Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino Setting up its first bikes in Waikīkī in 2017, Biki, a nonprofit bike sharing organization, has grown at an extraordinary rate, and its iconic aqua-blue bikes can now be seen throughout Honolulu. Riding with Biki means you won’t have to deal with walking in the hot Hawaiian sun, or driving a […]
In this week’s episode of the Have Aloha Will Travel podcast, Keone Kealoha, executive director of Kanu Hawaiʻi (@kanuhawaii), joins Cat and Kevin to talk about Kanu Hawaiʻi, a nonprofit organization that aims to make Hawaiʻi a better place by educating visitors and locals on sustainability and how to mālama ʻāina (to care for the land).
If you see a shark approaching you, be sure to make eye contact with it.” As someone who’s never once seen a shark in person, this is troubling advice. I have to look at the shark? In the eyes? I have trouble doing that when I’m talking to strangers. My head is racing. I can’t
On a short stretch of Māmalahoa Highway, just before the town of Kealakekua, you can spend your entire day perusing the various wares, relics and vintage clothing of thrift and antique shops of Captain Cook. Make sure your eyes aren’t bigger than your savings, however, or you’ll lose your afternoon and whatever you’ve got in
Starting today, Monday, Feb. 10 and ending on Thursday, Feb. 20, both locals and visitors will be able to reserve a suite at the Hilton Hawaiian Village for half off. Available for stays from Feb. 17, 2020, through to Dec. 15, 2020, this sale covers the entire resort’s suite catalog, from the Rainbow Tower’s ocean view suites to
Started in June 2017, Biki, a nonprofit bike sharing organization known for its rentable aqua-blue bikes, has seen growing success in Honolulu and surrounding districts, where its rental racks are located. In 2019 alone Biki recorded nearly 1.38 million riders, a 22% increase since 2018. The number of unique riders also increased by a staggering
Anyone who has stayed at the luxe Four Seasons Resort Lānaʻi could tell you it’s easily one of the best hotels in the state. And, according to a ranking done by U.S. News, it’s actually the best in the entire nation. Photo: Courtesy of Four Seasons Resort Lānaʻi Of course, it doesn’t take a formula or
On the 24th episode of the Have Aloha Will Travel podcast, Kevin and Cat talk coffee with Shawn Steiman, a coffee scientist—he holds a doctorate in horticulture from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa—and owner of Coffea Consulting, an international coffee consulting business. Steiman also happens to have written multiple books on the subject of coffee,
OʻAHU Pow! Wow! Hawaiʻi 2/7–2/16 Pow! Wow! Hawaiʻi is back at it again for its annual collaboration with Honolulu Night Market. Starting on Friday, Feb. 7, a concert with the Lucky Kids and a press conference with Pow! Wow! Hawaiʻi directors will kick off the return of this weeklong urban arts. Kakaʻako and various locations, Honolulu, Oʻahu, powwowhawaii.com. The
The Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel has big things in store for 2020, announcing a $65 million property enhancement that they are calling a “property renaissance.” The hotel, which has always brought Hawaiian culture to the forefront of its guest activities and operations, calls its upcoming renovation project Kealaula, which, in the Hawaiian language, means the light of the early
Standing on the rocky cliffs at Ka Lae, I find joy in the fact that I, along with a handful of other visitors and local fishermen, am at the southernmost point in the United States. The scenery is stunning: The dazzling blue ocean glistens below and the colossal Hawaiʻi Island landscape rises in the distance.
If you think you know a thing or two about coffee, pick up “The Hawaiʻi Coffee Book: A Gourmet’s Guide From Kona to Kauaʻi” (Watermark Publishing, $17.95) and prepare to be enlightened. The 154-page love letter to coffee and Hawaiʻi’s coffee culture is written by Shawn Steiman, a coffee scientist—he holds a doctorate in horticulture from
