Hawaii, Hawaii Bed and Breakfast, Vacation, Travel, Bed and Breakfast, Inns Accommodation, lodging, Motel, Hotel, Big Island, vacation property, waterfalls, waterfall, whales, whale watching, vacation rental, resort, lodging, accommodations, condo, condominiums, vacation rentals, rentals, windsurfing, rollerblading, snorkelling, swimming, windsurfing, ocean front, beach front, weekly rates, winds, blue water, snorkeling, quality, ocean view, honeymoon, second honeymoon, romantic getaway, palm trees, affordable accommodations, tropical, tropical breezes, sunrise, private, windsurf, warm water, golfing, hawaii beaches, windsurfing, hawaiian islands, sun bathe, non smoking, nonsmoking. CHECK AVAILABILITY ONLINE (Select your check-in date to see availability calendar. Close the calendar window to return to this page.). Taking off from our airport on the north shore of Oahu in our brand new motorglider. You and your pilot make the 10 minute flight to the Koolau Mountains... and Then, at about 3000 feet, youR pilot shuts off a perfectly good engine! You are now experiencing the quite sensation of pure flight... no sound, but the wind rushing past your wings... soaring effortlessly like a bird... fueled only by the steady tradewinds that grace the remote, lush valleys of the the Hawaiian Islands. Motorgliders are a relatively new class of airplane that incorporates the best performance features of both pure gliders and energy efficient powered aircraft. If you have ever gone up in a glider, you know what an exhilarating feeling it is to fly like a bird no sound, no vibration. Just the sound of the wind rushing past your wings. Its truly one of those you must try this at least once in your life experiences that cannot be missed. Gliders require a tow plane to get you to elevation, and the requisite pilot to tow you up, and wear and tear fuel oil and maintenance on two aircraft. Motorgliders are able to fly to the best soaring grounds, turn off their engines, feather the prop... and glide... gaining altitude by thermaling (spiraling tightly around a rising thermal airmass) or harnessing ridge lift caused by our steady tradewinds hitting our steep mountains that cause tremendous lift. No tow plane or pilot is necessary!! If you are going to be on Oahu during your vacation, and want to try something completely new and exciting, then come out to the North Shore for a change of pace. Dillingham airport is about a 30 minute drive from Waikiki. Click here for an exciting slideshow of a Samba Flight! Our fleet of motorgliders take advantage of the best wind-powered lifts in the US! Flights starting from - $89.00. Waimea Bay - Sunset Beach Ridge Soaring - $125. Koolau Soaring Sacred Falls Flight - $199. Kauai Adventure - Soar the Napali Coast*. Molokai Adventure - Fly to Molokai/Lunch at Kalaupapa*. * (Prices available upon request for Kauai Molokai Adventures). SAFE: Our fleet of motorgliders are brand new and are piloted by very experienced FAA certified Flight Instructors. ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY: Our planes use only enough fuel to get aloft. The rest of your flight relies on the power we harness from our famous Trade Winds and the tremendous lift they produce. PERSONAL SERVICE: Our motorgliders seat only two people, side by site. This allows for a very personal experience. Every flight is instructional... Learn about the mechanics of powered flight and thechniques of soaring from take off to landing. Your receipt is a Flight log notating your instruction and signed off by your Pilot. For Reservations Call: 808-637-9470. When you call for your reservation, mention waterfall.net and receive a 10% discount! (Due to the extreme angle of the fisheye lens used for the virtual tour, the waterfall appears much futher away from the house than it really is...). © 2004 - 2008 The Inn at Kulaniapia Falls, All Rights Reserved - Maintenance by. Hawaii, Hawaii Bed and Breakfast, Vacation, Bed and Breakfast, Inns Accommodation, lodging, Motel, Hotel, Big Island, vacation property, waterfalls, waterfall, whales, whale watching, vacation rental, resort, lodging, accommodations, condo, condominiums, vacation rentals, rentals, windsurfing, rollerblading, snorkelling, swimming, windsurfing, ocean front, beach front, weekly rates, winds, blue water, snorkeling, quality, ocean view, honeymoon, second honeymoon, romantic getaway, palm trees, affordable accommodations, tropical, tropical breezes, sunrise, private, windsurf, warm water, golfing, hawaii beaches, windsurfing, hawaiian islands, sun bathe, non smoking, nonsmoking

