A Hawaii trip is easier to shape when the guides are organized around the decisions you need to make. Use this Hawaii travel planner to choose an island, find an...
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park offers a chance to understand a place through its cultural meaning, not only its coastal beauty. The royal grounds, the place of refuge and...
Hōlualoa offers a different rhythm from Kona’s waterfront. The upland village is associated with art and coffee, and it rewards a visit built around a few open businesses rather than...
Maunakea requires a different kind of planning from a coastal outing. The Visitor Information Station is already at high elevation, and the summit involves additional altitude, road and access considerations....
The choice between a volcano day trip and an overnight is really a choice about pace. A focused visit can work from Kona, but a traveler who wants several walks,...
A Kona manta experience can be a memorable evening, but it is a real ocean activity that deserves preparation. Choose it because the format suits you, not because a photograph...
A Kona coffee visit can explain the drink in your cup, the work behind it or the lives of the families who shaped the region. Those are related themes, but...
A day trip from Kona to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is a substantial outing. It works best when the park is the purpose of the day, with a few carefully...
Historic Kailua Village is easiest to appreciate at walking pace. The bay, royal history, shops and places to eat sit within a lively working town rather than a single enclosed...
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park brings cultural history and coastal ecology into the same outing. Fishponds, a fishtrap landscape, paths and shoreline habitat help visitors understand relationships between people, food and...