Hawaiian Islands which to Visit
The Hawaiian Islands to visitEvery Hawaiian has its own personalities, which means that a holiday on one of the islands will be very different from a holiday on another one. This also means that one kind of holidaymaker could be on one of the islands, but not another. Since each of the Hawaiian islands is so different and has different things to do, I thought I would drill them down for you all to see why we selected the islands we have.
Oahu is definitely the most beloved of the Hawaiian islands and is home to the Honolulu isle. Every year to Oahu there is a flow of thousands of thousands of people and it is home to the vast bulk of the Hawaiian nationalities. In addition to the bustling Honolulu and Waikiki Beach, Oahu is also home to some other astonishing things.
If you are a connoisseur of local culture, a visit to Pearl Harbor is a must, the surfers will definitely enjoy a North Coast excursion to try to capture the waves, and the adventurous ones will take the chance to go snorkelling on some quite stunning shores and take some rather breath-taking walks.
So if you want to have some idea what you can do on Oahu, take a look at Carolann's Finding Ithaka diary. Your man is just posted there, and her diary makes me dream of a journey to Oahu! Whilst there are definitely some positive aspects to explore Oahu, one major downside is that because it is the most populous and definitely liveliest of islands, it is perhaps the one that has perhaps shed some of the "Hawaiian" feeling.
Whilst Chris and I would have liked to have spent a whole afternoon at the Pearl Harbor Memorial, it just didn't seem possible to match on our journey to Oahu. Hawaii's biggest isle, and therefore the Isle of Hawaii or just "The Big Island", is definitely another one you should consider in your Hawaii journey itinerary.
One of the two national parks in the state, the Volcanic National Park, attracts million each year. Big Iceland is currently the only Hawaiian volcanic activity site on the islands (there are some volcanos that are operating under the ocean), and in National Park you have the chance to confront this living one.
In addition to Volcanoes National Park, The Big Iceland has many of the same things that Oahu and many of the other Hawaiian islands provide, walking, snorkelling and all kinds of other adventures, but it has one thing that the other islands don't have, a skiing hill. That' right, you can go skiing on a tropic holiday isle!
The Mauna Kea is a very high peak on the Great Island, which sometimes gets a lot of it. It' s not always the case, which means that there are no elevators or all the regular skiing equipment on the hill, but it is definitely still notable! In fact, before we started on our journey, I was writing about the times when I was in The Big Island with my extended home when I was in high schools.
During my enjoyment of my stay on The Big Island, I don't think I really understand or appreciate the fact that I saw live volcanos on our journey. For my sisters and I the volcanos were kind of dull and we just wanted to go to the beaches, in retrospect I know that Chris and I would have loved to visit National Park so I think that means that as I write this article I am also going to plan our next journey back to Hawaii, where we will visit Oahu and The Big Island!
Maui is the third of the islands you should consider for your Hawaii journey. Maui is often regarded as a good centre of urban and rural living and has a great deal to boast for every traveller. Maui also has great beach, walking and snorkelling, some great shops and resort facilities and great cuisine.
It is no wonder that there are actually several prominent people who own homes on the Isle of Oprah, Clint Eastwood and even Willie Nelson. In addition to what I quickly call the "normal" Hawaiian activity, Maui has some very special adventures on the islands themselves, which include another national park.
The Haleakala National Park is a resting vulcano that most visitors visit in the early mornings to observe the sundown. Another major tourist feature of Maui is the notorious Hana Strait. This is a nice and tricky street that' s full of more hairpins and twists than probably any other street in the United States, it's an adventurous and a little frightening at the same one!
The Road To Hana and Haleakala were the major reason Chris and I visited Maui on our journey to Hawaii. The most unspoilt of the Hawaiian islands, Kauai is one of the islands that still feel like Hawaii. Indeed, there are no structures higher than 4 floors on the islands, which not only means that the resort is smaller, but also that there are no large city.
There is definitely one thing that comes to my minds when I think of Kauai, and nothing makes that more of a living than the Na'pali coast. The breathtakingly gorgeous and jagged rocks have no streets and are the only way to reach this secluded part of the islands on feet, by boats or by a canopy.
A further specialty of Kauai is Waimea and the Hawaiians affectionately call it "The Grand Canyon of the Pacific". It is a great and wonderful gorge, in strong contrasts with the unspoilt and lovely Kauai is. It is a must for your journey to Kauai.
The wonderful Na'pali Coast and Waimea Canyon, in combination with the virtually pristine feel of Kauai Isle, is the second stop on our Hawaiian Jubilee. This was breathtaking and the ideal way to end our Hawaiian years! You can see that each of the islands is so unbelievably different from the others, and while they all have astonishing shores, snorkelling and walking, each of these experience will be very different on the different islands.
That' s why it is so difficult to choose the islands or islands to visit on a Hawaiian itinerary! Did you visit Hawaii? What islands or islands would you like to visit on your Hawaii holiday?