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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

The Living Volcano

Active craters, lava tubes, and steaming earth on the Big Island.

At a glance · 5 reasons to go

Why Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

  1. Peer into the Kilauea caldera.

  2. Walk through a lava tube and across old flows.

  3. Glowing lava at night during eruptions.

  4. Rainforest, deserts, and steam vents.

  5. Earth's geology in raw, living action.

Read the full story

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is the planet at work — the steaming Kilauea caldera, walk-through lava tubes, hardened flows, and, when it erupts, lava glowing red against the night. Awe-inspiring and ever-changing.

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Safety

Safety Overview

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

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Reviewed: 2026-06-06

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Before You Travel

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TravelWell Safety — Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: Emergency numbers, hospitals and safety info. Open this before we travel so it works offline. https://travelwell.world/en/destinations/hawaii-volcanoes-np

Traveling to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park with a pet?

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