Posts Tagged “big island”

Photos: Visit Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on a Tour

By | November 29, 2011

Petroglyphs at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a beautiful place to visit, especially when you’re on a Big Island tour with experts who know the landscape, plants, and more.

Our tour 33W takes you to several sightseeing locations on the Big Island of Hawaii, but perhaps the most spectacular is Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. We recently uploaded a number of photos from the National Park to our Flickr account.

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Taking home a lava rock? You might want to think twice.

By | November 18, 2011

Discover Hawaii Tours: Bad Luck, Lava Rock

When enough people believe in something not scientifically proven, a superstition comes to life. Enter Pele, Hawaii’s Goddess of Fire, who fuels the fear that it’s bad luck to take home a lava rock from Hawaii.

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Recommended Hawaii Coffee

By | October 31, 2011

Mr. Shims Coffee Farm and Maui Food Tour

Many do not know it, but Hawaii is the only state that grows coffee. It is such a luxury to buy locally grown coffee from one of the many farms on the Big Island, Kauai, or Maui. The rich volcanic soil is the ideal growing climate for local farmers to cultivate their crops and come [...]

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Halema’uma’u Crater at Volcanoes National Park

By | August 9, 2011

Big Island Volcano at Halema'uma'u Crater, Volcanoes National Park

The name alone can be quite intimidating: Halema’uma’u Crater. Containing many vowels, 2 apostrophe’s, and no clear direction on how to pronounce the word. The beauty that comes from the Halema’uma’u crater at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and from actually saying the word, creates a lasting memory of Hawaii. How exactly do you say that [...]

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Rainbow Falls

By | August 3, 2011

Discover Hawaii Tours - Rainbow Falls

What is a Hawaiian vacation without visiting a magnificent waterfall? It is incomplete! Hawaii is blessed with some of the most amazing waterfalls in the world. One of Discover Hawaii Tours favorite waterfalls is found on the Big Island of Hawaii, Rainbow Falls. Rainbow Falls is Fantastic! Rainbow Falls is an 80-foot tall waterfall found [...]

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