New Lava Access Road - How to Get to the Lava
So, my son and I took a trip out to the lava flow yesterday. It is indeed located where the old barricades on Hwy 130 are. Just head into Puna on Highway 130, go past Pahoa, go past all the subdivisions, and DON'T turn left where it says Kalapana, instead continue straight to the "end of the road".
There were hundreds of cars and thousands of people. We gave four people a ride in and 2 people a ride out. Apparently the line was so bad at 2 p.m. when they opened that most people just parked on the side of the road and hiked in. I would NOT recommend this as it's 2.2 miles to get to the end of the road and another 2 miles in and out if the lava is doing it's thing far away.
The road is narrow, but smooth. There were 6 or 7 police, dozens of public works workers, and a few National Park Rangers. I have to hand it to the county - they did a really good job.
On the way, we passed two electronic road signs that both said "No active flows visible. Lava not entering the ocean". We went anyway, and luckily we saw both active flows and ocean entry! The lava can do anything at any time! :)
I took my almost-5-year-old out and he loved it. I saw babies and kids and quite old people. The walk out was challenging - there is no trail so it's on very bumpy, crumbly old lava. The nice thing about entering from the Puna side of the flow is there were no fumes - they were all blowing the other way with the trade winds.
There were hundreds of cars and thousands of people. We gave four people a ride in and 2 people a ride out. Apparently the line was so bad at 2 p.m. when they opened that most people just parked on the side of the road and hiked in. I would NOT recommend this as it's 2.2 miles to get to the end of the road and another 2 miles in and out if the lava is doing it's thing far away.
The road is narrow, but smooth. There were 6 or 7 police, dozens of public works workers, and a few National Park Rangers. I have to hand it to the county - they did a really good job.
On the way, we passed two electronic road signs that both said "No active flows visible. Lava not entering the ocean". We went anyway, and luckily we saw both active flows and ocean entry! The lava can do anything at any time! :)
I took my almost-5-year-old out and he loved it. I saw babies and kids and quite old people. The walk out was challenging - there is no trail so it's on very bumpy, crumbly old lava. The nice thing about entering from the Puna side of the flow is there were no fumes - they were all blowing the other way with the trade winds.
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posted by Lisa @ 3:23 PM
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My husband and i went out to see the lava the other night and they have closed down the veiwing point to see the lava on land but they made another path thats longer but you can see it go into the ocean. ofcoarse you get nowhere even close to it b/c when lava hits the water it bursts.we parked far in and it was not a fun hike.then we stayed till dark and walking out was not fun either. and we got soaked with rain. yes we had unbrellas. I found out later that if you go with a tour group they drop you off right at the enterence and picked up after dark not to mention i guess they take you all around puna area wich includes lava trees hot ponds and some others i cant remember. i found this out ofcoarse after i went from the activity desk from the Hilo Hawaiian hotel. There company name is lobo del mar. i looked at the website and they have everything and they said if its not there what you want they will make it up for you.
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