Exploring Kazumura Cave On Hawai'i's Big Island

Climbing down a crooked ladder. Scrambling over moss laden rocks tossed around with no mercy for ankle joints. And then peering into the darkness fore and aft in this 25' wide hole in the Hawai'ian countryside. This is how I first came to enter the Kazumura Cave, the world's longest and deepest lava tube.

Formed in multiple eruptions from Kilauea, the tube now extends some 40 miles on land and untold miles below the sea. What used to be filled with 2000 degree Fahrenheit lava (it is known as magma when below the surface and lava when above) is now a prime adventure with such variety in length that a mere three hour tour seems like the ultimate tease.

I was invited by Curtis Hill of Kilauea Caverns of Fire to take a trip below the lush growth on the Big Island's East side for a trip through rock and history with one of his top guides, Jeffrey.

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