HAWAII
ATTRACTIONS
HAWAII
CULTURE AND HISTORIC SITES
VOLCANO
ART CENTER
Visual, literary and performing arts programs. Fine arts gallery.
Where: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park (East Hawai‘i)
Hours:
9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily
Cost: Admission free for the gallery; $10 per car to enter
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
Info: (808) 967-8222 or write
PO Box 104, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI
HILO HERITAGE TOURS
Guided walking tour throughout downtown area
Where: 237 F Keawe St., Hilo
Info: (808) 933-1361
KAMUELA
MUSEUM
Featuring royal Hawaiian treasures from 'Iolani Palace, ancient
Hawaiian artifacts and art objects from around the world.
Where: Junction
of Routes 19 and 250, just west of Waimea
Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily
Cost: Adults, $5; children under 12, $2
Info: (808) 885-4724
or write P.O. Box 507, Kamuela, HI
KEALIA RANCH
Tour historic
Hawaiian ranch lands by foot or in a four-wheel-drive Jeep. Full- and half-day
trips available. Tours depart from the ranch office at 8:30 a.m. and return about
2 p.m. A minimum of two people per tour is required.
Where: 86-4181
Mamalahoa Highway, Captain Cook
Cost: Jeep tour rate, $110 plus tax
per person. Call for hiking reservations and rates.
Info: (808) 328-8777
LAUPAHOEHOE TRAIN MUSEUM
Featuring memorabilia from the days when sugar trains transported sugar from the
fields of the Hamakua Coast.
Where: North of Hilo on Route 19
Hours:
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily
Cost: No admission fee, but a $2 per adult
donation is appreciated.
Info: (808) 962-6300
LYMAN MISSION
HOUSE MUSEUM
Features a collection of historic Hawaiian relics and a missionary
home dating to 1839.
Where: 276 Haili Street, Hilo
Hours:
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Saturday
Cost: Adults, $7; seniors, $5; students,
$3; children 5-17, $2.50. Residents: adults, $5; seniors, $3; students and children
age 5-17, $2.50. Children 4 and under admitted free.
Info: (808) 935-5021
ONIZUKA
SPACE CENTER
Interactive space museum named after Hawai‘i astronaut
Ellison S. Onizuka, who perished in the Challenger explosion in January 1986.
Where: Kona's Keahole Airport, One Keahole St., Kailua-Kona
Hours:
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily
Cost: Adults, $3; children 12 and under,
$1
Info: (808) 329-3441
PACIFIC
TSUNAMI MUSEUM
Tsunami (seismic sea wave) education center. A tsunami
destroyed downtown Hilo in 1946 and again in 1960.
Where: 130 Kamehameha
Ave., Hilo
Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday
Cost: Adults,
$5; seniors, $4; students and children, $2; children under 5, no charge.
Info:
(808) 935-0926
PARKER RANCH HISTORIC HOMES
Tour two grand
homes owned by Hawai‘i's most famous ranching family. Wagon rides Tuesday-Saturday.
Where: Puu Opelu Road, Kamuela (West of Waimea)
Hours: 10 a.m.-5
p.m daily
Cost: Adults, $7.50; children 4-11, $5. Admission package
(including Historic Homes and Parker Ranch Visitor Center), adults, $10; children,
$7.50.
Info: (808) 885-5433
PARKER RANCH VISITOR CENTER
Museum highlights the history of the Parker family, which operates Hawai‘i's
largest cattle ranch.
Where: In the Parker Ranch Shopping Center, Kamuela
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily
Cost: Adults $5, children 4-11, $2.50.
Admission package (including Visitor Center and Parker Ranch Historic Homes),
adults, $10; children, $7.50.
Info: (808) 885-7655 or write PO Box
458, Kamuela, HI
PU'UHONUA O HONAUNAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Called the "place of refuge," this restored site and heiau (temple/place of worship)
offers an in-depth look at ancient Hawaiian life and royalty.
Where:
South of Captain Cook
Hours: Visitor's Center, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily;
park grounds (palace and picnic areas), 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Cost: $2; 16
and under, no charge.
Info: (808) 328-2288
ROYAL KONA MUSEUM
& COFFEE MILL
Free samples of Kona coffee!
Where: 83-5427 Mamalahoa
Highway, Captain Cook
Hawaii
Parks & Nature
DOLPHIN
QUEST
Swim with dolphins at the hotel's special dolphin pool.
Where:
Hilton Waikoloa Hotel, Kohala Coast
Info: (808) 886-1234
Hawai‘i TROPICAL
BOTANICAL GARDENS
More than 2,000 species of rare and exotic plants in
a 40-acre valley.
Where: On Onomea Bay, north of Hilo on Route 19
Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily
Cost: Adults, $15; children 6-16,
$5
Info: (808) 964-5233 or write PO Box 80, Papaikou, HI
HAWAI‘I
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
If conditions permit, you can see dramatic
lava flows from Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes on earth. Rising above
is 13,679-foot-high volcano Mauna Loa. The park also offers rainforest and lava-tube
hikes.
Where: Southeast end of the Big Island
Hours: Entry
booth open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily
Cost: $10 per car
Info:
(808) 985-6000
HILO TROPICAL GARDENS
Currently closed due
to renovation. Should be open by October 2000.
Where: 1477 Kalanianaole
Ave, Hilo
Info: (808) 969-9873
NANI
MAU GARDENS
20 acres of tropical flowers and trees, pools and waterfalls.
Great place for weddings and community events.
Where: 421 Makalika
St, Hilo
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily
Cost: Adults, $10;
children 5-12, $5
Info: (808) 959-3541
WORLD BOTANICAL
GARDENS
Features a three-tier waterfall and lush rainforest and gardens.
Where: 15 miles north of Hilo on Route 19
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Monday-Saturday
Cost: Adults, $5; children 13-18, $2; under 12, no
charge
Info: (808) 963-5427
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