LAVA, WINE and STARS!!!

Another Gorgeous Sunset Over the Lava Fields

 Glow Watching for the Gourmand!

Our new Lava Wine and Stars Tour is a real hit and we've been having a whole lot of fun with it. It's a chance for us to share the beauty of this unreal place with fun and interesting guests from all over the world.

Interesting shapes are everywhere and some of it is still hot!

The tour begins with an fairly easy walk through the 1990 lava flow which covered the Village of Kalapana. We'll see amazing rock formations with wonderful colors and textures and interesting artifacts from the time before the lava flowed. 

Rainbow Colors Shine from a Gorgeous Lava Rock

Kipukas are places of refuge for native plants and animals and serve as seed banks 

Then we'll explore some of the island's newest lava, the 2010 flow. We'll even get to visit an area where the lava flow is so deep that it's still cooling and you can feel the warm steam escaping from cracks in the rock. It really is alive!

A visit to a patch of forest that was spared by the flows (a kipuka) rounds out the tour as we'll see interesting plants and animals and explore how they arrived, changed and survive in the unique geographic isolation of the Hawaiian Islands.

Kipukas are really special places. They're oases of life in a sea of fresh lava. Some people believe that if a place was spared by lava it means it is special in some way. The plants and animals who live in these island oases must certainly believe the same! 

Mmmmmm....Hiking makes you hungry!

We'll enjoy the expansive view at sunset with a glass of wine or cold beer and an assortment of delicious appetizers made with many fresh, local ingredients.

Peaceful Evening Light as We Wait For the Glow

At dusk the stars begin to appear and sometimes we can see the entire Milky Way above us. Quite often we can see the red glow from Pu'u 'O'o Vent reflected in clouds above the pali.

Half Moon and a Million Stars

 I stayed a little while longer to clean up and enjoy a little moonlit hula Pele all by myself.

For more information about the Lava Wine and Stars Tour click HERE

For reservations click HERE

Mahalo to all of our wonderful guests for visiting this land. May all of you take something special from this magical place and keep it always in your memory.

Aloha!