Travel Safety
The extended hours will help keep beaches safer.
The expansion of the state’s Safe Travel program comes during a summer surge of visitors.
When the state reaches a 60% vaccination rate, fully vaccinated U.S. travelers can fly here without pre-travel restrictions.
That means larger group sizes outdoors, including at beaches, parks and weddings.
Starting June 15, all interisland travel restrictions will be lifted and anyone who got vaccinated in Hawaiʻi can travel to the Islands without any testing or quarantine requirements.
If you're in the Islands during a hurricane or tropical storm watch or warning, here are some helpful traveler tips.
This is a step toward “normalcy,” as COVID-19 numbers drop and more residents get vaccinated.
Got your eye on a ticket to Kauaʻi? Then you'll want to watch this episode of the “Have Aloha Will Travel” podcast, where Cat recounts her island-hopping experience.
Right now Hawaiʻi’s vaccine passport program is limited to those who got vaccinated in the Islands.
The Garden Isle moves to a modified Tier 3 starting Thursday.
But you have to prove you’ve been vaccinated in Hawaiʻi.
If you are thinking about visiting Hawaiʻi Island, here are a few key points to consider.
It’s easier to visit the Garden Isle now.
Nāhuku, or Thurston Lava Tube, in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has reopened for the second time in two years after shutdowns due to natural disasters.
Now that the island is in Tier 3, couples can start planning larger outdoor nuptials.
Tips and tricks from a veteran traveler who safely vacationed in the Islands under the state’s pre-travel testing program.
Beginning on April 5 visitors to Kauaʻi can bypass quarantine with proof of a negative COVID-19 test.
Tourism stalled, beaches were empty, restaurants closed—but 2021 looks promising.
Low COVID-19 case counts mean the island will reopen a little more starting Feb. 25.
Essential knowledge and tips for anyone planning a trip to the Valley Isle.
The island is poised to enter the less restrictive Tier 3 of the city’s reopening strategy, as COVID-19 infection rates are trending down.
Those looking to summit Lēʻahi will want to know about these important changes.
You can’t walk into the Oʻahu nature preserve anymore.
Here’s how these trails and parks are different now with new rules in place.