NEW: Kauai’s Best Adventure Guidebook

Here it is, hot off the press, our spanking new edition ready for your upcoming trip to the Garden Isle: This NEW 2015 SIXTH EDITION of our bestselling guide has been completely reivised… Continue reading

On the aloha trail to Waipa on Kauai

You can bag a tan and swim in warm ocean at lots of places, thankfully, but Aloha can only be found in Hawaii. It doesn’t come in a package, but you can take… Continue reading

The Hawaii Big Island Spa where you won’t get soaked

How much would you pay to spend the day at a huge warm mineral springs under palm trees by the blue Pacific? At Ahalanui Warm Pond Park on the Puna Coast the answer… Continue reading

Tips for hiking Kauai’s Kalalau Trail

The end of the road on Kauai’s north shore is the beginning of Napali (The Cliffs), which can only be accessed on land via the Kalalau Trail—an 11-mile squiggley scramble that ends in… Continue reading

Laid back luxury in Hawaii: some special walking paths

Hawaii offers many coastal and jungle trails into the wilds. But for those seeking laid-back luxury along the journery, try these paved paths that skirt high-end beach resorts (listed geographically from north to… Continue reading

Top Ten Hawaii Spots to visit in 2015

Okay, let’s be real for a moment: It would be easy to do a blog called “1,000 Places to See in Hawaii Before You Die.”  Hawaii is brimming with epiphanies of place, both… Continue reading

Finding Pila’a Beach on Kauai

Some clues: “To reach the pretty Pila‘a Beaches—a ‘fantasy island’ getaway—go to the right when you reach the bottom of the trail at the water. It’s a .5-mile scramble on black boulders at… Continue reading

Maui Beaches: kissing cousins

Though throngs of tourists and locals fill several huge lots at Makena State Park, the beaches retain a wide-open and wild vibe, with fine sand, foamy waves and a backshore that rests below… Continue reading