BIG ISLAND
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The 10 most popular coffee & farm tours on the Big Island. What they actually deliver, who runs them, and what they cost.
A full-day Big Island loop with Kona coffee, black sand turtles, Volcanoes National Park, and Rainbow Falls, plus lunch and easy pickup.
“Grant was amazing!! So much fun and learned a lot!! Lot to see on the island and this a great way to get started.”
Hand-harvested Kona salt, oceanfront ponds, deep-ocean minerals, and a guided tasting in about an hour in Kailua Bay.
“Fun experience learning about deep sea salt. Enjoyed the salt tasting”
Big Island waterfall day with hotel pickup, Waipio Valley views, Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, and a swim under Kulaniapia Falls.
“Beautiful scenery, knowledgeable tour guide and enjoyable tour. Loved swimming in the private waterfall.”
Kona coffee and chocolate plantation walk with tastings and a soap workshop, plus handmade gifts from a working Big Island farm in 3 hours.
“GREG our tour guide was extremely personable, knowledgeable, and funny. The fee and products we bought were worth every penny. We are into chemical free, organic products . He was very transparent and we cannot wait to use some of the soaps & essential sprays.”
Swim with Kona manta rays after sunset near Keauhou Bay, then warm up with hot chocolate on a 75-minute night tour.
Big Island day trip with lava tube and volcano craters, Waipio Valley, Akaka and Rainbow Falls, black-sand turtles, and Kona coffee.
Small-group Big Island day trip from Kona: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Punalu'u turtles, Kona coffee farm, and a lava tube hike.
“We had so much fun and found small peridot rocks everywhere. I was excited because the peridot is my birth stone! I learned about the different types of Lava.”
A calm 2.5-hour guided walk in Hawaii’s only cloud forest, with clear nature lessons for families, small groups, and real reforestation stories.
“Learned so much about the cloud forest, the reforestation efforts within the cloud forest, and the experiment that have taken place over the course of four decades here.”
A long, small-group Big Island day pairing Kilauea volcanic sights, a private lava tube, Rainbow Falls, and a 1,000-acre cacao farm.
“We had a very enjoyable day with an excellent, friendly guide. I would have liked to hike more in the park, but we did see Kilauea after its recent eruption, saw a pit crater, walked through the lava tube, and had lunch out on the pahoehoe (smooth lava rock). The waterfall was just OK--it was…”
Explore a working abalone farm on Hawaii’s Big Island with hands-on animal touches plus abalone and seaweed tastings in about an hour.
“What a hidden gem! Never knew the abalone was such a fascinating animal. Carlos was such a great tour guide. Definitely worth the cost.”
