Best Traditional American Hawai'i Big Island Travel Guide: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park UNESCO 1987, Kīlauea, Mauna Kea 4,207 m, Akaka Falls, Kona Coffee and Hawaiian Island Deep Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: United States travel | Americas destinations Best Traditional American Hawai'i Big Island Travel Guide: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park UNESCO 1987, Kīlauea, Mauna Kea 4,207 m, Akaka Falls, Kona Coffee Belt and Place of Refuge Deep Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR Hawai'i Island, locally called the Big Island, is the youngest, largest and only still-growing landmass in the Hawaiian chain, covering roughly 10,432 square kilometres and home to around 200,000 residents. Since the Pu'u 'Ō'ō eruption began in 1983, the island has gained more than 460 square kilometres of new shoreline, lava poured directly into the Pacific year after year, and that geological youth is what makes a trip here unlike anywhere else in the United States. You can stand on the rim of Kīlauea at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, watch the nightly glow of Halema'uma'u Crater, drive Chain of Craters Road for 3...