Our tour guide, Lance, was engaging and knowledgeable, having grown up in Hilo 1/4 native Hawaiian. My wife and I were the only people on tour on this particular day, so we were able to do a few extra things due to the fact that it was just us!
Our local guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. The lava flow was impressive. Our tour was scheduled December 31 and some stops on the tour were closed as a result. The online description of the tour promises more than the tour entailed. We did not stop at a few of the sites. We simply rode by them.