A day on the land

We set off in a road trip to explore the southern half of the island

An early start in the pouring rain, with strong winds, cold and barren landscapes, followed by lush green and beautiful warm sunshine as we made our way to the southern most tip if the USA.

Stopping off at Punaluu bake shop to try their famous sweetbreads and pick up some morning tea from their awesome selection of Malasadas (a Portuguese donut).

Continuing on to Punaluu black sand beach to see the Green Sea turtles - well we did see one.

Next, the volcano national park- but see the seperate 👣 for that

Leaving the NP we headed to Hilo to see rainbow falls lookout before returning via saddle road to see the snow capped Mauna Loa at a ridiculously cold 46 deg and 2083m elevation.Read more