This fee includes admission to the national park. The trip lasts approximately five hours. As you stand on the small, calm, sandy beach by your kayak, with you paddle in hand, all paddlers will get to know each other and your guide. Your guide will then give you a short lesson in paddling and safe boat handling. Everybody will wear a life vest.
All kayaks have comfortable, supportive back rests.
After this, your guide will share with you stories about the bay and a brief history of the area. Paddling in front of sacred Keone'ele'ele Cove in Honaunau Bay at Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Park. We'll paddle about a mile or so either north or south north of Honaunau Bay. In the background is the mountainous volcano Mauna Loa with its green mantle of macadamia and coffee farms. After we paddle to the cave, we'll rest, jump off the boats and cool off in the clear water, and eat a snack of local bananas and macadamia nuts.