Hawaii's Big Island Biking: Coastal… (trip)

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Hawaii's Big Island Biking: Coastal Roads & Volcanic Slopes

  • Kona International Airport at Keahole, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States
  • Active & Adventure
Hawaii, United States, North America

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Period offered: June-October, December. The provider (view their profile) can provide you with specific departure dates, final prices, and other information.


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from $2,798* per person6 DaysJune-October, December
Boutique accommodations Exertion level: 6
Operator: Backroads 24 people max
Some people come to Hawaii to relax. Some come to play. This trip is for those who love doing both. Sure, you can spend the entire trip on two wheels, testing your legs on climbs through some of the world’s most incredible scenery and relishing exhilarating long descents to picture-perfect coastline. Even ride two centuries in a single week if you like. And what if your ideal vacation also includes swimming, snorkeling and basking on a pristine beach with an icy Mai Tai in hand? But of course! Whatever you choose, the Big Island awaits.

    Circumnavigate the Big Island on two wheels, passing lava fields, rain forests, coffee plantations and scenic beaches
    The ride from the Kilauea Crater to the lush Hamakua Coast - an optional century!
    Feast on Pacific Rim cuisine, fresh fish and tropical fruit
    Kilauea Iki Crater and Thurston Lava Tube
    Bike 30 miles of the Ironman Triathlon’s cycling course

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Hawaii, United States, North America

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Special information

  • You need to form your own private group for this trip. It will be scheduled for a date you arrange with the provider. The itinerary here is just a sample.
  • Offers some solo-only/singles departures.

Itinerary

Day 1 Circumnavigate the Big Island on your bike, starting amid rain forests, Kona coffee plantations and scenic beaches Fantastic ocean views highlight the route to Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, an impressive archaeological site known as the Place of Refuge.

Days 2-3 Thurston Lava Tube and Kilauea Iki Crater, which we hike through with a certified volcanologist Descend along the Kau Coast, passing the southernmost point of the United States Gear down for a 4,000-foot climb past black-sand Punaluu Beach, where green turtles lounge, and up through lava fields to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park  Hilina Pali Overlook dazzles with sweeping vistas of the Pacific and the Kau Desert.

Day 4 Feast on Pacific Rim cuisine, fresh fish and tropical fruit  En route to Hilo, gravity does the work to bring you to the island's "wet side," with its verdant hills, rugged cliffs and lava-rock beaches Grassy highlands and sprawling cattle ranches? You'll find them while pedaling in paniolo (cowboy) country.

Days 5-6 Bike 30 miles of the Kona Ironman Triathlon's cycling course No guilt here! Sumptuous meals are well deserved after the challenging rides to the Kohala Mountain summit and the small communities of Puako and Hawi Return through fields of black lava to the quiet Kohala Coast.

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