Kona Shore Excursion: Rainforest Waterfalls and Parker Ranch
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Trip Type: Ports of Call Tours
Duration: 6 hours
This exclusive tour takes you along the Northern edge of the Big Island. You will pass through the hot dry lands of Kona to the tropical lush green rain forest. We will also drive through Parker Ranch lands which was once the largest ranch in the USA!
- Akaka Falls, Kahuna Falls and a few other smaller falls
- Hakalau old sugar mill and Valley
- Drive the back roads of the 1930’s Sugar milling days
- Laupāhoehoe town hit by the 1946 tsunami
- Rainforest Valleys and Lava tube river
- 4 miles scenic drive, Onomea broken Sea Arch
- Pass by Parker Ranch lands
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This exclusive tour takes you along the Northern edge of the Big Island. You will pass through the hot dry lands of Kona to the tropical lush green rain forest. We will also drive through Parker Ranch lands which was once the largest ranch in the USA!
- Akaka Falls, Kahuna Falls and a few other smaller falls
- Hakalau old sugar mill and Valley
- Drive the back roads of the 1930’s Sugar milling days
- Laupāhoehoe town hit by the 1946 tsunami
- Rainforest Valleys and Lava tube river
- 4 miles scenic drive, Onomea broken Sea Arch
- Pass by Parker Ranch lands
Next to the Parker Ranch is Waimea, an old cowboy town with beautiful green rolling hills. Down some of Hawaii’s old Highways and back roads brings you to Laupāhoehoe. Learn about the devastating tsunami in 1946 and how it affected the locals that lived there.
Further down the old road and down into a deep gulch brings us to Hakalau, that was once a thriving, sugar plantation and still stands strong from its powerful hits from the tsunami. The bay next to the sugar mill was once one of the busiest bays for transporting goods.
Next you will be viewing some of the Big islands most beautiful waterfalls, the famous Akaka falls and Kahuna Falls along with passing a few smaller falls as well. This excursion ends with a drive down and old coastal road with spectacular views of the ocean, broken down sea arch and a river running through a lava tube.
On our way back to to port we take the old WW11 road also know as the saddle road that passes between our two largest volcanoes, Mauna Kea & Mauna Loa. Wild life on this path usually include our wild sheep,goats,and our Hawaiian Hawk. This drive passes through lush green, to moon-scape looking black lava fields and back to Kona's hot dry desert.
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