Things To Do

Here you’ll find our favorite sightseeing activities and must-try food recommendations!

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park - Kīlauea

National Park, 1 Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, HI 96785

ʻAkaka Falls State Park

875 ʻAkaka Falls Road, Honomū, HI 96728

Waipiʻo Valley Lookout

48-5546 Waipio Valley Rd, Waimea, HI 96743

Pololū Valley Lookout

52-5100 Akoni Pule Hwy, 52-5100 Akoni Pule Hwy, HI 96755

Mauna Kea

Mauna Kea Access Road, Hilo, HI 96720

Please note that 2-wheel drive vehicles are not permitted above the Visitor Information Station (VIS). About 300 yards beyond the VIS, the pavement ends and the next 4 and a half miles are a steep graded-gravel road. Please check with your rental car company to see if you are allowed to travel on Maunakea.

Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area

Old Puako Road, Waimea, HI 96743

Hōnaunau Bay (“Two Step”)

84-5571 Honaunau Beach Road, Captain Cook, HI 96704

Maniniowali Beach (“Kua Bay”)

72-3890 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kailua Kona, HI 96740

Accessible via Highway 19 by taking the Kua Bay Access Road (near the West Hawaii Veteran's Cemetery entrance) for about a mile to the beach parking lot.

Fair Wind Cruises

78-7130 Kaleiopapa Street, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

, 808) 322-2788

KONASTYLE Hawaii

75-5660 Palani Road, Ste C8, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

, (808) 936-1323

Book this for a late night manta ray snorkel!

The Coffee Shack

83-5799 Mamalahoa Highway, Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704

, (808) 328-9555

Merriman's Big Island

65-1227 Opelo Road, Waimea, HI 96743

, (808) 885-6822

Pueo's Osteria

68-1820 Waikoloa Road, Waikoloa Village, HI 96738

, (808) 339-7566

NOIO

72-100 Ka'upulehu Drive, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

, (808) 325-8000

Waimea Butcher Shop

64-1032 Mamalahoa Highway, Waimea, HI 96743

, (808) 657-4178

Moa Kitchen

65-1298 Kawaihae Road, Waimea, HI 96743

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