| Hawaii has a lot to offer visitors, from active | | | | Kings." This one mile wide and five mile deep |
| volcanoes, to vast Kona coffee plantations, art | | | | valley features amazing cliffs that rise nearly |
| galleries, farmers markets, and even exclusive | | | | 2,000 feet into the sky, many with natural |
| black sand beaches formed by eroded magma | | | | waterfalls cascading down them, including the |
| from underground volcanoes. If you find yourself | | | | largest waterfall on the Big Island, Hiilawe Falls, |
| on your way to the Big Island, perhaps this top | | | | which drops an impressive 1,300 feet. |
| five list of places to see and things to do will | | | | Puuhonua O Hanaunau National Historical Park: This |
| better help you to decide how to spend your | | | | 180-acre national historic park features the lush, |
| time when in this truly exceptional tropical | | | | tropical landscape that has made this state |
| paradise in the pacific. | | | | famous and boasts hundreds of scared historical |
| Waipio Valley: At the tip of the northern Hamakua | | | | sites. History and legend has it that this place was |
| Coast you will find this plush, serene and relatively | | | | where lawbreakers sought refuge during the |
| untouched valley that is truly a spectacle for the | | | | ancient times. Notable landmarks to visit include |
| eyes. This amazing valley was the home to the | | | | the ancient Great Wall, Fierce kii, and the Hale o |
| famed Hawaiian King Kamehameha during his | | | | Keawe Heiau (a temple that holds the remains of |
| youth, appropriately dubbed "The Valley of the | | | | the most famous Hawaiian chieftains). |