Posted in Hawaii April 21, 2020 by

Travel Through Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Without Leaving Your Couch On This Virtual Tour

With more than 323,000 acres to explore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is the state’s largest national park — and it’s still growing! The park is also home to Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, and Mauna Loa, the world’s most massive subaerial volcano, and several stunning geological gems just waiting to be explored.

While the stunning national park is temporarily closed due to COVID-19, you can still explore this volcanic oasis without ever leaving your home on this epic virtual tour. 

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Your tour will begin at the entrance to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where you will learn about the park’s vibrant natural ecosystem unlike any other in the world.
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This stunning landscape is home to a variety of native plants, birds, and insects — many of which can’t be found anywhere else in the world.
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From here, enter a lava tube formed by flowing lava. Use your mouse to explore this captivating cave structure — it’s almost as if you’re experiencing it for yourself!
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This 500-year-old lava cave within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a stunning geographic feature formed when a river of lava gradually forms walls and a ceiling. When the lava flow stops, the remaining lava flows downhill, and you are left with a tunnel.
Next, you’ll head to the park’s coastal cliffs, where over the course of the last 30 years alone, more than 500 acres of new land have been added to the island.
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Pictured above is the famous Holei Sea Arch, which was formed within the last 100 years and is currently 90 feet tall. Cut into the cliff of an ancient lava flow, the Holei Sea Arch has a limited lifespan, and will eventually crumble into the ocean.
And finally, it’s time to head to the heart of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: Kilauea Caldera, where you can watch flowing lava from above.
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The fiery home of one of Hawaii’s most revered gods, Pele, Kilauea is both Hawaii’s youngest shield volcano on land, as well as the most active. It recently experienced one of the most long-lived eruptions known to man, which began in 1983 on the eastern rift zone.

There’s so much more to see and explore than what we told you about on this virtual tour, so what are you waiting for? There’s no need to even put on pants to explore Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on this virtual tour! 

Address: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI 96718, USA