Rainbow Falls Hilo

Sue and I had the day to ourselves as my brothers and their wives went snorkeling in Kona. So starting out from the hotel we travelled north and then proceeded to circle the island in a counter clockwise direction …

We just left the Kaanapali area of Maui and booked some Hawaii interisland flights to Hilo on the Big Island. We were rewarded by being able to see beautiful Rainbow Falls shortly outside of Hilo. I remembered going here before as a child and it still is a sight to behold. Hilo is a nice and slow paced town, where anyone would like to grow up in. …

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... our Cruise Critic friends, luv 2 cruz, Gina with her family and friends. We chatted a little bit. They were headed towards Rainbow Falls while we were going to the Jagger Museum. The view at the Jagger Museum was amazing. After taking lots of pictures ...

... over and soaring around an active volcano!  The fifty-minute flight ended in a bit of anticlimax, with a pass over Rainbow Falls and the Boiling Pots.  The latter two features are not volcanoes but part of a the Wailuku River system ...

... Ken's again for brunch. The rest of our day on May 6 is full of discovery, adventure and music.  After a short drive to Rainbow Falls, we hike briefly around the falls amid banyan trees and mud.        We see a local ...

... : Unfortunately the Yap trip has been pushed back to a date that Dan and I can't make it. So we are tentatively scheduled to leave Hilo on March 25th for Singapore.  We'll be there for a day and will drop off the field gear we won't need in ...

... a car (or $180 tour) are the only way to get there it was nice that I had a  chance to go. Day 1 - Rainbow Falls, Boiling Pots and Manaua Kea Arranged a time to meet the guys in the afternoon and then started walking up the road to Rainbow ...

... a hide-away bed, a bathroom, and a room which Ardie and I slept in). At 8:00 we had breakfast then we went to see Rainbow Falls. After that we went to see the lava trees which are formed during a lava flow when the lava comes to a tree and swirls around ...

... The market is held every Wednesday and Saturday. On the north edge of town lies one of the prettiest waterfalls anywhere, Rainbow Falls, which is well worth a stop.  Follow the river uphill past Rainbow Falls to find the "boiling ...

... Earhart. To top it off, I had the most wonderful banana French toast and some diehard Kona coffee. Ummmm. Next stop was Rainbow Falls, recommended for viewing in the early morning to catch the sun hitting the mist for a rainbow effect. After that I ...

... a lot here and is known as America's rainiest city. Luckily whilst I was here, it didn't rain much at all. The next stop was Rainbow Falls, so called because if you go there early in the morning, the sun and the spray creates a rainbow! As usual, it ...

... of Hilo, which has included several damaging Tsunamis. We left the city and headed south. Our first stop was at beautiful Rainbow Falls. These falls are famous for rainbows forming in the spray when the sun is just right. We missed the rainbow by a few ...