United Airlines is offering discounted roundtrip airfares for early 2010 travel to Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island from a handful of Mainland U.S. cities the carrier serves. The rates—part of a promo deal United is calling the “Hawaii Fun in the Sun Sale”—are good for travel from Jan. 12, 2010, to March 4, […]
Honolulu City Lights—the city’s annual evening display of holiday tidings—is back! Those on Oahu next Saturday, Dec 5 will want to swing by the grounds of Honolulu Hale—our city hall. You’ll find food booths, live entertainment, an electric light parade, larger-than-life Christmas statutes, Christmas trees and gingerbread houses and plenty of lights strung along Honolulu’s
HAWAII magazine reader Edd Kogan wrote us with a question about the city of Hilo’s history with tsunamis: When were the last three tsunamis that damaged Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii? You ask, we answer. Tsunamis—large sea waves generated by earthquakes, underwater landslides and other disturbances—aren’t common occurrences in Hawaii. However, when they
On the Big Island with the family and want an interactive entertainment experience everyone will enjoy? Or are you just looking to kill a few hours? We’ve got you covered. “The Great 4-D Movie Ride,” Hawaii’s first 4-D movie theater, recently opened in The Shops at Mauna Lani on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast. The
The results are in from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question! Earlier this month, we asked our HAWAII Magazine Facebook fans to answer the very tough question: “What’s your favorite Hawaii beach?” As expected, they impressed us with their far-ranging best beach selections—which spanned all the Islands from remote Polihale Beach Park bordering
Fresh from inaugurating brand new routes from Oakland to Maui and Kona this week, Alaska Airlines will further expand its California–Hawaii service in March 2010. Three-times-weekly San Jose-Kahului, Maui service begins March 11, and four-times-weekly San Jose-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii service on March 12. Alaska Air will also add daily flights between Sacramento and
This week in Kailua-Kona, it’s all about the coffee. Kona coffee, that is. The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival—one of Hawaii’s oldest food fests—begins its 39th annual celebration of the bean that made the Kailua-Kona coast famous on Friday, Nov. 6. If you’re on the Big Island of Hawaii this week, make sure you’re in Kona
George Lanakilakekiahialii Naope, one of hula’s most revered kumu hula and co-founder of the Merrie Monarch Festival, passed away today at his residence in Hilo after a long battle with cancer. He was 81. Naope, who is credited with reviving the art of male hula, co-founded the Merrie Monarch Festival in 1963 with Dorothy “Auntie
HAWAII Magazine subscriber Donald Hinds of Florida recently called us to ask: “Is there any way I can purchase a t-shirt to help generate money for the Kohala Ditch restoration effort? I was on the Flumin’ Da Ditch ride two months before the earthquake hit, that damaged it.” You ask. We answer. There’s good news
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been sharing a few of our favorite “favorites” lists from our annual HAWAII Magazine “Best of Hawaii” issue here on HawaiiMagazine.com. Our favorite Hawaii road trips? You saw ‘em here. Our favorite Hawaii places to shop? Right here. Our favorite Hawaii snacks? We had your between-meal treats covered here.
Outdoor activities and sports—both extreme and not-so-extreme—are perennially popular in the Islands. In a place where the passing of seasons from, say, fall to winter is marked mostly by a change from warm sunny days to, well, cool sunny days, that’s not much of a surprise. But each October, we’re reminded just how perfect Hawaii’s
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano hasn’t been making the kind of worldwide headlines it did in the spring and summer of 2008— when underground lava and ocean water regularly met with explosive force on the Puna coastline, and high sulfur dioxide levels forced the closure of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park twice in one month. But that doesn’t
