My wife & I wanted to tour the 2018 Kilauea eruption area with a guide without having to start a 6-hour tour in Hilo that included other stops that didn't interest us. Scott's Apau Hawaii Tours filled this need. You're basically buying his time and truck (seating for up to four guests) at a flat rate. He'll take you where you want to go with a descriptive narrative to go with it. He lived through this eruption. Before our tour, I did send Scott a request that he replied negatively to. However, out of the blue during our tour, he said "I don't normally do this," and proceeded to take us to exactly what I requested and that was the highlight of our day. I guess my advice is to go ahead and ask for whatever you want to do and see and you might just get it. Scott's lava lot has a route mapped out where he tells you about all of it as you go through it. If you can't do the three hour tour, the one hour at his lava lot is worth doing. And, he encouraged us to take some lava rocks a

Scott was the most informed tour guide. He answered all of our questions, and showed us things that we would have never seen or knkwn.

If I could give Scott 10 stars I would! We visited the lava lot, it was AMAZING! Have followed Scott through the fissure 8 eruption, so it was incredible to see all of the lava up close and personal. We got to see the "lava river", Pele's hair, and lava that is indescribably beautiful. The colors, the layers, it was the BEST tour I have ever been on! Scott is extremely knowledgeable about everything volcano, no questions he couldn't answer! THANK YOU SCOTT!

Scott is a fantastic guide, knowledgeable and warm. I thoroughly enjoyed the Kilauea eruption tour and highly recommend this to anyone wanting to see the Volcano’s eruption power firsthand! Hawaii at its best. Worth every penny!!

After following Scott's remarkable documentation of the 2018 Kilauea eruption on You Tube, I was blessed to be able to actually get to meet him and go on one of his tours along with 2 of my closest friends. Scott picked us up at the Hilo airport in his immaculate truck, and proceeded to thrill us for over 5 hours. The highlight of course was being able to climb to the top of Fissure #8. You can tell that Scott loves everything about nature, and specifically Hawaii. As many times as he has walked out on that lava field, he is still like a kid in a candy store...pointing out amazing colors and features as we walked. I can tell this will never get old for him. If you plan on being in Hawaii, you CANNOT GO WRONG by booking a tour with Scott. You will see things you will remember for the rest of your life.