You will fly over K-lauea, the most active volcano on earth. However, the windward side also catches enough rain to make Hilo the wettest city in the United States. All this water fills tunnels that once flowed with lava, creating incredible rivers, pools and waterfalls all over East Hawai’i. Hilo’s lush rain forests, Mauna Loa’s vistas and the plunging Wai‘-nuenue (Rainbow Falls), so named for the rainbows you can see in the mist when the early morning sunshine hits the water.
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