While there are overnight accommodations available outside of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, there’s only one lodge within the park. If you can snag one of the 33 rooms at Volcano House, owned by Hawai’i Volcanoes Lodge Company, you are in for a treat.
Volcano House at night, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park / NPS - Janice Wei
Currently located across the road from the park’s visitor center, historic Volcano House hotel has existed in various forms and locations at the summit of Kīlauea since 1846. A better inn was built in 1866, then a more permanent inn was built in 1877 in a different location. A two-story Victorian-style addition was built in 1891 and renovations occurred in 1921. In 1940, Volcano House burnt to the ground and a new Volcano House rose up from the ashes like a phoenix to open for business in 1941.
The 1891 Volcano House Hotel as seen around 1920, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park / NPS archives
In addition to the rooms, this hotel offers a restaurant serving world-class meals, a lounge, snack bar, gift shop, and lobby.
A cioppino appetizer from the Volcano House dining room, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park / Rebecca Latson
Cultural demonstrations and events are held at this hotel located at the rim of Kīlauea caldera with a view toward Halema'uma'u crater.
There’s a sun room from which you can sit in wicker chairs to watch Kīlauea steam during the day.
The view from the Volcano House sunroom, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park / Rebecca Latson
At night, while enjoying your dinner, you can enjoy the full glow of the volcano from any of the dining room’s floor-to-ceiling windows.
Three types of rooms are offered, many with views of Halema'uma'u crater. For 2024, prices range from $219 to $455 per night, not including taxes.
A cioppino appetizer from the Volcano House dining room, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park / Rebecca Latson
If you aren’t able to spend a night or two at Volcano House, there are places to lay your head all around the Big Island.
Kīlauea's nighttime glow as seen from Volcano House, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park / Rebecca Latson
