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1 Crater Rim Drive, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI 96718
☎ 808-756-9625, Reservations 808-441-7750 or 1-866-536-7972 (Toll-Free)
Hotel Rates:
Standard Room, 2 Queen beds US$250 per room/night excl. tax (General Excise Tax $10.42, Transient Accommodations Tax $23.13), rates for 1-2 ppl, max. occupancy per room is 4 (Sep 2013, via Hotel website)
Offer of US$50 dining credit for every 2 nights stay
℗ Free parking available (note: US$10 entrance fee per non-commercial vehicle to be paid upon entering the Volcano National Park, or US$5 per individual travelling on foot, bicycle or motorcycle, valid for 7 consecutive days)
Features:
The only hotel located within the volcano park on the rim of the Kilauea caldera with a view of the Halama'uma'u crater from the hotel lanai & dining areas
Campsites & Cabins available as well (check hotel website for details)
Comments:
If you plan to stay overnight around the volcano, I would recommend you to stay at this place inside the Volcano Park to get the up close experience rather than staying at the Volcano Village which is outside the Volcano Park. This is the only hotel inside the park. The only complaint my friend had about the rooms was that there was no TV - luckily the rooms had free wifi and I had my iPad with me so I could shut my friend up. I guess the idea of not having a TV was to really get a feel of the nature where people could relax in the lanai staring at the crater day and night instead.
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| lobby with fireplace |
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| lanai view of the Halama'uma'u crater |
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| the Halama'uma'u crater |
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| view to the right |
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| 2 room key cards + a $50 dining credit card |
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| Standard guest room |
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| 2 Queen beds for a maximum occupancy of 4 |
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| the crater view approaching dusk - you can see the red glow |
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| the hotel staff advised us we could take a quick walk down this short hiking trail just beside the hotel to get a slightly closer view of the crater at night - however, this is as much as my limited camera could capture |
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| as close as my camera could get... |
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| and from my friend's compact camera... |
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| second shot from my friend's compact camera... |
