Each island has its own official color and flower: Kauai’s color is purple and its flower is the mokihana (green berry) Maui’s color is pink and its flower is the lokelani rose Molokai’s color is green and its flower is the white kukui blossom Lanai’s color is orange and its flower is the kaunaoa (air [...]
Snorkeling in Hawaii is great for a variety of reasons. The water temperature is nice all year. There is a large variety of fish and invertebrates that make Hawaii their home. Hawaii Outdoor Guides takes you to some of the best snorkeling spots in Hawaii. What do we consider to be a great snorkeling spot? [...]
On our tours we visit the best snorkeling in Hawaii. We are avid snorkelers at Hawaii Outdoor guides and want to show you the best areas at the best snorkeling spots. These are the places with the mantas, dolphins, turtles, untouched coral and more fish than you can shake a stick at (but please don’t). All [...]
What can you do in 2 days in Hawaii? What about snorkeling, lava walks, trail running, free diving, hiking, and waterfall walks. All of this happens on our 2 day Extreme Stopover tour. We give you the packed tour that leaves you feeling tired but happy. We can recommend great beaches to rest and relax [...]
WSometimes people ask us if we see dolphins on our tours. We often see dolphins at some of the sites that we visit on our tours. Usually the highly entertaining spinner dolphins. Watching a dolphin leap and spin in the air when you are on a kayak or snorkeling is a special experience. When snorkeling [...]
How does Hawaii Outdoor Guides offer environmentally friendly tours? We use less fossil fuels because instead of traveling back and forth to visit sites of interest we follow a natural path around the island. By going in a group as a traveler you have less cars on the road using fossil fuels. We recycle any [...]
How much hiking do our guests get to do inside of Volcanoes National Park? As much as possible! We know that you want to view the lava and we believe the best way to do that is to get out of the vehicle and hike there! We stay up to date about the lava flows [...]
Hawaii Outdoor Guides offers tours with a maximum of 10 guests. This means that we are able to go to places that the large bus companies cannot go. It also means that you have the opportunity to feel like a local when you are on vacation. We believe this is integral to our tours so [...]
While Hawaii Outdoor Guides tours leave from Kailua Kona we don’t actually camp in town if you choose one of our overnight camping tours. We stay at three different campsites on the Big Island of Hawaii. One of our favorite sites is inside Volcanoes National Park. Sitting in front of a fire, roasting marshmallows after [...]