Hawaii Big Island Travel Guru

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Big Island Travel Guru

Welcome to Hawaii’s Big Island Travel Guru. A website travel guide created to help its readers simply and easily understand, and enjoy the diverse areas and best activities and events Hawaii’s Big Island affords - all in one place!

First, Hawaii’s Big Island is – BIG! With an area of 4,028 square miles, and still growing, thanks to Kilauea Volcano; it is almost twice the size all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined. To put this in perspective, at 93 miles long and 76 miles wide, with 266 miles of coastline, the Big Island is almost the size of the State of Connecticut.

This being the case, unless you plan on staying for a while, realistically you’ll only have time to explore a handful of the multitude of highlights Hawaii’s unique Big Island offers. So, let’s get started! 

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Did you know that when it comes to the prestigious world of premier coffees, here in Hawaii, there’s another name besides “Kona Coffee” you may want to sit up and take note of. 

To many people around the world, Hawaiian Kona Coffee is a household name. What you might not know is that relative newcomer to the State of Hawaii’s coffee-growing scene; 
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Off the beaten path, Ka’u Coffee embodies an unpretentious and authentic Hawaii. Found tucked away on the slopes of Mauna Loa and nearby Ka’u Forest Reserve, it is here that this unique coffee has been unassumingly winning worldwide acclaim. 

What’s Going On, 
On Big Island?

There’s so much to experience! Connect to Hawaii’s Big Island local history and culture by enjoying one, or the multitude of events that await your discovery.

Visit Hawaii Big Island Travel Guru’s “Events” page for Daily, Weekly and Monthly 2013 events, or visit our “Events” page tab.
Friday, May 24 to 
Monday, May 27

8th Annual Big Island Film Festival | Mauna Lani Resort
Celebrate independent, narrative, Hawaiian and international filmmakers with activities that include social receptions, entertainment, film presentations, workshops and awards. The majority of events take place at various locations within The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i, including daytime film screenings in their air-conditioned amphitheater, or at The Shops at Mauna Lani Center Stage. Details

Friday, May 24

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park | Sunset Hula Arts Performance
A sunset hula performance featuring Halau Kahula O Nawahine Noho Pu’ukapu under the direction of kumu hula Ana Nawahine Kaho’opi’i takes place rain or shine at the hula platform located between Kīlauea Visitor Center and Volcano Art Center Gallery. Details
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Volcano Activity Update

Friday | May 24 | 2013

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Service report no significant changes.

Kīlauea Volcano continues it’s active eruption in two locations: Halema’uma’u crater in Kīlauea’s summit area, which as of March 19, 2013 celebrated its five year ongoing, eruption anniversary, and Pu’u ‘Ō’ō vent within Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park’s east rift area.

The simplest way to view Kīlauea Volcano’s eruptive activity is from Kīlauea’s caldera rim area, with the Jaggar Museum as the most ideal location. But, you will not see active lava flow here. 

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Photo credit & copyright: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Ongoing, within Kīlauea Volcano’s east rift zone, molten lava makes its 7.5-mile journey from Pu’u ‘Ō’ō cone through a series of routes including an underground lava tube, to finally spill into the ocean at an area called Kupapa’u Point. Click image to view larger.

Beaches are publicly owned lands in the State of Hawaii; meaning the public has full right of access to all beaches and shorelines throughout the Islands.

Considered a conservation district and limited to the area situated below the “upper reaches of the wash of the waves;” the law’s goal is to preserve and protect coastal resources and support the public’s right to use.
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Pictured: Hawaii Island's unforgettable coastline from Manini'owali Beach, or Kua Bay.

Weather On 
Hawaii’s Big Island 

Weather, 04 December
Kailua-Kona Weather
+77

High: +84° Low: +74°

Humidity: 84%

Wind: WSW - 8 MPH

Waikoloa Weather
+75

High: +83° Low: +70°

Humidity: 78%

Wind: WSW - 5 MPH

Hilo Weather
+68

High: +83° Low: +68°

Humidity: 83%

Wind: ESE - 5 MPH

Volcano Weather
+59

High: +68° Low: +59°

Humidity: 91%

Wind: ESE - 6 MPH

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Hawaii Island Weather Forecast Information and Detail
Pu’u Ku’ili, a 342-foot high cinder cone located on the coastline at Kehaha Kai State Park – look into the distant horizon, that’s Maui.