Introducing Hawai'i (The Big Island)
Hawai'i is an embarrassment of riches. One is tempted to spout superlatives till you shudder under their weight, but that can’t capture an experience of the ‘Orchid Isle.’ Consider:
Hawai'i is twice as big as the other islands combined. Among its five volcanoes are two of the earth’s largest, and its most active – Kilauea. But what you’ll remember is the awe of standing in a surreal lava wasteland as, hopefully, glowing magma pours over cliffs into a boiling ocean – earth in the making. Hawai'i, so big and so tall, contains nearly every one of earth’s ecological zones. This translates into a full quiver’s worth of adventures: sunbathing on white-sand beaches, snorkeling coral reefs, riding horses over rangelands, traipsing through rain forests, and stargazing from subarctic mountaintops.
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Master lei maker, Kilohana Domingo making a braided lei of lehua flowers at Kalaelilohana Bed and Breakfast, Ka'u.
- Greg Elms
- Lonely Planet photographer
