Hilo Cruise Reviews

We went on a private tour with Travelshack , waterfalls and kayaking and SUP in a private location with lunch it was wonderful and highly recommended. ...

Walked from the ship a short ways to see the Liliuokakani Gardens. There were no sidewalks from the ship to the gardens but managed to walk and push the wheelchair with minimal difficulty. Then trees in the garden were bizarre to look at with vine-like shoots that formed the truck of the tree. Our 15 year old grandson found them fun to climb. We had lunch at Ken's Pancake House a well known place ...

Prefer Kona over Hilo, wish Princess cruised to Hilo. Rented car in Hilo. ...

Rainy, but still a good day! We rented a car and used google maps to get to where we wanted to go with great results. ...

Rented a car and drove to Volcanoes National Park. Easy drive ...

Did the Volcano National Park by ourselves. Rental car easy! ...

We spent a week on the Big Island before going on the cruise. Enjoyed most of the island, but not impressed with Hilo. Did not focus a lot of time there because knew we would be there on the ship. Walked into town from the ship. Narrow roadway. Lots of traffic. NO sidewalk. NO free shuttles. NO indication they want tourist bucks! Would not bother getting off the ship again (keeping in mind we'd ...

Hilo was nice but the weather was not. It was windy, cold and rainy. But we visited the WM Keck Observatory and it was pretty cool. I would've loved to try and summit Mauna Kea but we just did not have suitable weather gear. We hit a brewery and botanical garden here. Also saw our first Hawaiian waterfall. Nice place. ...

Gorgeous island. Went to tropical gardens, Akaka Falls, Volcano National Park, Lava Tube, Steam Vents, Turtle cove, and many other things! ...

Loved not taking an excursion and just going on our own!! ...