Volcano Hideaways

Volcano Hideaways Vacation house rentals on Kilauea and Mauna Kea Volcanoes, Big Island Hawaii, owned and operated by outdoor enthusiasts.

VOLCANO HIDEAWAYS -- Vacation rentals on the Big Island of Hawaii:

On KILAUEA VOLCANO -- in Volcano Village:
Oma's Hapu'u Hideaway
The Maid's Quarters
Haunani House

On MAUNA KEA VOLCANO -- along the Hamakua Coast:
Io's Nest

Each rental house has a photo album on this site, and all have more information and booking instructions on our web site http://www.volcanovillage.net

We live in Volcano V

illage, in a house neighboring the Kilauea rentals, and are available to assist guests with any problems or questions that they might have during their stay. The three houses on Kilauea Volcano are all neighbors on a small lane running through the residential historic district of Volcano Village, just outside of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The house on Mauna Kea Volcano, "Io's Nest", is situated in a remote location overlooking the Hamakua Coast.

These are some overview photos from our hike that started off along the Napau Trail, then diverted cross-country along t...
01/22/2025

These are some overview photos from our hike that started off along the Napau Trail, then diverted cross-country along the 1962 lava flow to circumnavigate Kanenuiohamo lava shield, crossed the September Napau fissure eruption to regain the trail near Napau Crater, and then returned again via the trail to Mauna Ulu parking lot (see map in comment). It took Zoltan and me 10 hours and I don't recommend the route, as there was too much a'a encountered in the off-trail portion. I am glad we did it though, because there were some awesome things to be seen -- and it was a good bit of exercise! 😁

After circumnavigating the Kanenuiohamo forested cone (yesterday's post), Zoltan and I encountered the remnants of last ...
01/21/2025

After circumnavigating the Kanenuiohamo forested cone (yesterday's post), Zoltan and I encountered the remnants of last September's Napau fissure eruption that now stood between us and the Napau Trail. The new flow, although littered with half-burned trees and puckered along an upheaved spine, offered shiny smooth lava that looked like a joy to walk on -- especially after the lichen-covered a'a from which we'd just emerged. With less than 1000 feet of the new flow to cross before reaching the trail, we didn't hesitate to set out upon it -- and promptly broke through the crust. The lava was like blown glass, formed into big hollow bubbles that collapsed easily under our weight. Catching on quickly, we moved toward the central fissure and then beyond to the surprisingly intact trail, with me closely shadowing Zoltan's steps as he tapped ahead with his walking stick in rapid *tick* *tick* *tick*s like a blind man. Along the way we inspected golden reticulite, strikingly yellow sulphur crystals, and flawless blue spatter. Although the campground and much of the surrounding forest was destroyed, there was beauty and wonder to be found in the devastation.

I'd been thinking for a long time about a hike around the forested Kanenuiohamo lava cone to the north of Makaopuhi Crat...
01/20/2025

I'd been thinking for a long time about a hike around the forested Kanenuiohamo lava cone to the north of Makaopuhi Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, but the timing was never right. So when Zoltan asked if I wanted to do a hike, I quickly enlisted him on this exploration! The idea was to start off along the Napau Trail, then divert north along the 1962 lava flow to circumnavigate the forested cone and intercept the trail again near the Napau Crater. It all looked good on satellite imagery, but when we got half way around the cone, the lava turned to a lichen-covered a'a flow and it was barely walkable. I kept waiting for Zoltan to say, "This is crazy - I'm not doing this anymore," but we both just kept on moving steadily forward like little tanks, maneuvering over whatever we encountered next. Zoltan pointed out that it was an exercise for the mind as well as the body, because we had to concentrate on every step. Every once in while we'd lose it and go tumbling, with our backpacks acting as air bags to protect us. After 5 hours we were in position to intercept the Napau Trail for what we thought would be our easy return - but between us and the trail were the remnants of last September's fissure eruption.... 😄 Stay tuned for the next episode tomorrow.

