How do I get the best rate?

Booking direct with us gets you our best rate. Send the request form, or call, text, WhatsApp or email — we will check availability and come back to you, usually within 24 hours.

Do you guarantee we will see lava?

No — and in truth no stop on any of our tours is guaranteed. Kīlauea’s activity changes constantly, access within the national park is controlled by the park service rather than by us, and road closures, weather and the time the day allows all change what we can reach.

All park and attraction entrance fees are included, and we carry a selection of snacks and cold drinks on board. Sit-down restaurant meals are not included, and gratuities are never expected.

Can you guide in Polish or Spanish?

Yes — we guide in English, Polish and Spanish. Tell us your preference when you enquire and we will confirm availability for your specific date.

A lava fountain erupting from Kīlauea, with an ash and steam plume rising above the caldera

Hawaiʻi Island · Private Tours

The Whole Island, One Day

Eleven of the world’s thirteen climate zones, one private vehicle, and a guide who drives these roads every week.

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Up to 14One vehicle
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The tours

Choose your day

Group priced for the whole vehicle, not per seat. Every park and attraction entrance fee is included.

01 · Private tour

Private Circle Island Tour

Volcano country, waterfalls, coffee farms and the Kona coast — the whole island in a single private day.

Volcano country
Waterfalls
Kona coffee country
The Kona coast
Lava tube

Duration10–12 hGroupUp to 14PriceStarting at $1,799*≈ $129 per person per day at full capacity

02 · Cruise shore excursion

Hilo Cruise Ship Shore Excursion

Volcanoes National Park, rainforest and waterfalls — the windward side, privately.

Hilo town
Waterfalls
Volcanoes National Park
A black sand beach

Duration6–7 hGroupUp to 14PriceStarting at $1,649*≈ $118 per person per day at full capacity

03 · Cruise shore excursion

Kona Cruise Ship Shore Excursion

Historic Kona town, coffee country and the volcanic coastline — private, and back before sailaway.

Historic Kona town
The Painted Church
Coffee tasting
Cultural sites
Time to shop

Duration4–5 hGroupUp to 14PriceStarting at $1,349*≈ $97 per person per day at full capacity

04 · Both port days

Kona + Hilo Cruise Ship Two-Day Bundle

Docking at Kona and Hilo on consecutive days? Booked together they are planned as one continuous route rather than two overlapping ones — the west side gets its day, the east side gets its own, and nothing is repeated.

Both port days
West side and east side
One guide, one plan

Save $299

Both days together

Starting at $2,699*

Booked separately: $2,998

≈ $97 per person per day with a full group

05 · Built from scratch

Customised & multi-day tours

Large groups, several days, or something nobody else offers. Tell us the shape of it — how many days, how many people, what matters most and what you would rather skip — and we will build it and price it honestly.

Any number of days
Built around your group
Priced honestly

Priced to your itinerary

Nothing is committed until the plan is right and you are happy with it.

Also available

*Prices do not include applicable taxes and fees.

Why private

A coach cannot wait for your four-year-old. We can.

The vehicle is booked for your group alone. No strangers, no fourteen-stop pickup round, no waiting in a hotel lobby for people you have never met.

One price for up to fourteen people rather than per seat — which is exactly why families and larger groups tend to find us better value than a per-person tour.

A family on a private tour at a Kona-coast bay

Your group, and nobody else

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Sea level

The dry coast

Morning on the Kona side. Black lava meets water so clear you can see the reef from the road. This is the island at its most arid — some stretches see less rain than parts of the Sahara.

1,200 m

Volcano country

Up through the Kaʻū district into Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Steam vents, a caldera you cannot see across, and ground that is measurably younger than you are.

Windward

The green side

Over the divide and down into Hilo, where three metres of rain a year turns everything to fern and canopy. Waterfalls appear in people’s back gardens here.

The saddle

Between two mountains

The road home runs between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa as the light goes. Most groups stop talking around here. It is a good silence to end a day on.

27°CTypical

16°CTypical

23°CTypical

11°CTypical

Sea level

27°C

The dry coast

Morning on the Kona side. Black lava meets water so clear you can see the reef from the road. This is the island at its most arid — some stretches see less rain than parts of the Sahara.

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1,200 m

16°C

Volcano country

Up through the Kaʻū district into Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Steam vents, a caldera you cannot see across, and ground that is measurably younger than you are.

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Windward

23°C

The green side

Over the divide and down into Hilo, where three metres of rain a year turns everything to fern and canopy. Waterfalls appear in people’s back gardens here.

