Hilo Nature & Wildlife

It was fantastic, guides are local and very knowledgeable they shared life experiences and personal recommendations as well as made extra stops just for us.

Fantastic tour, beautiful scenery and Volcano National park was amazing, highly recommend this tour.

Our experience with the very knowledgeable Sam was a magnificent one. He was engaging, entertaining and educated us for the whole tour on the history of Hawai’i and volcanoes. Sam treated passengers more like friends than tourists as he navigated questions from all angles. Sam is a bloody legend!! Thank you for a brilliant trip.

Sash ( May spelled her name wrong) was a great tour guide. I learned a lot from her. There is one complaint: on May 11, I noticed the same tour price was dropped about ~$100 compared to I booked price on Cool Hawaii website. Unfortunately there’s no one to pick up the phone from Cool Hawaii when I tried to get a refund.

It was an excellent journey and had great experiences. Tourist guide is awesome, he had plenty of knowledge about area as well as the history of island. I would definitely refer to my friends n family.

Zach was very informative and provided ample opportunities to see the fantastic views, and take photos. Mauna Kea was a great place to see a lot, radio telescopes were actually being repositioned while we watched. Zach was great

The volcano, rainbow falls and gardens. The tour guide Eddie was the best! He took us to places that he enjoyed living in the island.

Tour guid was very informative ! She took us various part of big island and explain everything in detail.

My girlfriend and I just made it to the volcano on July 15th, our last picture was at 4:15 pm, the volcano stopped erupting at 4;45 pm. What a site it was. Anyone who can make there to see it, it's totally worth your effort.

It was a great experience! Unfortunately we had rain and clouds but it did not take away from the beauty of the sites! The crater was amazing to see! The lava tube was great! The waterfall was so pretty too! They were so easy to communicate with because we were coming in by cruise ship and had to go through immigration upon arrival. They waited for us and we joined the group a few minutes late. Cousin Ernie was great! He shared his knowledge of the island with us and added to the experience. Thank you for a great day!

We had an outstanding volcano tour with “Ray”. He was an excellent guide with tons of interesting local history and amazing knowledge of the island and flora and fauna! One of the best tours we have been on. He also gave us excellent info on dining and sights in Hilo to see. Highly recommend HIS tour! And Kilaeua was erupting!!! Awesome!

Fabulous introduction to the volcano.No eruption but the first viewing of it is still spectacular plus the evening glow is great. But especially the guides I want to compliment.Tori is so knowledgeable and she and Ray answered all my questions without qualm and the lunch was most enjoyable. I learned so much about Hawaii as well as the geology and biology of the area. They made me feel super special so I’d recommend asking which days they are rostered on.Also the tour company was on time and communication was great so I’d also recommend doing a tour by Kapohokine Adventures as well as booking through Cool Hawaii

This was a great tour! Our tour guide Anni picked us up on time. Anni was a great source of the island geographic and cultural elements paying special attention to our needs. She transported us to the Mauna Kea visitor center first where we spent about 45 minutes acclimatizing to the elevation (about 9000feet). Then it was on to the top, almost 14000 feet (you need a 4 wheel drive vehicle for this). It was an unusually clear and calm day according to Anni so we got some great pictures. Then back to the visitor center where Anni shared some of the local fruits with us she had brought. From there we headed back to Hilo and visited a couple of local art galleries and a beautiful downtown park. Anni then returned us to our condo by mid afternoon. An especially enjoyable tour made special by our guide Anni.

One of the better excursions on the island I enjoyed. Especially recommended if you are intrigued by observatories, lava flows and want something completely different. Recommended visits are for sunrise or sunset but we were there mid-day and enjoyed it any way - and only a light jacket was necessary with the sun shining. An expensive tour but it is a small group and the park requires four-wheel drive vehicles to go to the summit. There is a visitor center with several exhibits and souvenier shop at about the 9,000 ft. level which regular cars can visit. The mountain itself has a variety of different kinds of lava, lots of different observatories which you can walk around but not enter. Several peaks have Hawaiian shrines on top which you can view from the distance and the Rainbow falls was an added bonus. The guide was very experienced and provided lots of commentary during the trip. He also provided water, snacks and heavy coats if desired. Overall, I was very impressed.

Our guide, Cindy, was excellent. We walked to the cauldera, steam vents, lava tubes and waterfalls. Nice, full day tour at a reasonable price.

The volcano was amazing. We stopped at multiple places sell steam Vince saw the actual Volcano bubbling. Red stopped at other areas in the volcano national park, and then the tour went on to five other great things the gardens were great. The chocolate factory was great lunch That was great. Nice day.