Visited: Saturday, October 14, 2017-Monday, October 16, 2017
This park definitely lived up to expectations. Without taking a long hike, there's only so many things to do - we visited the visitor center, saw the video, listened to a couple of ranger talks, visited the Jaggar Museum and came back at dusk to see the lava, walked around the steam vents, walked the length of the lava tube, saw the lava arch, walked through the rain to the petroglyphs, and stopped by a bunch of craters. All of which were truly fantastic - but after a day and a half, we were done. About the only thing we didn't do which would have been nice was to hike to where the lava is dumping into the ocean - but it's a long enough hike that three weeks in to our trip neither of us were anxious to do it. Maybe a good excuse to come back.
Volcano House, where we stayed, was well worth it; even without air conditioning, I wasn't too warm to sleep. The breakfasts were quite nice as well - and the views were great.
This park definitely lived up to expectations. Without taking a long hike, there's only so many things to do - we visited the visitor center, saw the video, listened to a couple of ranger talks, visited the Jaggar Museum and came back at dusk to see the lava, walked around the steam vents, walked the length of the lava tube, saw the lava arch, walked through the rain to the petroglyphs, and stopped by a bunch of craters. All of which were truly fantastic - but after a day and a half, we were done. About the only thing we didn't do which would have been nice was to hike to where the lava is dumping into the ocean - but it's a long enough hike that three weeks in to our trip neither of us were anxious to do it. Maybe a good excuse to come back.
Volcano House, where we stayed, was well worth it; even without air conditioning, I wasn't too warm to sleep. The breakfasts were quite nice as well - and the views were great.
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