All Hilo Tours & Excursions in 2026

We took this tour with Big Mike today ( owner/operator) Big Mike picked us up at the Hilo port where our cruise ship ,Pride Of American, docked. No Uber or taxi needed! He was prompt, his van was impeccably clean, and he gifted each one in our group a beautiful handmade eyelash lei. Big Mike knows his stuff, he schooled us on history, flora and fauna. We visited the Volcano Park , Rainbow Falls plus another "hidden" waterfall, sea turtles, black sand beaches, King Kamehameha statue, farmers market. We had lunch at an amazing restaurant that I think only locals know about Big Mike is funny and obviously passionate about his Island. The tour was worth every cent and after conferring with other cruise guests, much better. Do not miss out!

We had a wonderful day on our private tour of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park from our cruise ship, thanks to Katelynn! From start to finish, everything was smooth, well organized, and stress-free. Katelynn was friendly, knowledgeable, and made the entire experience enjoyable. She answered all of our questions with patience and shared so much interesting information about the volcanoes, the island, and the local history. The scenery was absolutely incredible, and having a private tour allowed us to explore at a comfortable pace without feeling rushed. Katelynn made sure we saw all the highlights while also tailoring the experience to our interests. It was truly one of the best days of our cruise, and we would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Hawaii by ship. Thank you, Katelynn, for such a memorable experience!

Very easy to find the tour guide at the Hilo cruise terminal and Josh was an excellent guide. Rainbow Falls is very pretty but I’m originally from Buffalo, NY so Niagara Falls makes me pretty biased on the magnificence of other falls. Great experience at Volcanoes National Park, and I enjoyed the brief stops at the Gardens and macadamia nut factory.

Mahalini tours were great! Our tour guide had cold water available during the tour. He was very knowledgeable and rearranged the tour order so we were able to beat the crowds. We were very fortunate to see Kilaleua erupt. So magnificent!!!!! Every part of tour was great. The tour guide was friendly and answered questions fully. I would highly recommend. So sorry I did not get guides name. He took great care of us!!!@

We really had a great tour with Holley. She did her best to arrange our tour to avoid rain. Hilo weather just did cooperate though and it rained a lot at each of our stops around Hilo. Holley went out her way to make us comfortable and to make sure we had umbrellas at the rainy stops. The umbrellas made a big difference and more than once I was asked where we found the umbrellas. Other passengers from our cruise ship recognized us. (We are finishing a 54 day cruise with them.). We were so glad that we had this tour as opposed to the ones offered by the ship. There were five guests on our tour. We were very comfortable in the van. The falls were very nice especially Akaka falls. The part of the tour in Volcanos National Park was everything I could have hoped for (other an active eruption, but that just bad timing on our part). The time spent at each location easily met our needs and expectations. The weather was perfect in the park with excellent visibility. Holley is a knowledgeable and pleasant tour guide. We highly recommend this tour and Holley as your guide.

You will learn so much about the cycles and effects of active volcanoes from your guide who has lived on the island all her life. She also shares her vast knowledge about the lush vegetation, domestic and wild animals. Her vehicle for the small group tour was comfortable and exactly what we expected. We all agreed this was one of the best excursions!

This was a top notch tour! Anthony was wonderful, fun, flexible and knew his history well. The pictures as he talked were very helpful. Lunch was an added bonus that I didn't expect. Thankful there were just 2 of us and the company didn't cancel. Best Day in Hilo! Thanks Anthony 🌸🌴

We took the helicopter ride. Everyone from the ground crew to the pilot were very nice, professional, organized. The ride was almost one hour long and the views were amazing, things that you could not see from the ground, waterfalls, the vegetation, the cost lines, the craters. The weather helped, it was clear the views were crystal clear and then we had a brief drizzle and boom! the most amazing rainbows around the helicopter. Just unexpected and unforgettable. Then we continue the rest of the day on the ground in a small group in an A/C bus. Dexter was the pilot. He went the extra mile to make people feel comfortable, he’s knowledgeable, informative, funny. We went to see the impressive Kilauea caldera, a lava tube, the Akaka waterfall. Then, Dexter took us to a local candy/cookies store, I told myself I’m not buying anything there, when we got there I couldn’t resist and I ended buying a bunch of stuff, good by diet!!!