• Halema`uma`u Just Before Dawn

    Hawai'i Volcanoes

    National Park Hawai'i

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The National Park Service has designated the following fee free days for 2013:

January 21, 2013 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
April 22-26, 2013 (National Park Week)
July 13, 2013 (33rd Annual Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Cultural Festival)
August 25, 2013 (National Park Service Birthday)
September 28, 2013 (National Public Lands Day)
November 9-11, 2013 (Veterans Day weekend)

Park entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees will be waived on these days.

Did You Know?

Lei made of `a`ali`i and native ferns.

`A`ali`i (Dodonaea viscosa) is an important shrub with many traditional Hawaiian uses.  Its hard and durable wood makes a fine spear.  Seed pods are fashioned into beautiful lei, while its red capsules can be boiled to make dye.