Kilauea Iki Trail - Valcano National Park

Kilauea Iki Trail is located inside the Volcano National Park. The hike going down into the crater is easy. Walking across the crater is a great experience. There very little vegetation on the crater floor. But if you get a chance to hike this trail, take in nature because in a few years, the crater floor will be covered with lush vegetation and eventually turn into a forest area.

Pace yourself hiking back up from the crater floor. The walls of the crater is steep and the switchback is short. The weather in the park is cooler than most parts of the island and the breeze really helps on the hike up.

 View on the hike going down to Kilauea Iki Crater. The plume in the background is from an active lave flow from Halema'uma'u Crater. The best place to view this is from the Jagger Museum inside the Valocano National Park. It's a short drive from this trail. 

 Start of the trail at the bottom of the crater wall.

 View of the trail as I'm crossing across the crater. It may look deserted now but in a few years, this too will be overgrown with plants.

Opposite view of the crater after crossing the crater wall.