Country Inn, Guided Hiking and Walking Tours

The “Big Island” of Hawaii offers some of the best and most diverse hiking in the world. Over the seven days we follow trails through lush tropical rainforest, white, green and black sand beaches, lava sculpted fields, volcanic mountains and green rolling foothills with red water streams.

Our journey begins with two nights on the sunny Kona Coast at the oceanfront Royal Kona Hotel on Kailua Bay minutes from historic Kailua-Kona. The next morning we discover trails that lead us down to Kiholo Bay and The Blue Lagoon where we enjoying lunch and a swim. Afternoon options find us walking through history as we visit St. Benedicts Painted Church, or the ruins of Ki’ilai, an old fishing village in the town of Captain Cook.

Heading south, our trail leads us to the Green Sand Beach at South Point (the southernmost point in the U.S.) on route to the incomparable Hawaii Volcanoes Nat’l Park. Hikes in the park include the Sulphur Banks, the Thurston Lava Tub, the Bird Park and the Kilauea Iki Trail, which leads across the lava crust formed by it’s eruption in nineteen fifty-nine.

We continue around the island to Hilo, the city of flowers, and the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Resort Hotel. Next morning’s drive along the Hamakua Coast we visit some of Hawaii’s loveliest waterfalls on our way to the famous black sand beaches of Waipio Valley.

Our final two nights take us to the town of Waimea and the rolling hillside landscapes of Hawaiian “cowboy country”.
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