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The saddle

11°C

Between two mountains

The road home runs between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa as the light goes. Most groups stop talking around here. It is a good silence to end a day on.

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A lava fountain erupting from Kīlauea, with a plume rising above the caldera

Ground that is measurably younger than you are.

Kīlauea has been erupting on and off since 1983. What is accessible changes with the volcano and with the National Park Service — never with us.

Every tour at a glance

Seven ways to see it

Group priced for the whole vehicle, not per seat. Entrance fees included. Tap any tour for the full day, what is included and how to ask about it.

Not sure which

Tell us what you want to see

We will build the day around your group, tell you honestly what fits, and price it the same way — for the vehicle, not the seat.

Start a request

Direct bookings get our best rate

*Prices do not include applicable taxes and fees.

Gallery

Every frame, our own

No stock photography. Every picture here was taken on one of our tours. Tap any of them to see it larger.

A line of people silhouetted on the crater rim against an enormous orange eruption plume lit from below, stars overhead — The caldera erupting after dark

A row of tall carved wooden kiʻi figures standing against a bright blue sky, framed by coconut palms — Carved kiʻi above the shoreline

A waterfall dropping into a deep pool, framed by rainforest under a blue sky with white cloud — Rainbow Falls on a clear morning

A wooden boardwalk running between tree ferns into a lava tube whose interior is lit warm orange — The lit mouth of a lava tube

A nēnē, the endemic Hawaiian goose, standing in long green grass with yellow wildflowers — A nēnē, the Hawaiian goose

Aerial view of a turquoise bay with a curving white sand beach on the Kohala coast — The Kohala coast from the air

A tour group of twelve standing inside a lava tube lit warm orange, the lit tunnel curving away behind them — A group inside the lava tube

A road running into silhouetted trees beneath a sky burning orange from an eruption beyond the ridge — The road home under the glow

The gilded Kamehameha statue among coconut palms beneath a pink and orange sunset sky, with fruit and flowers laid on the stone wall in front — The Kamehameha statue at sunset

A rainforest path leading toward a distant waterfall — A rainforest path on the windward side

Four guests leaning on a railing watching steam rise from a vent in the ground beside the road — Steam vents on the crater rim

A tour group of sixteen guests posed on the sand in front of carved kiʻi, a thatched hale and coconut palms — A full group at the royal grounds

Four people silhouetted against a towering lava fountain erupting from a glowing vent at night — Watching a lava fountain after dark

Long tables of tropical fruit and vegetables under umbrellas at a covered island farmers market — Tables at an island farmers market

A faint rainbow arcing through mist above forested crater country under a blue sky — A rainbow over the crater in mist

A woman and a young boy in blue jackets at a viewpoint, with a lava fountain erupting across the caldera behind them at dusk — Guests watching a lava fountain at dusk

A black sand beach fringed with palms on the south coast — Black sand and palms on the south coast

A tour group at a railing overlooking the vast Kīlauea caldera under a blue sky, with steam rising in the distance — At the caldera overlook

Pink and orange sunset over the ocean from a sandy beach, with palms leaning over black lava rock — Sunset on the Kona side

A deep green valley meeting the ocean, seen from the lookout above — A green valley meeting the ocean

A tall waterfall dropping through dense green rainforest — A tall waterfall in dense rainforest

Pale sand and clear surf at a quiet Kona-coast beach — Pale sand on a quiet Kona-coast beach

The Hawaii Island Time van at sunrise — The vehicle, at the start of a long day

Rates

Everything, and what it costs

Group prices are for the whole vehicle — up to 14 guests — not per person. All park and attraction entrance fees are included, along with snacks and cold drinks on board.

Private tours & transfers

Cruise ship shore excursions

*Prices do not include applicable taxes and fees.

A $200/day non-refundable deposit holds your date; the balance is due 72 hours before the tour. Booking direct with us gets you our best rate.

Questions

Before you ask

Yes. The vehicle and the guide are booked for your group alone. We never add strangers to your booking, and the price is for the group rather than per seat.

Ready when you are

Let’s plan your day

Request your tour (808) 300-2450

Questions? Call, text, or email us. Open seven days, and we reply within 24 hours. Nothing is booked and no payment is taken on the form — once we confirm your date we send a deposit link.

Questions? Call, text, or email us.

Whichever is easiest — they all reach the same place.

Also on WhatsApp, if that is easier for you. Message us on WhatsApp.

Based in Kailua-Kona and Waikoloa. Pickup from Kona coast hotels, KOA and ITO airports, and both cruise piers.

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The Whole Island, One Day