This is something that really surprised me... I was driving down Chain of Craters Road in the wee hours of the morning a...
01/19/2025

This is something that really surprised me... I was driving down Chain of Craters Road in the wee hours of the morning a couple days ago, heading toward the Devastation area in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to go see the volcano, and as I passed by the Kilauea Iki Overlook I caught a glimpse of the eruption out the corner of my eye. *Eeerk*! (That's supposed to be the sound of brakes.) I backed up (I know, I know... sorry rangers...) and swung into the parking lot and ran to the railing for a shot. When I went through my photos later I didn't bother with it, but I did tell Olivia about the unexpected viewing point and she thought it was interesting! But because it was so dark and the foreground is so lacking in detail, I thought I'd show you a comparison shot, from the same location, of Kilauea Iki Crater at sunrise -- so you can get a feel for how far away (and yet so visible) the lava fountaining was. You may have heard by now that this episode is over and we must now wait (with great anticipation) for the next awakening 🌋

I thought it would be interesting to look at the changing colors of the volcanic scene at Kilauea Caldera as the sun ris...
01/18/2025

I thought it would be interesting to look at the changing colors of the volcanic scene at Kilauea Caldera as the sun rises, in this sequence of shots from my visit on Thursday morning, Jan 16. My first shot, with the red plume ❤ was at 5:45am, followed by the white plume 🤍 (on top) at 6:23am, then the pink 🩷 at 6:55am, and lastly orange 🧡 at 6:58am. I haven't been back to the volcano since, but it's still giving a good show!
UPDATE: The eruption has *paused again* as of 10:10am today Jan 18.

Last night, as I lay in bed and the household had gone quiet, I could hear the roar of the volcano. I got up and opened...
01/17/2025

Last night, as I lay in bed and the household had gone quiet, I could hear the roar of the volcano. I got up and opened the window and the glow in the direction of Kilauea’s summit was intense. I checked the we**am just to make sure the eruption was still contained within the caldera, but all was well and I went to sleep. This morning I stepped into the backyard and photographed the view of the glow from our house, through the leaves of the Koa trees (bottom left photo). And here are a few more of my photos from my visit to the volcano yesterday morning.

I went out before dawn this morning to visit Kilauea Volcano, and stayed for a couple of hours, watching and listening a...
01/16/2025

I went out before dawn this morning to visit Kilauea Volcano, and stayed for a couple of hours, watching and listening as the sun rose. The roar of the vents was like a jet engine as the lava fountained hundreds of feet high within Halema'uma'u Crater. The near-full moon was hovering brightly in the sky, and the glow from the volcano was intense and visible even as I left our home in the village in the wee hours to begin my excursion. It was a magical morning 🧡💛❤️

This morning around 9:15am our volcano reawakened and started fountaining again within Halema'uma'u Crater! We called o...
01/16/2025

This morning around 9:15am our volcano reawakened and started fountaining again within Halema'uma'u Crater! We called our friends back from the other side of the island and we all went out along the Crater Rim Trail to catch the views in the early afternoon. The sky was moody and the plume was dirty and the fissures were spouting a 100 feet high or more! It's great right now!

"Them's the breaks!"We have friends visiting from the mainland and we were excited to show them the volcano! But they w...
01/15/2025

"Them's the breaks!"
We have friends visiting from the mainland and we were excited to show them the volcano! But they were too late 🥲. On the left was our view a couple of weeks ago, and when we showed them the view yesterday it couldn't have been worse 😆. Sorry guys!
UPDATE: The volcano has started erupting again and "entered its fourth eruptive episode this morning at about 9:15 a.m. H.S.T. with a small lava flow exiting the north vent," according to the latest USGS report 15 Jan!!

After seeing the moon last night on our drive home from Hilo, I promised myself that I'd go out this morning to see the ...
01/14/2025

After seeing the moon last night on our drive home from Hilo, I promised myself that I'd go out this morning to see the sunrise and moonset over the resumed eruption of Kilauea Caldera in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park... and so I did 🌝

Well-prepared with a pouch of pink-ribbon-wrapped Prosecco corks (of which I happen to have plenty 😜), Dan and I spent s...
01/13/2025

Well-prepared with a pouch of pink-ribbon-wrapped Prosecco corks (of which I happen to have plenty 😜), Dan and I spent several hours in the underground, dropping corks like Hansel and Gretel to ensure that we could find our way back out through the labyrinth of passages that we explored. We crawled and climbed and duck-walked and crab-scuttled as we progressed through this strange world below the lava crust of the Big Island of Hawaii 🖤 (retrieving corks again as we returned).

