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Keauhou Trail
Hiking area
Challenging 7.6-mile route across a hardened lava field leading to a scenic rocky bay & campsite.
4.90 (36 reviews)
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Kaulana Manu Nature Trail
Hiking area
👍👍 This is an excellent, easy place to view native birds! Be quiet, patient, and observant — the native forest birds will make their appearance around lehua blossoms. Listen for their songs as they make their rounds among the trees. You have to keep up with them, as they move quick! Interestingly, the...
4.70 (57 reviews)
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Mauna Kea Humu'ula Trailhead
Hiking area
😐 We had a plan: conquer Mauna Kea in 4 hours. Sounds doable, right? Well, we quickly realized that the last 30 meters in altitude almost cost us our lives! It took almost an hour to complete this tiny section. I swear I heard my heartbeat beating all the way to the sky! It was so steep that we felt l...
4.70 (33 reviews)
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Pu'u Huluhulu Cinder cone parking lot
Parking lot
👍 Cool litte hike to break up the Saddle Road drive. This trail starts right next to the parking area goes clockwise around the cinder cone. It’s about 350yds in length and takes around 15-20 minutes to complete. Once you’re at the top you’ll get a great 360 degree view that includes Mauna Loa and Mau...
4.60 (234 reviews)
5
Pu'u O'o Trail
Hiking area
👍👍 I didn't have time today to make the 7 mile hike but I was able to stop and enjoy the view and read the signs at the trailhead. There is a decent place to park on either side of the road.
4.60 (79 reviews)
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Papakōlea BeachGreen sand beach
Hiking area
👍👍 This is a need to see, once in a lifetime if on the Big Island. One of only 4 in the world, this is well worth the hike. Plan to spend at least half a day if hitching a ride with the locals or a whole day if you are hiking. You will enter a parking lot manned by locals waiting to give rides. Once th...
4.50 (1.4K reviews)
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Pu‘u Loa Petroglyphs
Historical place
Archeological site with 23,000 petroglyph images in hardened lava, reached via a short, rugged hike.
4.50 (433 reviews)