Hiking the Kīlauea Iki Trail in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park

A trail crosses a volcanic crater at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
Kīlauea Iki Trail crosses the Kīlauea Iki Crater at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.

Wow. That’s all I have to say about this hike in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.

Having never hiked in an environment like this before, I was really impressed by the climate. The trail that went through the rainforest was humid and lush, and by contrast, the Kīlauea Iki crater was exposed, burned out and covered with lava rock where growth emerged through cracks in it where lava flowed in 1959.

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