The Wai Koa Loop Trail, located on the north shore of the island of Kauai, takes you past a mahogany forest to a secluding swimming hole at the historic Kilauea Stone Dam, where visitors can picnic, meditate or jump in.
On the north shore of Kauai, Hanalei Bay’s beauty attracts countless visitors to its 2-mile-long beach and gorgeous waterfalls plummeting off its green mountain peaks. Take a walk down the pier and the views only get better and better. Video length 1:12 Have Aloha Will Travel, powered by HAWAII Magazine, creates micro-documentaries and short films about the
Today marks the maiden voyage of the Hokulea, the first double-hulled Hawaiian voyaging canoe to set sail since the time of Kamehameha the Great, from the Hawaiian Islands to Tahiti. It was a major achievement that sparked a thriving interest, awareness and perpetuation of traditional, non-instrument Polynesian navigation to this day. Adjacent to the current
The chants about Panaewa Forest, which lies between Kilauea and the ocean on Hawaii Island, describe it as having been created by the violent force of Pele and healed by Hiiaka. It became a lush rain forest, with towering ohia lehua trees and red lehua rain. The environment was rich with every plant needed for healing
Hawaii ukulele virtuosa Taimane Gardner is a music prodigy who began playing at the age of 5, was discovered as a teenager by music legend Don Ho and has studied with modern ukulele superstar and island boy Jake Shimabukuro. She entrances audiences the world over with her fiercely passionate playing style and impressive mastery of the ukulele, whether
It’s a rare sighting, even for Oahu residents who’ve lived on the island all their lives. Believe it or not, the wallaby, a small marsupial that belongs to the same taxonomic family as the kangaroo, can be found in Hawaii, reported to only inhabit a small section of Kalihi Valley. Kalihi resident Olin Lagon uploaded
Once upon a time, Hawaii’s own ruled not just the world, but the entire dang universe. Pageant universe that is. Brook Mahealani Lee, born and raised in Central Oahu and a Kamehameha Schools graduate, is something of a trailblazer really. Not only did she win Miss Hawaii USA on her first try in 1997, she
