Busy day moving from the Kona to the Hilo side of the Big Island! Highlights include Punalu’u Black Sand Beach with green turtles swimming in the water, hiking the Kilauea Iki trail, and walking through the Thurston Lava Tube.

Coffee beans en route to the black sands beach

Punalu’u Black Sand Beach

Punalu’u Black Sand Beach

Steam vent at Volcanoes National Park

Lava lake of Kilauea Iki

Kilauea Iki

Kilauea Iki

After crossing the lava lake, we climbed up to the cloud forest

Thurston Lava Tube!

The exit out of the lava tube