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Flights are booked with minimal research - too easy to get worried and change our mind if we read too much 
Well, the flights to LA are booked and it's now time to fill up the rest. After our first bouts of research, the plan is looking like this:
April 23rd - 26th Kauai
-No area or hotel picked
-Lots of scenery walks
-Helicopter tour a must apparently
April 26th - 30th -Big Island
-Probably to stay in Kona - hotel undecided
-Look at lava
-Walk through moonscape
-Climbing facilities in Kona
April 30th - 5th O'ahu
-Thinking about staying in Diamong head - hotel undecided (originally I wanted to stay on Waikiki but lots of reading has put me off and suggested this is a nice compromise) - Lotus Honolulu looks quite nice?
-Pearl Harbour
-Lots of walks for lovely scenery
-Waikiki beach
Probably quite a standard Hawaii type holiday, although it's part of our honeymoon so we're pushing the boat a little in general. Walks, Hikes, Helicopter tours, cocktails on the beach type of thing. The only caveat is we're both (indoor) rock climbers so are revolving things around Big Island & O'ahu due to facilities (sounds a bit mad but the logistics of outdoor are too much to consider planning at this stage).
From what I gather we'll really need a car on each island, so airport pickup & dropoff a given. We are contemplating an extra night on Kauai instead of Big Island but will see.
Our budget is upto £300 a night per hotel (very happy to pay less) but very much open to hear any suggestions on trip structure, hotels, must do activities etc. Personal experience wanted as long as it's not "don't bother" !
Well, the flights to LA are booked and it's now time to fill up the rest. After our first bouts of research, the plan is looking like this:
April 23rd - 26th Kauai
-No area or hotel picked
-Lots of scenery walks
-Helicopter tour a must apparently
April 26th - 30th -Big Island
-Probably to stay in Kona - hotel undecided
-Look at lava
-Walk through moonscape
-Climbing facilities in Kona
April 30th - 5th O'ahu
-Thinking about staying in Diamong head - hotel undecided (originally I wanted to stay on Waikiki but lots of reading has put me off and suggested this is a nice compromise) - Lotus Honolulu looks quite nice?
-Pearl Harbour
-Lots of walks for lovely scenery
-Waikiki beach
Probably quite a standard Hawaii type holiday, although it's part of our honeymoon so we're pushing the boat a little in general. Walks, Hikes, Helicopter tours, cocktails on the beach type of thing. The only caveat is we're both (indoor) rock climbers so are revolving things around Big Island & O'ahu due to facilities (sounds a bit mad but the logistics of outdoor are too much to consider planning at this stage).
From what I gather we'll really need a car on each island, so airport pickup & dropoff a given. We are contemplating an extra night on Kauai instead of Big Island but will see.
Our budget is upto £300 a night per hotel (very happy to pay less) but very much open to hear any suggestions on trip structure, hotels, must do activities etc. Personal experience wanted as long as it's not "don't bother" !
Edited by Calza on Tuesday 9th January 14:06
xx99xx said:
Or the 2022 edition: https://amzn.eu/d/e33unVq
Well I look daft, my google skills clearly suck. Thank you!InformationSuperHighway said:
It may be too late but I think you're missing a trick not going to Maui...
No nothing actually booked internally yet so we're not locked in. I was a bit worried about the fire damage still, and kind of had to choice between Maui and Kauai. We felt 4 islands would be a bit too much hoppping.tvrolet said:
A lot of great stuff
Fantastic, thank you. A brilliant amount to work through there. Nice to see some love for O'ahu too. I looked at the hotel you mentioned in Kona, looks great but is coming in at £420 a night which seems a bit peaky for me 
Alexandra said:
We have a house on Castles Beach on Oahu, which is about 30 minutes drive from Honolulu. There's a lot more to the island than the typical American city so don't worry about staying somewhere further afield. Waikiki does tend to be a tourist trap and for the locals but most people we have over want to go just to say they've been there.
Be careful if you surf or swim in the ocean, there are box jellyfish around, amongst other things.
There was a good post above with probably eveything you need but in addition to that, there are wildlife sactuaries, nature reserves, and biking trails around if you're into that type of thing.
Do you do rentals? Be careful if you surf or swim in the ocean, there are box jellyfish around, amongst other things.
There was a good post above with probably eveything you need but in addition to that, there are wildlife sactuaries, nature reserves, and biking trails around if you're into that type of thing.
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