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The Islands of Hawai‘i are one of the most beautiful places on earth, this website was
developed to help share with you the beauty of the Islands. Hawaii is 50th state of the United states, the state was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959. Its capital is Honolulu on the island of O‘ahu, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is seperated from the continental United States by more than 2000 miles of vast the Pacific Ocean. If you have never travel to the the islands, you may have preconceived notions — like the idea of bridges connecting the islands or the belief that the Big Island (Hawaii) is the most populated.
 The truth is the Hawaiian islands are much larger than you may think. The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian Island chain, which consists of hundreds of islands spread over about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of the Pacific Ocean. At the southeastern end of this chain lies, the eight "main islands" they are;(from the northwest to southeast), Ni‘ihau, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Lana‘i, Kaho‘olawe, Maui, and Hawai‘i. The last is by far the largest of the chain, it is roughly the same size as Jamaica or Puerto Rico and is often called the "Big Island" or "Big Isle" to avoid confusion with the state as a whole.
Here are some fast facts about the Islands:
Hawai'i has two official languages — English and Hawaiian. But the latter with it's melodious sounds and lyrical rhythum, better expresses the breathtaking natural surroundings and the relax, friendly feeling of "Aloha" that vistors have come to love
The Big Island has the state’s only active volcanoes, Kilauea (The most active volcano in the world) and Mauna Loa. Local lore says that the fire goddess of Pele still resides in Halema'uma'a a depression within the Kilauea Caldera. These caldera type volcano's erupt less violantly than coninal variety of volcano's such as Mount Saint Helens, this means the lava flows more easily from these type of volcanos,creating beautiful eruptions that can be view from a safe distance. Also these caldera type volcanos create the board smooth mountains that make up the Hawaiian chain of islands. The Highest point in the islands is Mauna Kea at 13,796ft above sea level. The state of Hawaii contains 11 of the 13 climate zones found on Earth. Depending on the island, you are traveling on you can travel through tropical rain forest, desert and snow covered mountain peaks within a few hours. Hawaii is more than just palm trees and pineapples. There’s more tropical plants, cacti, pine trees and other species of plants that are unique and only native to the islands.
 There are a lot farms and open land. Hawaii is home to thousands of acres of pineapple fields, coffee groves and horse ranches. On any given weekend you can find a rodeo — many areas of Hawaii have more in common with Texas than tiki torches.
To right is a picture of pineapple growing at the Dole Plantation on the island Oahu.
The only public transportation between the islands is by plane or boat or ferry. However, you can take a cruise or private charter if you’ve got the coins to spare.
Oah‘u is the most populated island with almost half of Hawaii's 1.2 million residents — not including the millions of tourists that visit the islands each year. The island is appropriately referred to as “The Gathering Place.” Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii and the largest city among the islands. Waikiki beach is the site of Hawaii's best known landmark Diamond Head crater.
In geological terms Kauai is the oldest island and the Big Island (Hawaii), is the newest The Big Island is so new that it’s still being created.
Mt. Wai‘ale‘ale on Kauai is the wettest location in the world with a average rainfall of over 460 inches of rain a year, this is because the prevailing northeast trade winds funnel moisture laden clouds up the slopes casuing them to dump copious amounts of rain. Because of these torrants of rain the Alaka‘i Swamp was formed and resulting erosion carved the deep gorges of up to 3000ft deep that created Waimea Canyon and the Na Pali coast.
Hawai‘i is the only U.S. state to grow coffee, and it’s fantastic! Give Kona Coffee a try and see what you think.
Every island of Hawaii has beautifully unique features. It’s said the lifestyle of each island relates to a particular era in recent history. In effect, by choosing an island, you can travel back to a different period of time. Oahu is the most metropolitan and current in the way of trends, business and technology. Even still, it’s said Oahu is 10 years behind the mainland. Maui has most the modern conveniences of Oahu, but without the crowds. It’s like traveling back in time to the ’80s. Kauai and the Big Island have a lifestyle similar to the ’50s or ’60s with lots of farm land and not as many modern conveniences. If the ancient Hawaiian lifestyle is more your taste, your best bet is the island of Molokai.
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