Volcanoes National Park was a major reason we decided to take the Pride of America around the Hawaiian Islands. We stopped at the must see sights and hiked about 3.5 miles around and through Kilauea Iki Crater. The rainforest area was so enjoyable and the crater floor was other worldly.
After finishing up at VNP the children all wanted to go back to the ship so Hubby and I dropped them off and kept exploring together a little while longer. The Kaumana Caves were so unique and fun to explore!
Rainbow Falls had a really neat story about a battle between Maui and a giant lizard that helped form what you see at the Wailuku River.
I’m pretty sure if we thought to get shaved ice or an açaí bowl sooner the kids would have stayed with us! This place was great and had a neat market next to it.
Our itinerary included a second day on The Big Island, with day two being out of Kona, but after docking there they realized the water was too choppy to use the tender boats. I was sad we wouldn’t be able to take our one and only NCL excursion to go snorkeling — and felt lucky that was the NCL day so the money would be automatically refunded. Snorkeling in choppy water would have been pretty miserable so I heard zero complaints.
We used on board time to play chess and checkers, both large and small and got to whale watch while passing by Molokini Crater and in between Lanai and Molokai. The sea cliffs were incredible. Some of us made ribbon leis with instruction from Moana. Yes, our Hawaiian Ambassador aboard the ship really was named Moana and was born and raised on Oahu. All and all we had a very good and relaxing day on our unexpected Day at Sea. I thought NCL did a good job on such short notice.
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