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LYMAN MISSION HOUSE & MUSEUM Missionaries from New KA’U DESERT This area appears to be a desert even though it re-
England came in 1832 and built this house in 1839. It is the oldest ceives substantial rainfall. However, fuming gasses from Kilauea Cal-
wooden house on the Big Island. Upstairs is the Island Heritage Gal- dera cause the rain to become acidic and thus lethal to plant life.
lery. Next door is the Earth Heritage Gallery with its mineral collec-
tion. The Lyman Museum is located at 276 Halai St. (808) 935-5021. NENE The Hawaiian Goose, which is the state bird,nests in this area.
DEVASTATION TRAIL 1/2 mile path where the forest was destroyed
IMILOA ASTRONOMY CENTER OF HAWAII Extraordinary,modern by the volcano in 1959. The earth is scorched and the trees are torched.
new planetarium for visitors and locals to enjoy one of The Big Island’s
greatest assets - a look at our Universe. Hawaii boasts the world’s THURSTON (NAHAKU) LAVA TUBE Short hike through a lava
greatest astronomical observatories. This center brings the view and a tube in the middle of a lush fern forest. It is usually cool and damp
wealth of knowledge right to you. here.

SHOPPING CENTERS KILAUEA IKI TRAIL Moderate 4-mile trail from the Kilauea Vol-
cano Visitor Center, down through fern forests into the fuming Kilau-
A Hilo Shopping Ctr. ea Iki Crater, and then across the crater floor, where a 1959 eruption
B Kaikoo Mall blasted lava 1900 feet into the air for 36 days.
C Kinoole Shopping Ctr.
D Prince Kuhio Plaza VOLCANO VILLAGE In the cool rainforest near the park entry is an
E Puainako Town Ctr. artists’ colony with numerous bed-and-breakfast cottages, including
F Waiakea Shopping Ctr. the famous Volcano House. Reservations: (808) 967-7321
G Waiakea Kai Plaza
AKATSUKA ORCHID GARDENS Has one of the largest orchid col-
MAUNA LOA MACADAMIA NUT ORCHARD & FACTORY lections in Hawaii. Free self-guided tours reveal rare orchids as well
Visitor Center - Home of the original Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts. as common species from around the world. New orchid varieties are

Free admission and samples. created with cross pollination. Agriculturally inspected orchid plants
and flowers can be shipped home. (808) 967-8234.
KILAUEA VOLCANO HAWAII VOCANOES NATIONAL PARK

HALEMA’UMA’U TRAIL Moderate 3.5-mile hike from the Visi-
tor Center, 500 feet down into the Kilauea Crater, and across to the
other-worldly Halema’uma’u Overlook. The Overlook is more easily
approached from the parking turnout on Crater Rim Drive.