Day Trip from Oahu to Hilo: Active Volcanoes & Helicopter Tour

About this tour

Escape to another Hawaiian island for a day on this all-inclusive island-hopping tour. Indulge on your vacation and leave the planning to us! Interisland roundtrip airfare from Oahu to Hilo, roundtrip transportation from the Hilo Airport (ITO), a sightseeing land tour with lunch and adventurous 45 minute helicopter tour with Blue Hawaiian Helicopters are all included. This once-in-a-lifetime, comprehensive Volcano Adventure transports you to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to experience the world famous, recently erupted, active volcanoes - Mauna Loa and Kilauea. Your expert driver-guide will share the legends and cultural significance of famous sites and point out scenic wonders along the way. The afternoon helicopter tour follows the sightseeing experience, offering a birds-eye view of recent volcanic activity (weather permitting), cascading waterfalls and towering mountains and deep, verdant valleys.

Highlights

• ✓Interisland R/T airfare (overage charges may apply)
• ✓Tour narration by a professional driver/guide
• ✓Lunch
• ✓In-vehicle air conditioning
• ✓45 minute helicopter tour (Blue Hawaiian Helicopters)

Itinerary

1. Stop 1

   Mandatory 45 minute safety briefing. Kilauea fly-over is not guaranteed; dependent on existing weather conditions.

2. Stop 2

   Home to Hawaii's active volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Kilauea's latest eruption in June 2023 spewed fountains of lava up to 50 feet high.

3. Stop 3

   Chain of Craters Road is a 19-mile (31 km) long winding paved road through the East Rift and coastal area of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the island of Hawaii. Some areas are inaccessible.

4. Stop 4

   Active shield volcano housed in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Last erupted in June 2023 when vents spewed lava from within Halema'uma'u, a pit crater in the volcano's summit caldera.

5. Stop 5

   See and feel the power of the volcano through the steam vents, where ground water seeps into volcanic rock.

6. Stop 6

   Tropical forest area featuring a long, subterranean cave formed by ancient flowing lava.

7. Stop 7

   Beautiful waterfall, easily viewable from a lookout point and surrounded by a verdant jungle.

8. Stop 8

   Drive through quaint Hilo Town along magnificent Banyan tree-lined streets along Hilo's coastline known as the "Hilo Walk of Fame".

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