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The Puna District
The Big Island's fastest growing place
Kalapana, Opihikao and Kapoho Pictures and info
The Puna district is probably the most diverse area on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is a place where you can experience untouched Hawaiian nature, magical places like Lava Tree State Monument, Kipuka Puaulu (the Bird Sanctuary) and the Kilauea Volcano in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Puna’s economy mainly comes from agriculture with some of the best growers of fruits like papaya, bananas, tropical flowers like orchids, anthuriums, ginger flower, heliconia and bird of paradise, tropical trees, veggies and coffee.
But there is also a large community of artists and alternative medicine practitioners present, which add to the colorful and bright atmosphere of this district.
The climate could be called mild tropical climate with an abundance of rain, especially in the northern parts and areas of higher elevation. The terrain is characterized by gentle slopes with no defined waterways. Although rainfall is occasionally very heavy (one storm in 2003 brought 36 inches (90 cm) of rain in 24 hours), flooding is rare due to the slope and porosity of the volcanic rock. The vegetation ranges from rainforest to desert shrub and coastal strand. Large areas of native forest are present in the Wao Kele o Puna and Kahauala tracts.
Visitors and residents- Help us edit this Puna District Pictures page. You can be the travel writer and photographer. Submit your comments and pictures to help keep this site updated and current. We'd like to see pictures of Pahoa and Puna town buildings, schools, restaurants, churches, etc. See Home page for details.
