Hilo Town Treasures, World Botanical Gardens and Waterfalls - Akamai Tours

Hilo Town Treasures, World Botanical Gardens and Waterfalls

This tour will start off at Queen Lili’uokalani Gardens,then exploring the black sand beach in search of Honu, endangered green sea turtles, next onto the gorgeous Hamakua Coast. Beautiful Onomea Bay with option of hiking down to bay. The scenic drive brings us to Honomu Town for food and shopping and then a beautiful rainforest walk at spectacular ‘Akaka Falls!

What to expect

Visit the most dramatic waterfalls and scenic valleys on the island, Akaka Falls, Boiling Pots, Rainbow Falls, and a couple of “secret” local favorites
Indulge the senses by visiting Hawaii’s best rated bakery-Big Island Candies, established in 1977 known for their shortbread cookies, made with an array of mouthwatering macadamia nut varieties, that are dipped into chocolate
Cruise beautiful Onomea Bay scenic drive which ends in Historical Honomu Town
Explore Queen Liliuokalani Gardens, the largest Japanese oceanfront garden park outside of the country of Japan
Ending the day strolling through the Pana‘ewa Rainforest Botanical Gardens & Zoo. Pana’ewa was designed as an educational facility with exhibits designed to blend with the existing vegetation. Major emphasis on native flora and fauna with rain forest animals added as an attraction making it a zoo as well. It is the only zoo in the 50 United States located in a tropical rainforest.

Tour details

For tour details contact us at 808-640-1618 or fill our inquiry form by clicking here.

All tours are ADA compatible

We booked this tour on the recommendation of our son who took it last year. It was amazing. Tyler was our guide. He is so knowledgeable about the area and the plant life, and his passion for sharing info is awesome. He also has a funny sense of humor, and his one-liners were great! We highly recommend this tour company because they only take smaller groups, making your experience more personal.

Hayley took our family of six for an amazing tour of Kilauea. Her knowledge and enthusiasm for her work was actually heart warming. She was able to capture and hold the attention of our 16, 14 and twin 11 year olds. She brought umbrellas and rain jackets that came in handy for those who didn’t have them. I would absolutely track her down anytime we ever come back to the island. We’ve heard her husband Tyler is almost as good as she is on tour. Hayley..thank you for a great day and an unforgettable experience for our family.

My wife and I had a mind blowing adventure with our guide Tyler. He has a wealth of knowledge of the island, was funny, and taught us so much about Hawaiian culture, language, climates, volcanos, lava, and all the trees, plants, animals etc. They picked us up from our cruise ship port and went to so many places on the island. They provide rain gear and jackets if needed and some island snacks. They are worth their price for the knowledge at each place you go to and helpful taking pictures!

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Certifications

We are a licensed and insured company. Our P.U.C. #: 5509-C.

All guides are: ARC certified in First Aid, CPR, AED & Lifeguard, and Wilderness First Responder with WMA.

We are ADA Compliant.

Due to an extremely high volume of reservation requests, please allow for up to 2 business days for a response. There is no lava legally or safely accessible up close as of present date.

When weather and eruption conditions allow, our private tours can include a viewing of the current summit eruption at a distance. Please contact us before booking your tour for an update on current eruption conditions.