This loop trail meanders through relic forests and open pastures, showcasing a unique inland forest of native loulu palms. See Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park in a new light, experience the songs of native birds.

Explores Devastation Trail, a paved path through a landscape transformed by the 1959 eruption of Kīlauea Iki. Witness the contrast between the stark cinder fall zone and the resilient native forest beginning to return.

Save the date and join our free community event on Saturday, July 18, 2026

This month’s 3-hour walk explores the iconic Kīlauea Iki crater. We will descend through a lush fern forest onto the floor of a solidified lava lake that was once a bubbling cauldron in 1959.

Explore the Halema‘uma‘u Trail and "hike into the past." Descend through a diverse rainforest of ‘ōhi‘a and ferns down to the floor of the Kīlauea caldera. Experience the dramatic scale of the 2018 collapse from a unique perspective.

This month’s walk takes us along the closed portion of Crater Rim Drive to Keanakāko‘i Crater. We will see the massive road cracks caused by the 2018 eruptive events and look down into a crater once used by Native Hawaiians as a quarry for tool-making stone.

Explore the Ka‘ū Desert to view the fossilized footprints left in volcanic ash. These prints date back to the late 1700s and tell a story of a sudden, explosive eruption and the people who were traveling through the area at the time.

Discover one of the hidden gems of the Kahuku Unit: a forested pit crater. We will walk through montane pastures to reach a deep, lush crater that acts as a natural enclosure for rare native plants and birds.