On the Big Island of Hawaii this week? Check out the third annual Moku O Keawe International Festival, which starts tomorrow night (11/5). The five-day festival kicks off at 7 p.m. with a concert by Napua Greig, a kumu hula (hula teacher) and 2008 Na Hoku Hanohano female vocalist of the year. [Waikoloa Bowl at […]
Folks looking to holoholo by Superferry to and from the Big Island will have to wait a bit longer. At least 365 days longer, to be exact. Hawaii Superferry is postponing the introduction of its second vessel for one year. The new ferry had been set to begin service from Honolulu to Kawaihae Harbor on
Vacationing “green” on Hawaii’s Big Island just got easier. A brand new Big Island Visitors Bureau Web site is helping visitors research and plan environmentally-conscious vacations on the island. Want to know which resorts, bed and breakfasts and restaurants have adopted sustainable practices such as recycling, composting and water conservation? The BIVB’s “Sustainable Travel on
We found a great video in our e-mail this morning of just-hatched Hawaii hawksbill sea turtles making their way to the ocean. The video was shot on the Kau coastline of Hawaii’s Big Island near Punaluu and posted by Big Island videonews.com. The honu—Hawaiian for “turtle”—were watched over by residents of the area for weeks
In the November/December 2008 issue of HAWAII Magazine, we take you along on a sunset and evening trip to the summit of Mauna Kea for the ultimate stargazing experience. If you’ve already read about the summit journey in the current HAWAII, great. If you haven’t, pick up a copy at most national bookstores and newsstands,
The otherworldly slopes of Mauna Kea on Hawaii’s Big Island will soon test a new lunar robot. Scarab, a four-wheeled robot designed to extract compounds from the lunar soil that could be helpful to future explorers, will be tested on Hawaii’s highest mountain from Nov. 1 to 13. The lava rock- and cinder cone-strewn surface
It’s official: big surf season is upon us. This morning’s surf report announced gargantuan swells along the north-facing shores of all the Hawaiian Islands. Surf heights of 10 to 15 feet are expected today on the north-facing shores of Oahu, Molokai and Maui, while surf of 14 to 18 feet is expected along the north
Two explosive eruptions rocked the Halemaumau crater vent at the summit of Kilauea volcano this weekend, expelling mushroom clouds of glowing hot gas, ash and rock particles. The explosions were the most dramatic of seven seismic events occurring between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning at the volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island. United States Geological Survey
Two of Hawaii’s most-enduring homegrown sports events happen this weekend: The Ironman World Triathlon Championship on Saturday and the Molokai Hoe on Sunday. If you’re on the right island, you can watch at least one of them in-person. Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii’s perpetually sunny west side, hosts the Ironman annually. The race—celebrating
The view from my laptop should be this good every morning. A sweeping vista of the south Kona coastline and the teal waters of Kealakekua Bay from more than a thousand feet up the slopes of Mauna Loa. In the lush rainforest and fruit trees on either side of my veranda rocking chair, all of
Have you been to the Southern-most bake shop in the U.S.A.? The only bakery that can claim this title is Punaluu Bake Shop on the Big Island. But don’t let the name fool you. Punaluu Bake Shop is not in Punaluu. It started in Punaluu when the traditional family sweetbread recipe became a big hit
A new Parker Ranch tour takes guests out to historical acreage rarely seen by the public and still worked by real paniolo. We haven’t been on it yet. But it sounded intriguing. The ranch’s four-hour Cattle Country Tour isn’t for folks interested in roughing it on the range. There’s no saddle time. Instead, you’ll be
