Hawaii - Isles

• The Big Island • Kauai • Maui •
• Oahu • Molokai • Lanai • Niihau • Kaho'olawe •

Oahu
Oahu is nicknamed ‘The Gathering Place’. Its flower is the delicate yellow-orange Lima and it’s official color as well.

Oahu is best known for Waikiki, Pearl Harbor, Waimea Bay and Sunset Beach, but despite all the glitter it has many other things to offer. Oahu has many excellent secluded beaches, Hawaii’s top surfing action, and windward Kailua is one of Hawaii’s most popular windsurfing beaches. Its scenic beauty rivals all other islands.

Perhaps the sunniest and driest weather in all of Hawaii is found in Honolulu. No wonder so many people live and visit there. It is a modern city with a unique blend of Eastern and Western cultures offering fine beaches, parks, restaurants, accommodations, and transportation. The bad rap that Hawaii gets as being expensive is discredited in Oahu as it has some of Hawaii’s least expensive accommodations perhaps less than you might pay at home.

Oahu, which covers 594 sq. miles, is the third largest Hawaiian island. It has 112 miles of coast. Its highest point is Mt. Kaala at 4020 feet. Its extreme length is 44 miles, its width 30 miles. In Honolulu the average daily maximum temperature is 84°F, and the minimum is 70°F. Temperatures are a bit higher in summer and a few degrees lower in winter. The highest temperature on record is 94°F and the lowest is 53°F. Average afternoon water temperatures in Waikiki are 77°F in March, 82°F in August.

Waikiki has an average annual rainfall of only 25 inches, whereas the Lyon Arboretum in the upper Manoa Valley, north of Honolulu, averages 158 inches. Mid-afternoon humidity averages 56%.

Major Attractions
Waikiki, Diamond Head crater, the Arizona Memorial, the world-class winter surf on the North Shore, the Pali Lookout, and Hanauma Bay.

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With nickname "Friendly Isle", Molokai Island has population about 6,800. Molokai has a large population of Native Hawaiians. Residents here are very friendly and honest.

Molokai is Hawaii’s fifth largest island. It is 38 miles long, 10 miles wide and roughly rectangular in shape, with a land area of 264 sq. miles.

On Molokai Island, there is no big buildings that block panoramic views and you will move calm and slowly, and follow the road that leads you to mystical place. Life on this island is very simple and still, no shopping malls or department stores but just small shops and humble peoples.

Molokai is a long slipper shape island. One day trip will take you from east to west by car. Of course it has many country sites to be explore, such as rain forests and ancient fishponds at east side, Kalaupapa lookout, the world's largest sea cliffs, and Molokai Ranch at west side.

Molokai offers visitors all kinds of outdoor activities such as snorkeling, swimming and sunbathing. Other activities including horseback riding, biking, and golfing are organized by the hotels. East side of this Island presents to you miles of undeveloped land and unspoiled natural beauty. West coast offers you Kaluakoi Hotel and Golf Club and nearby Papohaku Beach, the best beach of Molokai.

The western half of Molokai is dry and arid, with rolling hills and the gradually sloping range of Maunaloa (1381 feet). The island’s highest point, Kamakou (4970 feet), is in the middle of the rugged eastern half.

The north shore and eastern shore are spectacular, but for the most part the steep slopes and rainforests are virtually impenetrable. This is where the famous leper colony was located. 

Major Attractions
Mule rides to Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Hawaii's longest white sand beach, the only barrier reef north of Australia, black sand beaches, rugged sea cliffs, lowland desert, rainforest, bogs, fern forests, grasslands, and lowland forest.

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• The Big Island • Kauai • Maui •
• Oahu • Molokai • Lanai • Niihau • Kaho'olawe •