From the moment we were picked up by the large Mercedes mini bus we were treated to the best tour ever. Our driver/tour guide, Derek Stuart, was friendly and professional giving us lots of information, history and stories about Big Island. We stopped at 9 different places during the tour which lasted 12 hours. The mini bus was clean, comfortable, air conditioned and spacious. My favourite places were Bay View Farm where we sampled real Kona Coffee, black sand turtle beach, National Park Volcano crater and Akaka Falls. We went through different climate/weather conditions from desert heat to rainforest torrential rain. It was fun, informative and made perfect by Derek who did all he could to make sure we had a great time. I would highly recommend this tour. It was expensive but well worth the money.