Our facebook ohana selected Kilauea Iki as their top pick for a Big Island hike (short or long).  Kilauea volcano, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, is currently ranked among the most active volcanoes on the planet. The park has many trails, ranging from a quick walk through a lava tube to multi-day hikes. Among the most popular with park visitors: Kilauea Iki Trail — a 4-mile loop trail through Kilauea Iki crater, the remains of a massive 1959 eruption. The trail begins off the park’s Crater Rim Drive near the Thurston Lava Tube. Its more than 400-foot descent takes hikers through a variety of scenery—lush fern-filled rainforests, with native birds in the trees, near active steam and sulfur vents and across a long-solidified lava lake. Follow rock cairns across the crater floor. Bring sunscreen as well as rain gear as daily weather can shift from warm and sunny to cool, wet and windy.

 
Click on the links below for the Top 5 results from previous HAWAII Magazine facebook ohana poll questions.

• Top 5 shoreline spots for whale-watching

• Top 5 favorite Maui swimming beaches

• Top 5 favorite Hawaii natural wonders

• Top 5 favorite Hawaii towns

• Top 5 favorite Hawaii coastline areas

• Top 5 favorite filmed-in-Hawaii movies

• Top 5 favorite Hawaii snorkeling spots

• Top 5 favorite filmed-in-Hawaii TV series ever

• Top 5 must-have Hawaii foods (upon arrival in the Islands)

• Top 5 Hawaii parks

• Top 5 Hawaii music artists

• Top 5 favorite places to watch a Hawaii sunset

• Top 5 favorite Hawaii scenic lookouts

• Top 5 favorite Hawaii valleys

• Top 5 favorite Hawaii waterfalls

• Top 5 favorite Hawaii plate lunch foods




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