Join us on this rugged off-road journey to a secret, cool and misty mountain world located high above the bustling tourist town of Kailua-Kona on beautiful Hualalai Volcano. This fun and exciting three and a half hour exploration begins at Hawaii Forest & Trail in our 6 x 6 Pinzgauer. Climb aboard with your companions and we'll head up the side of Hualalai, one of Hawaii's most fascinating natural volcanic areas. Our off-road Pinzgauers carry us from sea-level through a dense rainforest to a world of volcanic majesty at the 6,000 ft. elevation on the privately owned lands of Kaupulehu. Although in plain sight of Kailua-Kona, these seldom-visited uplands are seemingly geologic light-years away! Amidst distinctive native birdsongs, our rock-rambling tour will take you through a beautiful and surreal landscape of native dryland forest, lava flows and enormous, deep craters. Your Interpretive Guide will also lead you, on foot, on an exploration an impressive lava tube. In this quiet and refreshing sub-alpine climate, our interpretive guides will explain the awe-inspiring forces of volcanism and the historic eruptions that changed the landscape of the Kona Coast far below.
