Related: Waipiʻo Valley Lookout, Hāpuna Beach Guide, Big Island Must-Sees Mile marker 28 is where ʻAkoni Pule Highway runs out of island. The pavement stops at a guardrail, the cliff drops away, and the whole windward side of Kohala lines up in front of you. Green headland after green headland fades into the mist, with […]
Related: Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse Trail: Hours, Parking, and What to Expect, Hālona Blowhole Lookout: How to Time It So It Blows, Best Time to Visit Hawaiʻi, Month by Month Every winter, somebody halfway up the Makapuʻu trail stops mid-sentence and points at the water. Then the whole trail stops with them. Out past the lighthouse, […]
Related: Best Beaches on the Big Island, Big Island Must-Sees, Our Stay at The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort The drive north from the Kona airport is 30 minutes of black lava, dry grass, and the occasional goat giving you side-eye from the shoulder. Then you turn toward the ocean near mile marker 69, come over […]
Screen-free airplane activities for toddlers: 10 picks from painter’s tape to Water Wow, with checked prices and the maker’s age grade for each. The post Airplane Activities for Toddlers: 10 Screen-Free Picks for Long Flights appeared first on WANDERLUSTYLE – Hawaii Travel & Lifestyle Blog.
Related: Banzai Pipeline Surf Season: Best Months to Watch and Where to Stand, Waimea Bay Beach Park: Same Sand, Two Very Different Seasons, Our North Shore Oʻahu Guide Sunset Beach earns its name about 360 evenings a year, and the other five are cloudy. Around 6:30 on a summer night the whole two-mile (3.2 km) […]
Sandy Beach on Oʻahu has the roughest shorebreak on the island and the best people-watching. Lifeguard hours, parking, kites, bodysurfing, and when to stay on the sand. The post Sandy Beach Oʻahu: 2,500 Rescues in 3 Years and Why We Still Go (2026) appeared first on WANDERLUSTYLE – Hawaii Travel & Lifestyle Blog.
Lēʻahi before it was Diamond Head: heiau and chiefs, then Fort Ruger, the 1908 trail, the Crater Festivals, and how to visit respectfully. The post Diamond Head History: The Real Story of Lēʻahi and Fort Ruger (1906 to Today) appeared first on WANDERLUSTYLE – Hawaii Travel & Lifestyle Blog.
There is no sign on Kamehameha Highway that says Pipeline. The sign says Ehukai Beach Park, and the lot holds a few dozen cars. The most photographed wave on the planet breaks about 100 yards (90 m) to the left of the lifeguard tower. Half the people who drive past it in December have no […]
Waimea Bay on Oʻahu is a calm swimming bay in summer and a 30-foot wave arena in winter. Parking, lifeguards, the jump rock, and when to go. The post Waimea Bay Beach Park: Same Sand, Two Very Different Seasons (2026) appeared first on WANDERLUSTYLE – Hawaii Travel & Lifestyle Blog.
The windows in Hangar 79 still have bullet holes in them. Not replicas, and not a plaque explaining where the holes used to be. Real glass, blue with age, shot through by Japanese machine gun fire on the morning of December 7, 1941. Nobody has patched them in 85 years. That is the moment the […]