Love Big Island - Hawai'i travel guide https://www.lovebigisland.com/ Big Island travel guide written by and for people that love Hawaii. Itineraries, activities, etc. Aloha 'aina, malama' aina! (love and take care of the land) Wed, 20 May 2026 19:16:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.lovebigisland.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-BigIsland-no-text_512px-32x32.jpg Love Big Island https://www.lovebigisland.com/ 32 32 Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory Tour https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/original-hawaiian-chocolate-factory-tour/ Tue, 19 May 2026 21:10:59 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21826 The Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory is a family-run cacao plantation in Keauhou, South Kona, about 15 minutes from downtown Kailua-Kona. Bob Cooper and his family grow, process, and package all their chocolate on-site. Bob leads every tour himself. The owner-led, vertically integrated, working farm, combination, is still uncommon even among the Big Island’s cacao operations. […]

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]]> Ohana Ranch ATV Farm Tour https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/ohana-ranch-atv-farm-tour/ Sun, 17 May 2026 22:53:11 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21791 Most ATV tours on the Big Island follow a purpose-built course. This one runs through a working farm. Ohana Ranch sits in Mountain View, between Hilo and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, at an elevation that keeps the property green and cool year-round. The 2-hour tour moves through active cultivation areas where taro, Hawaiian coffee, and […]

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]]> Sunset Luau at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/sunset-luau-waikoloa-beach-marriott/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:27:08 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21593 The Sunset Luau runs every Monday and Wednesday on the oceanfront lawn of the Waikoloa Beach Marriott, overlooking ‘Anaeho’omalu Bay on the Kohala Coast. Doors open at 4pm. That’s when you want to arrive, not 5pm: get your wristband at the desk upstairs, join the line downstairs, and let the staff escort your group to […]

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]]> Polynesian Cultural ATV Tour at Aloha Adventure Farms https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/polynesian-cultural-atv-tour-at-aloha-adventure-farms/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:57:18 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21574 Aloha Adventure Farms sits in Holualoa, about 15 minutes from Kailua-Kona. For visitors staying on the Kona or Kohala coasts, it’s the only ATV tour that doesn’t require a 90-minute drive. The tour is built around Polynesian culture: you ride between four recreated village stops representing Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, with hands-on activities at […]

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]]> Honokaʻa Chocolate Co. Cacao Farm Tour https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/honokaa-chocolate-co-cacao-farm-tour/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:47:22 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21551 The tour starts at the farm, not the retail store in town. You meet at the cacao orchard on Old Mamalahoa Highway, about five minutes outside Honokaʻa, where Mike Pollard walks you through how cacao  grows from flower to pod. He covers cultivation, harvesting, fermentation, and drying in sequence. If pods are ready, you’ll taste […]

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]]> Lavaloha Tree-to-Chocolate Farm Tour https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/lavaloha-tree-to-chocolate-farm-tour/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:59:46 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21534 The tour starts at Lavaloha’s Visitor Center, where a guide loads the group onto a small electric bus for a loop through the farm’s cacao orchards. The property is about 15 minutes from downtown Hilo — 1,000 acres total, with 24 dedicated to cacao and another 11 to coffee. The guide covers the growing conditions […]

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]]> Paniolo Adventures Horseback Riding https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/paniolo-adventures-horseback-riding/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:19:15 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21483 Ponoholo Ranch sits at 3,000 feet in the North Kohala highlands. The grass stays green year-round, the air is cooler than the coast, and on a clear day you can see the Kohala shoreline, Mauna Kea, and Mauna Loa from the saddle. When we rode here, what stood out was how quickly the ranch absorbs […]

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]]> Feast & Fire Lūʻau at the Outrigger Kona Resort https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/feast-fire-luau-outrigger-kona/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:05:16 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21439 Feast & Fire is a story-based luau held on the waterfront at the Outrigger Kona Resort & Spa, above Keauhou Bay on the Kona coast. The evening runs [tour_duration] and follows a narrative about Polynesian migration to Hawaiʻi, which gives it more structure than the variety-show format at most Big Island luaus. The Artisan Village […]

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]]> Mauna Kea Luau: Oceanfront Setting on Kaunaʻoa Bay https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/mauna-kea-luau/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:38:56 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21400 The Mauna Kea Luau runs on the oceanfront lawn of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, the only Big Island luau staged on a true oceanfront lawn rather than an inland hotel garden or hillside terrace. The tables face Kaunaʻoa Bay. The stage faces west. The show begins as the sun drops toward the water. What […]

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]]> Botanical World Adventures Zipline https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/botanical-world-adventures-zipline/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:24:14 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=21383 Botanical World Adventures runs eight ziplines through the Hamakua Coast rainforest on their working botanical garden property, about 15 minutes north of Hilo. Lines range from 200 to 2,100 feet and build progressively, starting with shorter runs close to the canopy floor and working up to the longer ones. A 200-foot suspension bridge (that wobbles […]

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