What to Know About Interisland Travel with 5 Day Trip Guides

With the long-awaited arrival of spring, comes candy spring break. It’s a short respite to compensate for some R&R and to discover our favourite islands. Whether or not you’re a resident, first-time customer or in your fifth trip to Hawaiʻi, a fast day journey to a neighboring island is usually a gateway to a soothing staycation or a memorable journey. And with summer season proper across the nook, it’s by no means too early to begin planning your interisland journeys.  

Journey Between Islands  

It could come to a shock there are greater than 100 islands comprising the Hawaiian archipelago. Whereas there are dozens of tiny islets and a number of other atolls, there are solely eight main islands. You already doubtless know the preferred islands to go to are Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi.  

From seashores and trails to actions and delicacies, every island is distinct in topography and tradition. Luckily, with a little bit planning, hopping between islands is simple and an thrilling approach to expertise Hawaiʻi. The commonest and, in lots of circumstances, the one approach to journey between islands is by airplane. 

Flying Between Islands 

Hawaiian Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Mokulele Airlines are the three important airways that supply day by day flights between islands. On common, Hawaiian Airways operates 170 interisland flights day by day. Southwest additionally provides dozens of flights day by day to the airports unfold all through the state.  

For the extra adventurous vacationers, Mokulele Airways has a fleet of 208EX Grand Caravans. Because of the small dimension of the plane, every seat is taken into account top quality, which makes the flight really feel like a constitution expertise.  

Whatever the airways, you may anticipate most flights to be an hour or much less with spectacular aerial views of dramatic coastlines and the immense Pacific Ocean.  

Airports  

The state’s largest hub is the Daniel Ok. Inouye Worldwide Airport on Oʻahu, generally known as Honolulu Airport (HNL). Oʻahu is commonly the vacation spot and take-off for a lot of transpacific flights. Departing from this airport, it’s about half-hour or much less to neighboring islands.  

Among the many neighboring islands, you would possibly discover a couple of airport. This implies you will need to listen as to the place you select your closing vacation spot. On Maui, the first airport is the Kahului Airport (OGG), which provides direct flights to the continental U.S. and day by day flights to different islands. Nevertheless, there are two a lot smaller airports, Hana (HNM) and Kapalua (JHM). These airports are positioned in additional distant areas and farther from rental automotive businesses.  

On Hawaiʻi Island, vacationers can fly into the Kona Airport (KOA) on the west aspect of the island if they’re planning to discover the Kailua-Kona space, which is understood for coasts of picturesque seashores. However for vacationers seeking to discover Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Nationwide Park and the lively volcano, Kīlauea, flying into Hilo Airport (ITO) on the island’s east aspect will put you close to these pure wonders. 

Over on Kauaʻi, there’s just one important airport, Lihue Airport (LIH) in southeastern Kauaʻi. That is additionally the case on Lānaʻi with Lānaʻi Airport (LNY). Whereas there are direct flights into Kauaʻi from the U.S. Mainland, the one flights to Lānaʻi are from Honolulu or Kahului.  

Journey By Ferry  

Travelers can even arrive to Lānaʻi on boat by way of Expeditions Ferry service. Leaving from Lahaina Harbor on Maui’s west aspect, ferries arrive at Manele Harbor. Expeditions Ferry provides day by day roundtrips, with one-way lasting about an hour.  

What to do in 24 Hours  

So, you determined to island hop! Now what?

One of the difficult elements to planning a visit to Hawaiʻi is deciding what to do. Touring between islands might go away you with restricted time on every. With ʻono meals to style, trails to find and seashores to expertise, we’ve gathered our 5 24-hour guides on every island with hyperlinks conveniently positioned under.  

Oʻahu 

Oʻahu has all of it—pristine seashores, rugged mountaineering trails, award-winning eating places, cultural museums and bustling metropolis life. We’ll admit it’s troublesome to spend a single day on this island. Whereas there’s tons to do, we crafted an itinerary that’s filled with quite a lot of must-dos and one of the best that this island has to supply. 

READ MORE: YOUR 24-HOUR OʻAHU ITINERARY

Maui 

For many years, the Valley Isle has been a favourite amongst guests, and for good causes. There’s simply so a lot variety in the case of Maui’s landscapes and actions. There aren’t many locations on this planet the place you may catch the dawn on the prime of a volcano, do yoga with goats after which end the day watching the sundown on a seashore. Discover a slice of what Maui has to supply with this 24-hour itinerary. 

READ MORE: YOUR 24-HOUR MAUI ITINERARY

Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi Island  

Whereas the west aspect is arguably the preferred vacation spot on Hawaiʻi Island, it’s most actually the driest aspect. In Kailua-Kona, you could find lengthy stretches of barren lava rock formations, uncrowded seashores and world-renowned Kona espresso—on almost each nook! This itinerary takes you a bit past the principle customer hub of Kailua-Kona, so that you’ll have to lease a automotive for this jam-packed day of adventuring. 

READ MORE: YOUR 24-HOUR KAILUA-KONA ITINERARY

Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island  

From espresso beans to candy potatoes, it looks as if every thing grows on Hawai‘i Island. And nowhere is that extra obvious than in Hilo. Extremely lush, you could find small companies, retailers and pure wonders round each nook in Hilo. On this city, there’s greater than sufficient to do to fill a day’s itinerary. To make issues simpler, we’ve put collectively a 24-hour information since among the greatest issues on the Large Island are the simplest to overlook. 

READ MORE: YOUR 24-HOUR HILO ITINERARY

Kauaiʻi 

With the nickname the Backyard Isle, Kauaʻi boasts emerald valleys, lush tropical forests, rugged cliffs and turquoise seashores. Whereas there are limitless alternatives to find Kauaʻi’s nice open air, you don’t need to miss visiting native companies as properly. We’ve mapped out your 24-hour itinerary to the Backyard Isle.  

READ MORE: YOUR 24-HOUR KAUAʻI ITINERARY

These itineraries had been revealed in our September/October 2021 digital concern. Learn it here.