Huaka'i Educational Programs for Schools

Register for a Ranger Led or Self-Guided Program

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park provides excellent learning opportunities on diverse subjects such as biology, geology, and cultural history.

Register using the form below regardless of whether you are requesting a ranger led field trip or planning a self-guided educational program. 

  • Registration is required for all school and education groups visiting the park.
  • Request a program at least six weeks in advance.
  • Ranger led in-person programs are offered Tuesdays through Fridays between 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • All field trips are curriculum-based and free of charge.
  • For every ranger led field trip, we require a 10 to 1, student to chaperone ratio.
  • Due to road safety concerns, large buses, defined as more than 26 feet in length and/or more than eight feet wide, are restricted from driving in most areas of the park. They can travel along Crater Rim Drive West between the park entrance and Uēkahuna and on Mauna Loa Road to Kīpukapuaulu trailhead.
  • TEACHERS PLEASE READ these special instructions for form fields below:
    • Alternative date(s) field: In addition to alternative dates, for groups staying overnight in the park, please indicate your arrival and departure dates and if you are staying at Kilauea Military Camp or a campground.
    • Mode of transportation field: Be sure to indicate the types (car, 15 passenger van, mini/full-sized bus) and number of vehicles you will be using.
    • Academic fee waiver section
    1. Accredited schools with students ages 15 and under, who are visiting the park for a curriculum-based program, no longer need to apply for a fee waiver for free entry. A reasonable number of teachers and chaperones will be included for free entry. Check "no" on this section unless your group includes students ages 16 and older.
    2. If you have filled out the waiver section, when you reach the bottom of the form, carefully click the box next to "By checking this box I acknowledge that I have read the Acknowledgement" and the green submit button. Be sure your check mark and submission go through.

NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021)
National Park Service

OMB Control No. 1024-0228
Expiration Date 11/31/2025

Disclaimer:

A park representative will follow-up to confirm group details once this request has been received and reviewed.


NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021)
National Park Service

OMB Control No. 1024-0228
Expiration Date 11/31/2025

Notices

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: Public Law 114-289 National Park Service Centennial Act and 54 U.S.C. 100701 Protection, interpretation, and research in System.

Purpose: To administer education programs for education audiences including but not limited to school groups, scouting groups, extracurricular groups, and home school groups.

Routine Uses: To effectively manage requests for education received by the NPS, the Education Reservation Request Form is used to collect basic education reservation information to facilitate operational aspects of scheduling groups for park education programs, including in-park education programs, ranger in classroom programs, and/or online distance learning programs.

Disclosure: Voluntary, however, failure to provide the requested information may impede the ability to grant your education reservation request.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

We are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to provide park managers and educators the information needed to schedule and conduct education program activities. All applicable parts of the form must be completed in order for your request to be considered. You are not required to respond to this or any other Federal agency-sponsored information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned control number 1024-0288.

Estimated Burden Statement

Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Do not send your completed form to this address.

Last updated: September 24, 2024

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Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 52
Hawaii National Park, HI 96718

Phone:

808 985-6011

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