To do's on the big island?

Bus is fairly cheap and available.... I'm heading for Easter and plan on not renting a car. Using bus and Uber (which is expensive hence bus)

I have a snorkling adventure, walk to a inactive volcano, and mostly sight seeing

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Bus is fairly cheap and available.... I'm heading for Easter and plan on not renting a car. Using bus and Uber (which is expensive hence bus) I have a snorkling adventure, walk to a inactive volcano, and mostly sight seeing

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Rental cars are cheap on the Big Island. Unlike the mainland, cars don’t easily shuffle between different car rental locations to meet demand.

I can't imagine trying to see the Big Island without a car.

Volcanoes National Park will take a full day. You'll want to drive the Chain of Craters road, hike around Kilauea Iki, walk in the lava tube, see the fern forest, etc. I enjoyed staying a night in the nearby town of Volcano so that I could go back in at night and see the red glow coming up from the lava in the Kilauea crater. Even though there is a lava tube in the part, it's not nearly as impressive as some of the tubes that lie outside the park on private property. Some of those lava tube caves are amazing, and I recommend the one that I did, LINK.

You could spend a couple of days seeing everything on the east and north coasts: Akaka Falls, the town of Honokaa (which feels like "Old Hawaii" from the 1920s, and the Waipio Valley are all very much worth your time.

You definitely need a 4WD if you want to drive down into the Waipio Valley. Otherwise, you need to park your car and hike for a while.

I didn't have time to see much on the south and west coasts, tour the observatory, or to tour one of the big ranches, so I know that I missed a lot.

We like the Big Island. Take a ride to Southpoint and jump into ocean. Snorkel at 2 step is pretty amazing and easy. Green sand beach is beautiful.