A Unique Experience Of The Lower East Rift Zone!
Duration
2 Hour
About
During this tour, you will be provided with an intimate and unique experience told through the voices and faces of people who lived through and witnessed the 2018 Lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) eruption. This is a unique and one of kind experience that is not available anywhere else. We will drive you to two of the four different properties to explore where you will have the option of taking the guided tour or feel free to walk around on your own.
On the guided tour you will have the option of learning about the 2018 eruption, the history of each property and the opportunity to ask questions of the owners who witnessed the eruption first hand. Each property has its own story along with providing special features and views. For example, you can walk through a recently active fissure, feel 200-degree steam vents right from the ground and peer down an 80’ fracture in the earth that was recently spewing 2000 degree lava. That’s all just on one property!
The four choices of properties included in this tour are the Grand Canyon of Puna, the Cracked Yard and Gardens, the Fissures’ Views and Fissure 9, and the Remnants of a House.
What’s Included
- Access to four different properties
- One of a kind views and experiences not available anywhere else
- 360-degree views of the 2018 eruption
- The Grand Canyon of Puna. This must be seen to appreciate.
- Walk thru a recently active fissure
- 200-degree steam vents
- Ability to walk over still steaming cracks
- Walk around the remnants of a burned down home from the eruption
- Views of several of the fissures
- Sights, sounds, and smells of a recent eruption
- A garden yard with huge cracks all across it. This is the perfect place to see the new and the old
- Stories from firsthand accounts of people who lived through and witnessed the eruption
- Numerous photo opportunities
- Bottled water
- Restroom facilities
What to Bring
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Close-toed Shoes (MUST HAVE or you cannot participate in the tour)
- Weather appropriate attire
- Camera