While Waikiki is Hawaii’s tourist mecca, with no shortage of foot traffic, there are plenty of spots across Hawaii that are great to meander, take in the local culture and cuisine and find hidden gems on foot. Get started with these and you may just discover a few new favorite places. 1. Kaimuki, Oahu The sidewalks […]
Not quite into surfing? Here’s a gentler alternative. Stand up paddle boarding (SUP) as we know today is said to have originated in Hawaii, so it’s no wonder locals know the best, calmest waters to paddle out in. Try out these spots for some leisurely exploration. Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu.Photo: Caroline Charles/Thinkstock Ala
It’s summer. You’re ready to chill at the beach, fire up the grill or hit the asphalt on a road trip. And you’re thinking, “Gee, I really wish I had some of the awesome Hawaii music from HAWAII Magazine’s ‘Essential Summer Tunes’ playlists ready to roll on my iPod.” We’ll, perhaps you’re not exactly thinking
There are 35 miles of winding Hana Highway curves and breathtaking east Maui coastline separating the picturesque taro farms of the Keanae Peninsula and the remote, sparsely populated seaside outpost of Kaupo. And on every one of the dozen or so drives I’d taken along the Hana Coast over the last couple of decades, I’d
For 15 minutes this spring I was the southernmost person in the United States. It happened near the beginning of my morning exploring the near-flat swath of dry, wildly windswept coastal grasslands and dirt dunes surrounding Ka Lae, the geographic southernmost point of the Big Island and the Hawaiian Islands. I was standing on a
Though our state still imports 85 percent of its food from the U.S. mainland and international sources, a growing number of Hawaii farmers, ranchers and food producers are trimming that dependency with edibles born, raised and/or created right here in the Islands. This is fantastic news for folks like us who appreciate, say, a tomato
I’m seven minutes into the wildest, fastest and wettest open-ocean ride I’ve ever taken when the inflatable raft I’m in smacks head on into an oncoming wave and goes airborne. I’ve been told this would happen. In fact, I’ve actually been told by one of my guides that if we were fortunate this will happen
Great food. Great wine. Great location. Awesome weekend. That’s the annual draw of the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival, which kicks off its 31st edition this Friday, June 8, at west Maui’s luxe Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Resort. If you’re on Maui this weekend and fancy yourself something of an epicure and/or oenophile, you won’t find a
Big Island vocalist/songwriter/musician Kuana Torres Kahele and his debut solo album Kaunaloa collected the most nominations for the 35th annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for Hawaii music. Kahale, a founding member of multi-Hoku-award-winning duo Na Palapalai, has 10 nominations on the 2012 Na Hoku Hanohano ballot, released last week. Na Hoku Hanohano music award winners
On winter days when swells born hundreds of miles away in the tempestuous North Pacific finally make landfall on the world-famous surf breaks of Oahu’s North Shore, they provide a spectacle not to be missed. Scores of professional surfers from Hawaii and around the world take to the churning ocean with hopes of snagging perfect
Haliimaile. Makawao. Olinda. Ulupalakua, Keokea, Pukalani. The turnoff signs for the half dozen or so towns that stretch across the cool, green and serene belt of pastures, farms and forests of Upcountry Maui begin to appear one by one as you ascend past the 1,000-foot elevation marker sign on busy Haleakala Highway. In the January/February
Like the photo above as much as we do? It’s the grand prize-winning entry of HAWAII Magazine’s 13th Annual Photo Contest. Last May, we asked HAWAII readers to send us their best photos of the Islands. We gave them four categories to enter their photos into: Oahu; Maui, Molokai and Lanai; Kauai and the Big