Captain Cook/Puuhonua o Honaunau (Place of Refuge) - Both sites on the Kona Coast offer short, picturesque trails. Devastation Trail - A short trek of less than a mile makes its way through an ohia forest that was engulfed by volcanic fallout in 1959. Kilauea Iki Trail - The 2.5-hour, 2.5-mile hike starts on Crater Rim Drive in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and goes down and across the floor of the crater with its cinder cones and steam fissures. Check in with rangers before departing. Open daily. Park admission. (808) 967-7311. Kipuka Puaulu (Bird Park) Hike - A one-hour, 1.1-mile trip along a nature trail through a native Hawaiian forest at the 4,100-foot elevation in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. View native plants or rare and endangered Hawaiian birds. Check in with rangers before departing. Open daily. Park admission. (808) 967-7311. Waipio/Waimanu/Pololu Valley Trails - Start at the Waipio Valley Lookout and take the dirt road for one mile into the valley. A two- to three-day trip is necessary to penetrate the valley, but the experience includes a rare view of the twin 1,000-foot waterfalls of Hiilawe. Kaumana Caves - These lava tubes, located at a site on Highway 200, were formed by the Mauna Loa eruption of 1881, which came closer to Hilo than any other on record. The cave leading toward Hilo ranges from 2.5 to 5.5 feet high and 10 to 50 feet wide and is good for a half-mile exploration. The other cavern is dangerous and should remain off limits. Thurston Lava Tube Trail - Located 2 miles from the visitor center, just off Crater Rim Drive, the trail offers an opportunity to walk through a giant lava tube and traverse a short trail through the fern forest surrounding it. Open daily, 7:45 a.m. - 5 p.m. Park admission. (808) 967-7311. Captain Cook Monument - The spot where Captain Cook first landed in the islands, in Kealakekua Bay near Napoopoo, is marked by a submerged plaque that can be read through the water. The best views are offered by boats that cruise the bay. The Home of Pele- Marvel at the ongoing growth of the Big Island at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which encompasses Mauna Loa (Long Mountain), its summit caldera, and the even-more-active Kilauea Caldera on its eastern flank. You can see a lot in a day at the park, though a week there will leave you wishing you didn't have to depart. There are a range of trails and walks suited for people at every physical level. There are half-hour and hour walks through sulfur banks, past steam vents, and even through a lava tube. Families with young children find Devastation Trail (an area of the park covered by lava in 1959) especially intriguing. Little ones enjoy the novelty of the planked walk (to minimize human impact on the area), and school-aged children marvel at how quickly nature has reclaimed the expanses of lava. People with a bit more time and stamina enjoy the variety of trails that weave along the crater's rim. If you've got time for just one walk, make it the four-mile Kilauea Iki Trail. You'll walk through native rainforest into a crater and across 35-year-old lava flows that are still steaming! At an elevation of more than 13,600 feet, the summit of Mauna Loa is a rugged 18 miles from the central part of the park; if you're in good physical shape, have three or four days to dedicate to the trek, and can supply yourself with equipment for winter mountaineering, this backcountry adventure is one you'll never forget. A good introduction to the area is the 11-mile Crater Rim Drive, which circles the Kilauea Caldera, passes a several craters and is a convenient starting point for a number of trails. Another scenic drive is the Chain of Craters Road, which travels downslope and deadness where the road is covered by lava. (People who've made the drive regularly remember when it was both longer and shorter a trip.) Kilauea Caldera and the Kilauea Visitor Center are about 4,000 feet above sea level; skies can be blazingly clear or misty and rainy any time of year. Bring a jacket and long pants and wear closed-toe shoes with good treads. The Volcano House Hotel includes a cafeteria where you can purchase meals, snacks and hot and cold beverages. For information on current volcanic activity, call 808/967-7977. Lava Tree State Monument - A forest of these unusual volcanic features is located off Pahoa-Pohoiki Road (Highway 132), 2.7 miles southeast of Pahoa. A lava flow once swept through this forested area, creating molds of the tree trunks. Picnicking allowed, but there is no drinking water available. Mauna Kea - The summit of this mountain, reaching 13,796 feet above sea level, is often snow capped from fall to spring, gifting snow skiers with the only winter activity of its kind in the state. Mauna Kea- An hour's drive from and 9,300 feet above the Pacific, the University of Hawaii's Visitors' Information Station on the flank of Mauna Kea is the portal for your trek to the heavens. The summit of this massive Big Island mountain is above much of the atmosphere. It's clear and dark, providing optimal conditions for the international-caliber astronomers who staff the nine high-tech telescopes that dot the summit. The 10-meter (394-inch) Keck I optical/infrared telescope, the world's largest, is so powerful it discerns details no other human or telescope can. Four more telescopes are being built, with the last scheduled for completion in 1999. It's also got snow. Some years, there's enough snow to enable competitions to be staged. That's why visitors are well-advised to bring warm clothing, headwear and footwear; even though it's balmy at the beach, it can get tooth-chatteringly cold in short order on Mauna Kea. The Visitors' Information Station hosts free afternoon tours of the 13,800-foot summit of Mauna Kea and free evening stargazing sessions at the center.

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