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Akaka Falls
The following is a guest blog from Big Island On The Cheap and the original article can be found here.
Unless you have a friend who lives on untamed land on the Big Island, your best bet at seeing a Hawai‘i rain forest up close and personal is to plan a trip to one of the [...]
Hawaii Adventure: Flying Over the Big Island
The following is a guest blog from Aileen Torres and the original article can be found here.
On the agenda for today: a helicopter flight around the Big Island. I took the three-hour Volcano and Valley Landing tour from Paradise Helicopters ($433.35 per person, paradisecopters.com), located at the Commuter Terminal in Kona International Airport. It’s offered [...]
Aloha in Your Cup
World Class Coffee is Brewing in Hawaii
This past April a small coffee farm in rural Kau, Hawaii placed seventh at the prestigious international finals of the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s cupping competition. Kailiawa Coffee Farm vying against centuries old coffee growing regions that included Ethiopia, Columbia, and Panama received the top ten honor.
Kau [...]
Military Family Travel to Hawaii: 11 Affordable Places to Stay
The following is a guest blog from Shelia Scarborough and the original article can be found here.
If you are considering a vacation to Hawaii with the kids but think that it might be too expensive, there are plenty of ways to save money on your hotel bill if Mom, Dad (or both) are in the [...]
Big Island: 5 Must-Know Things About Waimea
This is a guest post by Charles Bohannan of Wordful. You can find the original post here.
If you’ve ever driven from Kona to Hilo or Hilo to Kona, you’ve most likely passed through Waimea. It’s a small picturesque town perched 2,500+ ft. up among the alpine trees and grasslands between Maunakea and the Kohala Mountains.
Just ask anyone [...]
Merrie Monarch Side Trip: View The Lava Flow at Puu Oo
This is a guest post by Leslie Lang of Big Island on the Cheap. The original post can be found here.
When my grandmother, who was born in 1911, was growing up here on the Big Island, the family would jump in the car every time they heard there was a new eruption and drive up [...]
Quick Bites Hawaii: Kilauea Part 2: Lava Tubes
In this Quick Bite video, the blogger’s tour guide, Warren, explains how lava tubes are formed from the flowing lava, water and air that make up the rainforest in Volcano National Park. Lava tubes were important water collection sources for Hawaiians many years ago, as well as paths to help travel through dense rainforest that [...]
A Dolphin Encounter With Leah Lamb
Dolphins and the islands of Hawaii go hand and hand. If you Google “dolphins in Hawaii,” you’ll be shown a ton of links for swimming with dolphin tours and programs all over the islands. It’s not only about interacting with these amazing creatures, however. Conservation and research is key to understanding an important part of [...]
Chef Mark Tafoya’s “Quick Bite” at Kilauea Volcano
Chef Mark Tafoya has brought another amazing piece of Hawaii to with his “Quick Bite” video as the bloggers visited the infamous Kilauea Volcano. Kilauea is considered to be one of the world’s most active volcanoes, and has been continuously erupting, or spitting out lava or gas, since 1983. The name “Kilauea” means “much spreading” [...]
Hilo Rated a “Dream Town”
This is a guest post by Leslie Lang of Big Island on the Cheap and Honolulu on the Cheap. You can find the original post here.
Photo: eye of einstein
It’s official, though we here in Hilo already knew it.
Hilo is one of the country’s “Dream Towns.”
Bizjournals.com just reviewed 140 “micropolitan areas” in the country (From [...]