With a dancer’s grace, a Green Anole defies gravity.....on the side of our house in Papa'aloa, on the Big Island of Hawa...
01/12/2025

With a dancer’s grace, a Green Anole defies gravity.....on the side of our house in Papa'aloa, on the Big Island of Hawaii.

We all spent the day at our land in Papa'aloa yesterday, on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, getting our I...
01/11/2025

We all spent the day at our land in Papa'aloa yesterday, on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, getting our Io's Nest vacation rental ready for guests. It was a big preparation because we've been working on improvements and repairs for the past few months, as the rain and sun and wind take their toll on this small home exposed to the elements -- and the isolated off-grid living requires careful upkeep of the water and electric systems, as well as the fencing to try to keep the wild boars out and the cows and donkeys in... But it's all buttoned up now and ready to go!

In our neck of the woods, here on our little street in Volcano Village on the Big Island of Hawaii, there are only a few...
01/10/2025

In our neck of the woods, here on our little street in Volcano Village on the Big Island of Hawaii, there are only a few things that well and truly herald the arrival of Winter... and these things have all now come to pass: The Japanese Maple has turned red, the pink Magnolia is in bloom, the peppermint Camellias are out in force, and the Persimmons tree has lost its leaves. We are in the heart of Winter, up here at 4000 feet elevation on the flank of Kilauea Volcano. 🤍

I'd been wanting to revisit this place for a while, so when Paul (the stranger from the Internet) came back to Volcano t...
01/09/2025

I'd been wanting to revisit this place for a while, so when Paul (the stranger from the Internet) came back to Volcano to visit his family, I seized the opportunity to have him accompany me to this slightly creepy cave. Paul's dad Dan also wanted to come along, so I led our trio on a hike of a few miles to an entry that I'd been to before -- and we shimmied down a tree while I pontificated about the almost sure possibility of another exit through a skylight that I'd noticed on my previous visit -- because Dan (who is in his 80s) was unsure about climbing the tree back out. We explored the cave, whose sandy floor had been sculpted to host a water catchment -- most likely used by ma*****na growers in the past -- and followed a lava tube toward the skylight where I thought we could exit. Whoops 🙃 -- I was wrong -- it was absolutely not possible to get out that way. We talked about maybe leaving Dan behind 😉, but with a little boost he did reemerge from the underworld. I hope I'll still be lava-tubing when I'm in my 80s!

When we all gathered for a family event at our daughter Olivia's house above Hilo, we witnessed this beautiful fog bow o...
01/08/2025

When we all gathered for a family event at our daughter Olivia's house above Hilo, we witnessed this beautiful fog bow out over the ocean, and my brother Gary snapped this photo of it! Isn't planet Earth just grand?! 🌎🤍

A like-minded person on Instagram contacted me, wondering about some of the lava tubes I'd posted about. When he found ...
01/07/2025

A like-minded person on Instagram contacted me, wondering about some of the lava tubes I'd posted about. When he found me reluctant to divulge locations, he came up with the best suggestion -- that we go on a hunt together and find a tube that neither of us had seen before. And so we combined our enthusiasm and expertise 😉 (I guess I have some by now!) and had a rewarding day exploring new territory in the underground of the Big Island of Hawaii.

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VOLCANO HIDEAWAYS -- Vacation rentals on the Big Island of Hawaii, since 1996

On KILAUEA VOLCANO -- in Volcano Village: Oma's A-Frame The Maid's Quarters Haunani House On MAUNA KEA VOLCANO -- along the Hamakua Coast: Io's Nest Each rental house has a photo album on this site, and all have more information and booking instructions on our web site http://www.volcanovillage.net The business is owned and operated by Todd and Jillian Marohnic, who do all cleaning, maintenance, decorating and advertising. The rental properties belong to us as well. We live in Volcano Village, in a house neighboring the Kilauea rentals, and are available to assist guests with any problems or questions that they might have during their stay. The three houses on Kilauea Volcano are all neighbors on a small lane running through the residential historic district of Volcano Village, just outside of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The house on Mauna Kea Volcano, "Io's Nest", is situated in a remote location overlooking the Hamakua Coast.