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.

A crater becomes a caldera... In May of 2018, after 68 total collapse events at Kilauea Volcano's summit -- each one gen...
06/15/2025

A crater becomes a caldera... In May of 2018, after 68 total collapse events at Kilauea Volcano's summit -- each one generating an earthquake of Magnitude 5.3 or above on a daily basis -- the dust finally settled and Halema'uma'u had more than doubled in size, with its diameter now at 1 X 1.3 km. With the geological definition of a caldera being "a collapse feature greater than 1 km that forms above an underlying magma chamber", Halema'uma'u Crater had become a caldera, nested inside of Kilauea Caldera. It's official name, however, would remain "Halema'uma'u Crater" so as to avoid confusion. I've had people try to correct me when I refer to Halema'uma'u as a caldera, sometimes shouting at me in ALL CAPS to show how incensed they are -- so to them I say you should know your stuff before hitting that Caps Lock key! 😄
I put this comparison together using an aerial shot (public domain) by the Hawaii County Civil Defense from May 2018 displayed above a satellite image from Google Maps of Kilauea's summit before the collapse.

I went exploring with Paul, the stranger from the Internet who has returned once again to visit the island where he grew...
06/14/2025

I went exploring with Paul, the stranger from the Internet who has returned once again to visit the island where he grew up. I've hiked with him twice before, so he's more familiar to me now but no less strange 😉. We entered a gritty little lava tube near the coast that was full of pinkish red sand. It had lots of personality and texture and we enjoyed the short excursion through its shark-toothed interior. While the volcano is amping up for another eruption, it's fun to visit its creations from the past.

Our vacation rental guest flew in a day early from Oahu to catch the eruption as it was fountaining on Wednesday. He mi...
06/13/2025

Our vacation rental guest flew in a day early from Oahu to catch the eruption as it was fountaining on Wednesday. He missed it by half an hour, but got some great images of the glowing lava in Halema'uma'u Crater in the post-eruption phase under the moonlight. I've never gone out after the fountains have stopped, but next time I think I will!
Thanks to Rex Jakobovits for sharing these photos!

06/12/2025

Kilauea Episode 25 fountaining in the early afternoon of 11 June 2025. Watch carefully for the three bright white Tropicbirds doing a flyby right in front of the molten arch about half way through...
Sound ON to hear the volcano roar and the birds chirp!

"I've been everywhere, man..." I walked for hours along the trails at the east side of Kilauea Caldera yesterday, taking...
06/12/2025

"I've been everywhere, man..." I walked for hours along the trails at the east side of Kilauea Caldera yesterday, taking shots over the trees and through the trees of the Episode 25 fountaining. No matter where you go, the view is good! With the park crowded to bursting, I was still able to be completely alone at times, just by putting miles between me and the crowds! It was a joy to see this episode and I feel so bad for people who were snarled up in traffic as they attempted to maneuver through the round-about construction and detours at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park entrance. 😟

06/12/2025

Kilauea Volcano's Episode 25 fountaining on the afternoon of 11 June 2025! I wanna say that fountain is at least 1200 feet high 🧐

Kilauea Volcano's Episode 25 started fountaining this afternoon, 11 June 2025, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and I w...
06/12/2025

Kilauea Volcano's Episode 25 started fountaining this afternoon, 11 June 2025, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and I was out the door in a flash, knowing that the traffic and the parking on this state holiday was going to be a nightmare. I did manage to reach the caldera edge as the fountain was getting vigorous and roaring like a jet engine -- and I walked the trails for a couple of hours taking photos. Here are a few to start with and I'll sort through more tomorrow! What a great eruption it was!

Yesterday I roamed the trails of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, circling Kilauea summit in the hopes that the volcano w...
06/11/2025

Yesterday I roamed the trails of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, circling Kilauea summit in the hopes that the volcano would start fountaining while I was in the vicinity... but it didn't! It was a drizzly day and beautiful... as it always is. I imagine Episode 25 will give us a show today!

Scenes from wanderings along the wild and colorful coast of the Ka'u district of the Big Island of Hawaii... arches, cra...
06/10/2025

Scenes from wanderings along the wild and colorful coast of the Ka'u district of the Big Island of Hawaii... arches, cracks, crusted stones and sea critters...

What comes out of a volcano? Here's some of the stuff I've run into during my wanderings around Kilauea and Mauna Loa v...
06/09/2025

What comes out of a volcano? Here's some of the stuff I've run into during my wanderings around Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Left to right, top to bottom:
Reticulite, ash, sulphur
Sand, lapilli, olivine
Lava flakes, Pele's Hair, cinder

Yesterday, in the aftermath of Kilauea Volcano's Episode 24, I returned to the Ka'u Desert, downwind of the eruption, wi...
06/08/2025

Yesterday, in the aftermath of Kilauea Volcano's Episode 24, I returned to the Ka'u Desert, downwind of the eruption, with the intent to photograph Pele's Hair, as I had done before. What I didn't expect was that the whole area was covered in reticulite -- a form of pumice -- crisp, frothy, and light as feathers. It was impossible to walk along without crunching it underfoot and hearing the clink, clink, clink as the pieces tossed along the ground in the wind gusts. Not until I leaned in close to photograph a plump lehua blossom did I realized that the trees were full of reticulite as well -- small pieces trapped within the blossoms and larger chunks suspended in the branches of the predominant Ohias. I was just reading that reticulite develops only in very high lava fountains, ~1000 ft or higher, that shoot rapidly from the vent — no wonder there is so much of it suddenly In the desert! 😲

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Keaau, HI
96785

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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.