On the Big Island, the public bus system is pretty good and is free except they charge extra ($1 per item) if you are carrying extra bags or big luggage/surfboards, etc.

One of the bus routes runs right past the Radio Bay gate.

To get to the pick-up spot, walk out of the gate, turn right, and walk down the street about a block to the Chinese take-out place (it’s just past the Tesoro depot and right before a motorcycle shop.

Pickup times are 7:10, 8:10, 9:10, 10:10, 11:10, 1:45, 2:45, 3:45 & 4:50. No buses on Sundays.

As an alternative option if remaining in Hilo for a while is to buy ‘taxi tickets’. This is a system where you buy a packet of taxi tickets and is much cheaper than the normal fare -$2 for one person one-way to the mall vs. $11-12 without a ticket (!!). See the downtown tourist information center for the details. They tend not to sell them when the cruise ship is in as this is a system designed for locals, not tourists. The coupons are for a specific taxi company.

Bobbie’s Taxi

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