Noelani School Field Trip to the Island of Hawai'i

Io Flament

Today we went to the Green Point Nursery (map point 7) where it was interesting to learn about those beautiful anthuriums. They come in different colors: light red, red, pink, white, green, purple, dark red. Our guide said that if you cross two anthuriums together, if you are lucky, you get a flower of different color.

Then, we went over to the Volcanoes National Park (map point 8). We learned about the different types of lava. We then hiked accross Kilauea Iki crater!

Crossing the Kilauea Iki crater....

Lava plates at the bottom of Kilauea Iki.

The vent from the Lava Fountain.

Boy was it a hot and long walk, but interesting. There were many ferns growing in the rain forest around the crater. I learned to tell which fern is which. There were also Lehua trees (when I came back with my family in the summer, I bought Lehua honey and Lehua honey wine made at the Volcano winery with honey from the Lehua blossoms).

Lehua trees near Kilauea Iki.

A lehua blossom.

Thurston Lava Tube.

After lunch, we saw two Nene geese eating 'ohelo' berries along the edge of the crater (click here to learn more about the Nene goose)

'ohelo' berries.

Then we visited the Mauna Loa macademia nut factory and tasted some chocolate macademia nuts.

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Copyright by Io Flament (1996)