laska Airlines, which launched daily nonstop flights between Portland, Oregon, and Oahu yesterday, will also begin seasonal nonstop service between Portland and Kona on the Big Island on Nov. 12. The good news for fall and winter Hawaii travelers flying or connecting from Portland? Introductory airfare deals for both routes. Alaska Air’s daily Portland-Oahu route […]
The 2010 HAWAII Magazine “Best of Hawaii” issue is arriving in subscriber mailboxes and on sale nationwide now! It’s always one our most popular issues of the year, always a keeper. And as always, it’s loaded with picks from our knowledgeable HAWAII Magazine and HawaiiMagazine.com readers and our editorial staff, sharing their advice and insights
We asked you to chase a few waterfalls for us, and you did. The votes have been tallied from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question: “What’s your favorite Hawaii waterfall?” And we’ve got your Top 5! Hawaii is home to hundreds of spectacular waterfalls, many of these among the most beautiful in the
A lava flow from Kilauea volcano’s Puu Oo vent that claimed a Kalapana home last week has slowed down its movement toward other area homes for now. But the volume of lava being sent to two ocean entries near the Big Island of Hawaii residential area doesn’t appear to be lessening. According to the Hawaiian
A slow moving lava flow from Kilauea volcano claimed a Kalapana home and finally reached the ocean yesterday, a week after entering the Big Island of Hawaii town for the first time since 1992. After threatening the home—located near remnants of Highway 137, once Kalapana’s main thoroughfare—for more than a week, a lobe of lava
HAWAII Magazine reader Larry Clark wrote to us with a question about interisland passenger airlines in Hawaii: I am planning a cruise to Hawaii in January and then a stay on one of the islands for the week after. Please tell me about the local airlines that fly from Honolulu, where my cruise ends, to the
HAWAII Magazine reader Beth Kowalski e-mailed us with a question about our lack of coverage of Kilauea Volcano activity in recent months: Has activity at Kilauea volcano not been newsworthy lately? Your website used to write often in 2008 and 2009 about lava activity at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. But the last story I found
HAWAII Magazine reader Kathie W.W. e-mailed us asking where she could find one of her favorite Island-made breads, and have it mail-ordered to the Mainland: We used to always buy guava bread at Costco on Oahu. But this past year, we couldn’t find any at Costco or anywhere else on the island! Who is making
Want to be among the first guests at Disney’s Aulani Resort & Spa when its first phase opens on Aug. 29, 2011? Walt Disney Parks & Resorts will begin accepting reservations for its first Hawaii hotel/timeshare property on Aug. 2, more than a year out from the resort’s opening date. The 360 hotel room/481 multi-bedroom
The Volcano House hotel has been been open, in one form or another, since 1846, when the first grass house was built on the rim of Kilauea Crater. The first wooden structure went up in 1877—long before Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was even established on the Big Island in 1916—with a stone hearth dedicated to
King Kamehameha Day is this Friday, June 11. It’s a state holiday, honoring King Kamehameha the Great, who unified the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810 and was its first monarch. Ceremonies statewide will pay tribute to the king’s legacy with lei draping of Kamehameha statues on Oahu and the Big Island, parades and other cultural
The native plants and wildlife of Hawaii’s rainforests will soon be found on letters and packages circling the globe. That is, at least on the U.S. postage stamped on that mail. In September, the newest stamp pane in the United States Postal Service’s Nature of America Series will feature a painting of a Hawaiian rainforest
