02/12/2024
Aloha! I'm Lani, your private tour guide & personal wellness retreat coordinator for the beautiful Big Island of Hawai’i, which I call my home! 🌺
I currently work for 3 tour companies, and have over 50 five star reviews on TripAdvisor and Viator, and I decided that for the New Year, I will be birthing my own special tour & retreat offering that is geared towards helping people who want to rest & relax in paradise and experience health & wellness, writing, music & creative arts, eco~friendly nature tours and healing, so welcome to HEART (Hawai'i EcoFriendly Artists' Retreats & Tours)!
Every morning I wake up & thank God because I live in one of the most beautiful and sacred places on the planet. With over 10 years of experience as an island tour guide, (Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island), I’ve led many different kinds of tours: ocean adventures on catamarans, guided horseback, ATV and jeep tours, cacao and garden tours, waterfall tours, dolphin and manta tours and now Volcano tours too! I have my TSA certified pass (TWIC card) which allows me to pick you right up at the cruise ship pier in Hilo.
Besides being a tour guide, I have been a hula dancer for over a decade and both of my children dance hula as well. My Hawaiian name Lani was actually gifted to me by Miss Aloha Hula 1986 (Healani Youn)! I am more than happy to share some basic hula steps & history with you, and can even oli a sacred chant to our fire goddess Pelehonumea when we visit her at Kilauea crater if you’d like, where we could give her an offering wrapped in ti leaf.
I was also a direct survivor of the 2018 Kilauea eruption in Leilani Estates where half of my face actually got swollen for 3 days because I was in the Estates the night before the fissures were announced on the news. Luckily, I was healed with plant medicine by a local Hawaiian Kumu! I’d be glad to tell you about this firsthand lived experience and many more if I get the chance to take you on a tour.
With me, your Hawai’i adventure would be very memorable, elevated, beautiful and unique. If you so desired, I could greet you with a lei upon arrival to welcome you to our islands.
My goal is to go above and beyond and make sure you relax, recharge, and release, and leave with a sense of the pure magic, wonder, and beauty of these islands. Allow an aloha ambassador and practitioner of Hawaiian culture (hula, lomi lomi, and la’au la pa’au) to share ancient Hawaiian legends, stories, and myths that have been passed down for generations, told in a very entertaining and enjoyable manner. I can share some funny local pidgin and Hawaiian word, and iIf you’d like, I can even lead a small workshop where I can teach you how to make a flower, rope, or lei with ti leaf.
I offer full day tours and half day tours, and personalized eco~friendly, artistic wellness retreats to fit everyone’s needs and desires.
Thanks for reading, I hope we get a chance to connect in person soon! Abundant blessings, and may all your dreams blossom with beauty.
Aloha,
Lani