Jul 28, 2019 • 6 min read
Accommodation can often be the most expensive part of a holiday, so savvy travellers are always on the hunt for cost-effective solutions. Home swapping is…
Jul 28, 2019 • 6 min read
Accommodation can often be the most expensive part of a holiday, so savvy travellers are always on the hunt for cost-effective solutions. Home swapping is…
Jul 3, 2019 • 5 min read
Heading to Honolulu? Then you’re probably going to spend time in Waikiki. For many people, the popular beachfront district is all they see of the Hawaiian…
Jun 25, 2019 • 3 min read
Aptly named, Hawai'i the Big Island is BIG. Twice the size of the other Hawaiian Islands combined, they say; and packed with volcanoes, beaches, reefs and…
Mar 18, 2019 • 6 min read
Recently discovered and still largely unknown, Kazumura Cave on the Big Island of Hawai’i isn’t just the longest lava tube in the world – it’s also a…
Feb 18, 2019 • 11 min read
Few places in Hawaii are as untouched as the sibling islands of Moloka'i and Lana‘i. Rare are the high-rises, shopping centers and shoulder-to-shoulder…
Oct 18, 2018 • 5 min read
While the current perception may be that the island of Hawaiʻi was reduced to a lump of cooling lava in the Pacific Ocean, this is simply not the case…
Sep 28, 2018 • 7 min read
I was driving over Mauna Kea when the sheer size of the island that cradles it dawned on me. It was like a light bulb had illuminated just how big the…
Mar 14, 2018 • 4 min read
Ah, Hawaii ... beloved by millions as the land of sunshine and sand. Yet this tropical eden is also the land of rainbows. Breathtaking swatches of…
Oct 19, 2017 • 4 min read
A well-deserved Hawaiian vacation is on many dreamers bucket lists. A respite from the everyday, with toes in the sand and a gentle breeze blowing through…
Aug 15, 2017 • 4 min read
To plug into Hawaii’s contemporary food scene, there’s no better place to start than on the island of O‘ahu, home to star chefs, bountiful farmers markets…
Jun 21, 2017 • 5 min read
You’ve enjoyed city delights in Waikiki and Honolulu – now it’s time to escape to Oʻahu’s North Shore. From sunrise yoga salutations and sips of Hawaiian…
Aug 1, 2016 • 2 min read
Partial to parkour? Go giddy at the sight of a glacier? Whether your kicks come in the form of skiing, surfing or chasing a storm, the USA has an…
Sep 17, 2015 • 6 min read
For over a thousand years, Hawaiian culture evolved independently from outside influence. Beginning around 300 AD, settlers from Polynesia came to the…
Jun 5, 2015 • 5 min read
With nearly every climactic zone on Earth, months of amenable weather and landscapes of rugged beauty, the Hawaiian Islands have long caught Hollywood…
Feb 20, 2015 • 3 min read
On a clear day in Lanaʻi, you can see five of Hawaii’s other islands, but turn inland and you might forget you're in Hawaii at all. Otherworldly Norfolk…
May 30, 2014 • 5 min read
A Hawaiian honeymoon has all the storybook ingredients to make couples swoon: sherbet-colored sunsets, songbird serenades and palm-tree hammocks shimmying…
Aug 28, 2013 • 4 min read
Most people think of O’ahu strictly as a beach vacation interspersed with hiking and awash with cocktails. But what they don't realise is that there is a…
Jul 23, 2013 • 4 min read
There’s nothing wrong with the classic beach-and-umbrella-cocktail Hawaiian vacation. But nerds know that you can only read so much classic sci-fi on the…
Jun 19, 2013 • 4 min read
On Hawai'i Island (aka the Big Island), the beaches aren’t the only spectacular spots for water views. Throughout the island, cascading waterfalls leap…
Apr 10, 2013 • 4 min read
You don't have to pay to fly all the way to Tahiti or Bora Bora to nab your own Polynesian paradise. Hawaii can be a better bargain – and that's true…
Apr 3, 2013 • 5 min read
There’s a clichéd vision of the aloha shirt. It’s loud. It says tacky tourist on tropical holiday. It’s worn with ill-fitting shorts and white socks and…
Feb 27, 2013 • 4 min read
The island of Oʻahu offers much more for adventurous travellers than just the historic streets of Honolulu and Waikiki's beach resorts. Hitting the island…