The Big Island has been voted The Best Island in the World for snorkelling and swimming with the dolphins, calm sheltered bays that are a Kayaker's dream come true and we are sitting right on top of the best bay on the Island (Captain Cook and Hilo Bay) the big island offers a 13,500 foot volcano, the tallest mountain in the world. From the bottom to the top, tropical rainforest, and miles of white, black and even green sand beaches! Pineapple Park is in the middle of it all, with locations in Captain Cook Kona and another 100 miles away in Hilo and Volcano in Mountain View (14 miles outside of Hilo).

(Map) Pineapple Park Kona is on the sunny side, near snorkelling and kayaking beaches and Iron Man Triathlon Race. It is located ten miles south of Kona above beautiful Kealakekua Bay in Captain Cook. It is ideally located for exploring the west side of the island. Swim with green sea turtles and brightly coloured fish at Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kayak among dolphins to the village site where Captain Cook was mistaken for the Hawaiian god, Lono.

(Map) Pineapple Park Volcano is located on a four acre estate surrounded by a young tropical jungle 13 miles from Hawaii Volcano National Park with Kayaks in town for your convenience. The Volcanoes National Park is the destination of scientists and tourists who come to witness a live volcano and see new land being created. Walk across a crater and through a hollow lava tube. Watch Goddess Pele let off steam. See ancient petroglyphs carved into lava rock and much more!

(Map) Pineapple Park Hilo is great to explore the East side of the island from this inn located in town at Palani and Kalanikoa Hilo is steeped in history, you will visit the Lyman Museum and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. The east side of the Big Island has a reputation for flowers. Just outside of town, you will visit Rainbow Falls, Boiling Pots, Kaumana Cave and Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens. In Hilo, you will go to the Suisan Fish Auction, then walk Banyan Drive and ander through Lili'uokalani Gardens, a Japanese-influenced landscape.

Pineapple Park offers affordable V.I.P. private rooms with private bath or private room shared bath between $ 65 to 85 and dormitory bunks for single and student travellers for $ 25. If you like crowds and the city night life, go to Oahu. Waikiki and Honolulu are teaming with tourists. But if you like intimacy come to the big island and experience the peace and beauty of a truly special place.