With Hawaiʻi welcoming back its visitor ʻohana on Oct. 15—when the state’s new pre-travel COVID-19 testing program goes into effect—many of our Islands’ hotels, resorts and BnBs are planning their reopening strategies starting this week. While some are reopening on Oct. 15, others have decided to stay closed until later in the holiday season. And still others still […]
UPDATED, April 26, 2021: Starting today, you can book your visit via this website. This online system will allow you to select a show time up to 48 hours ahead of your planned visit to the nature preserve. For instance, beginning Monday the public can begin reserving a time slot for Wednesday. Reservations will remain
The number one Christmas couple, Shaka Santa and Tūtū Mel, have finally made their way to the Honolulu Hale. An iconic duo, the local-style take on Mr. and Mrs. Clause help beckon in the holidays with their big—like really big—presence, and serve as key decorations in the Honolulu City Lights ornament display, which unfortunately had to be pared down this year
Aloha Friday Picks is a weekly news blog that will run every Friday and features three things we recommend you do, try or experience over the weekend. Send us tips at media@hawaiimagazine.staging.upspringsites.com. Christmas is just three weeks away, so spend your weekend crossing off names on your gift list. 1. Visiting Aliʻi Kula Lavender Farm on
Christmas is coming early this year, as the City and County of Honolulu announced that starting on Wednesday, Dec. 2, Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve will once again be open to the public. The reopening of the bay comes in the form of a pilot program started by the city to protect Hanauma Bay from the adverse
Starting Dec. 2, if you want to travel to Kauaʻi, you’ll have to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival—even if you have a negative COVID-19 test. Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige approved a request by the mayor of Kauaʻi to temporarily opt out of the state’s pre-travel testing program because of a surge in COVID-19 cases
Earlier this month, Hawaiʻi reopened to Japanese visitors through the state’s pre-travel program. They can now bypass the mandatory 14-day quarantine with proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hours before departure. The program had only been available to travelers from the Mainland. SEE ALSO: What You Need To Know If You’re
Updated Nov. 20, 2020 Hawaiʻi will launch its pre-arrival testing program for trans-Pacific travelers on Oct. 15. That means, if you can provide a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of departure, you will not have to quarantine for 14 days when you arrive in the Islands. However, starting Nov. 24, trans-Pacific travelers to the Islands who
Aloha Friday Picks is a weekly news blog that will run every Friday and features three things we recommend you do, try or experience over the weekend. Send us tips at media@hawaiimagazine.staging.upspringsites.com. It might be a cliché to say this, but it feels like Christmas comes sooner every year. Heck, we haven’t even reach Thanksgiving and
In Hawaiʻi, it’s already starting to feel like winter. According to the folks who work at the Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope, situated atop Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi Island, the summit has been getting dustings of snow for weeks. (Nearby Mauna Loa also got a light snowcap on Sunday.) Cold temperatures combined with some moisture gave the state’s two
Aloha Friday Picks is a weekly news blog that will run every Friday and features three things we recommend you do, try or experience over the weekend. Send us tips at media@hawaiimagazine.staging.upspringsites.com. As COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi are slowing down, more businesses are reopening—including some of the most popular visitor attractions on Oʻahu. If you’re
The monster surf has long lured spectators to Hawaiʻi in the winter months. It’s not unusual for traffic to crawl along Kamehameha Highway on Oʻahu’s North Shore, as people craned their necks to watch the huge waves roll in. The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational—arguably the most anticipated surf meet in the Islands—attracts thousands of people to
