The United States
The winding, waterfall-lined Road to Hana, then a volcano still actively erupting
The United States
A journey between two Hawaiian islands of opposite character: Maui, with its legendary Road to Hana and its six hundred curves lined with waterfalls and rainforest, then the Big Island, the youngest and largest in the archipelago, where Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park shelters one of the planet's most active volcanoes, whose flows have shaped lunar landscapes of black lava.
When
April-June | Sept-Oct
Price
From 5 400€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
8 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-2
The first chapter unfolds on Maui, dominated by the dormant Haleakala volcano, whose summit above three thousand metres offers a sunrise above the clouds that ranks among the Pacific's most photographed. The Road to Hana, just one hundred kilometres long but with over six hundred curves, hugs the island's northeast coast between waterfalls, bamboo forests, and small black-sand beaches reachable only on foot.
Day 1
Sunrise atop Haleakala
A pre-dawn departure for the summit of Haleakala volcano, over three thousand metres up, for a sunrise above a sea of clouds. An afternoon of rest on the island's southern beaches.
Day 2
The Road to Hana and its waterfalls
A full day on the Road to Hana, with stops at Wailua and Waimoku Falls, in the bamboo forest of Ohe'o State Park, and on the black-sand beaches of Wai'anapanapa.
Days 1-2
A flight to the Big Island, the youngest and largest of the Hawaiian Islands, still being shaped by volcanic activity. Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, allows visitors to approach the crater of Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, and walk through a centuries-old lava tube, before a night of stargazing atop Mauna Kea, one of the best astronomical sites on the planet.
Day 1
Kilauea's crater and the lava tubes
A flight to the Big Island and a visit to the volcanoes national park, with a walk to the rim of Kilauea's crater and a walk through the Thurston Lava Tube, formed by an ancient flow.
Day 2
A night of stargazing atop Mauna Kea
A free day along the black lava coast, then a late-afternoon ascent to the summit of Mauna Kea for an evening of stargazing, beneath one of the clearest skies on Earth.
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