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.
“It was a great experience and Derrick was a superb tour guide providing excellent customer satisfaction.”
Hand-harvested Kona salt, oceanfront ponds, deep-ocean minerals, and a guided tasting in about an hour in Kailua Bay.
“details lots of things about salt that I never knew. excellent tour guide Candy Thank you.... beautiful story about Keahole point well worth the time and visit”
Big Island waterfall day with hotel pickup, Waipio Valley views, Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, and a swim under Kulaniapia Falls.
“We enjoyed our tour with Stefan he was very good and we loved swimming in the bottom of the waterfall that was awesome!!”
Kona coffee and chocolate plantation walk with tastings and a soap workshop, plus handmade gifts from a working Big Island farm in 3 hours.
“Enjoyable walking tour but no great distances and places to sit every time we stopped. Tastings of coffee and chocolate nibs. Great information. Host, wife and staff all involved in the tour. Wonderful gift shop. $15 shipping no matter the size of order to a US address. Good info about the local area.”
Swim with Kona manta rays after sunset near Keauhou Bay, then warm up with hot chocolate on a 75-minute night tour.
“Most unreal experience of my life ! I didn’t realise the Manta’s we’re going to come to close to you. The guides we’re so professional and really added a lot of enjoyment to the tour. Definitely recommend and will be doing again :)”
Big Island day trip with lava tube and volcano craters, Waipio Valley, Akaka and Rainbow Falls, black-sand turtles, and Kona coffee.
“It was perfect! From start of the trip to the very last stop. Everything was well planned and we even got to see the gorgeous sunset at Waipi’o Valley. The most active volcano erupted the day after the tour but it was still amazing to see Volcanoes National Park. Our guide, Dreu was very informative.…”
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.
“If you are into nature this is a great experience. Our tour guide, Brie, was very knowledgeable and passionate about the mission. She took time to explain things and we even spotted a Hawaiian hawk (twice) in the trees.”
A long, small-group Big Island day pairing Kilauea volcanic sights, a private lava tube, Rainbow Falls, and a 1,000-acre cacao farm.
“Guava Jon was the best guide - super passionate and knowledgable. Saw and learned so much about the Big Island and its history and volcanoes.”
Explore a working abalone farm on Hawaii’s Big Island with hands-on animal touches plus abalone and seaweed tastings in about an hour.
“The guide was very knowledgable. He spoke clearly. The tour was 12 people which was perfect. We were in the shade most of the time. We learned about how the breed abalone. We also learned how they grow and harvest seaweed. We got to taste seaweed and abalone.”
