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Bus from East Side to KOA? - randomq - 06-14-2017
What's the best way to get from Puna to KOA airport without a car?
Hele-on Hilo-Kona route (which stop?) and walk?
Hele-on and lyft/uber/cab?
Thumb out (and gas money) near commuter parking on Puainako?
Mahalo!
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - Kapoho Joe - 06-14-2017
ITO-KOA
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - randomq - 06-14-2017
Ha!
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - alaskyn66 - 06-14-2017
Why ain't there more people whith small planes ferrying people across the hump? To much regulation, insurance, and general red tape I suppose.
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - macuu222 - 06-14-2017
There's a bus that leaves Hilo terminal between 300am 400am weekdays only that goes to Kona and is the only one that travels on Hwy 19 the whole way. You just tell the driver to stop when he gets to the airport turnoff. Then you have to walk the rest of the way to the terminal. They don't make it easy...but it is doable
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - kalakoa - 06-14-2017
you have to walk the rest of the way to the terminal
It's only about 2/3 of a mile. With your luggage.
They don't make it easy
Maybe the "troubleshooter" can figure out an expensive solution during his 89-day tenure?
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - PaulW - 06-14-2017
Better off asking around or paying someone with nothing better to do.
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - Kapoho Joe - 06-14-2017
Try Craigslist Rideshare.
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - Carey - 06-14-2017
Although there is only one non-transfer way to get almost there, with a transfer at Hilton Waikoloa you can leave Hilo a little later & have the bus take you into KOA by leaving Hilo Bayfront Parking Lot bus stop (by the soccer fields) at 5:05am, arrive Hilton Waikoloa 7:15 leave Hilton on the Kona-Phala route at 7:60 arrive IN KOA at 8:30am
Waikoloa route schedule:
http://www.heleonbus.org/schedules-and-maps/hilo-waikoloa-resorts
Kona Pahala route schedule:
http://www.heleonbus.org/schedules-and-maps/pahala-south-kohala-resorts
ETA: bus transfers are free, just tell the driver when you get on that you would like a transfer & usually they ask where to.. & luggage other than a daypack-like size is an additional $1 per piece
RE: Bus from East Side to KOA? - leilanidude - 06-14-2017
Just rent a car in Hilo from one of the rental places with a non-airport location, to avoid the airport taxes. No drop-off fees from Hilo to Kona. Plus, you are in control of when you arrive.