Sep 28, 2025
Dan is an amazing guide - Firstly its a cool tour. One of those almost "must" activities in Hilo. But Dan the guide really made it. He knew everything about everything and there wasn't a question he couldn't answer. He kept up a steady patter throughout the tour and every he had to say was really interesting. Highly recommended.
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From $200
up to 14 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).