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The ideal to explore fully the Big Island or island of Hawaii and not remain trapped in the haze coming from the volcano that envelops every day throughout the eastern part of the island is that of land in Hilo and then move independently to Kailua-Kona. In this way, you can enjoy the beach all day without having the impression that he neglected the most beautiful and traditional of the island.

Once landed at Hilo, with a car rental should move immediately to the waterfalls rainbow. Even for a little freshen up ': after a few metres of dense vegetation, near the waterfall opens a clearing sunny, ideal for picnics or even organize races swimming or diving from rocks.

After the break the waterfall, it resumed the highway towards the south: a vialone immersed in a luxuriant vegetation in which the only intruders are the asphalt and cars. With a little 'luck, this tour can be arranged at the weekend in order to allow a second stop to Maku'u Craft & Farmers Market, open only on Sunday morning. This market is none other than the weekly meeting point for all islanders, who meet not only to sell or buy fruit, vegetables, clothes, books, plants or tools and appliances for the home, but also to listen all together a little 'Country Music live, enjoying some of speciality chicken and pork that scoppiettano on girarrosto.

After lunch, again southward. Approaching increasingly the volcano, the landscape begins to change. It crosses the first park of lava trees, or trees were petrified as a result of subsequent flows of magma, which svettano as giant stone vegetation rigogliosissima. More we approached the coast, plus the Green dirada and leaves room for genuine lava fields. These stretches of magma solidificate, reminiscent satellite images of the moon or Mars, and on which both tourists who love the hawaiiani draw your name with white pebbles, hoping perhaps that someone can read from above. Near the ocean, however, the lava fields turn into black sand beaches: Items meeting of hippy community on the island.

Finally, before beginning the ascent to the stretches of white sand, with a little 'luck may even be possible to observe from afar the lava flow that ends in the ocean. The vantage point is located exactly at the end of the paved road that crosses the south coast, at the village of Kalapana. To the naked eye you can see a huge white hat and gray smoke. With binoculars the lapilli seem a few inches away. But to see the fire is necessary to organize around the crater by helicopter.