Hawaii - A Brief Travel Guide

Hawaii Locationto differentiate from the state of the same
The Hawaii archipelago is the most isolated islandname), you can see Mount Loa and Mount Kea
chain in the world. The islands are located in thewhich are the world's biggest volcano and world's
mid-North Pacific about 3800 kms from California;biggest mountain respectively. As a volcanic island
7800 kms from China; 6100 kms from Japan; andthere are many black sand beaches on the island
8500 kms from the Philippines. It is also the onlywhich can make an interesting change.
US state not located on the North AmericanOn Oahu, which is where you will probably land
continent; it is not actually part of any of the 7since this is where the city of Honolulu is located,
traditional continents.you will have a nice range of attractions to visit
including Pearl Harbour and a whole host of fine
The only practical way of getting to Hawaii is tobeaches (Including Kailua Beach, which won the
fly in. Most flights to Hawaii are to Honolulubest beach in the USA in 1998).
International Airport (HNL) which is whereOn Maui you can explore the verdant rainforests
Hawaiian Airlines is based. Hawaiian Airlines has awhich cover much of the island. It is also a very
broad list of destinations from Hawaii includingpopular place to go for drives though the beautiful
mainland USA, Australia, Samoa, Tahiti and thescenery or go mountain-biking into the scenery.
Philippines.On Kauai, at Hanalei Bay, you will find one of the
Other airlines that fly into HNL include Air Canadamost highly rated beaches in the USA. The
(from Vancouver), Air New Zealand (fromlandscapes over the rest of the island are also
Auckland), Air Pacific (From Fiji), All Nippondefinitely worth exploring.
Airways (from Tokyo-Narita), China Airlines (fromGetting around
Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan), Jetstar Airways (fromThe main islands you will want to explore all have
Melbourne & Sydney), Korean Air (fromextensive road networks. You will definitely need
Seoul-Incheon), and Philippine Airlines (from Manila).a car to get around each individual island as the
Japan Airlines also operates a number of charterpublic transport networks are not very well
flights from Asahikawa, Fukuoka, Hiroshima,developed. To get between the islands you can
Kumamoto, Memanbetsu, Niigata,either leave your car behind and get an internal
Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Takamatsu, andflight between the islands, though you'd probably
Toyama.need to hire another car when you get there; or,
What to see & top attractionsif you are travelling between Oahu and Maui
The Hawaii archipelago has a lot to offer& Oahu and Hawaii, you can just get the
adventurous holidaymakers.ferry.
On the Big Island (as the island of Hawaii is called