This morning we flew from Hilo with Hawaiian Airlines to Kahului and thus drove to the third Hawaiian island on our journey: Maui. After arriving at the airport we picked up our rental car (booked via billiger-mietwagen.de) and went to the hotel.
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Our world is so incredibly beautiful and versatile and we want to explore & experience as much of it together as possible. We are Sandra and Michael from Darmstadt – commuters between full-time jobs and 30 days of vacation per year. There is a lot of wanderlust in between. And that’s why we keep pulling out into the wide or near world. Since 2012, we have been on our smaller and larger holidays by 79 Countries On travelled to all 5 continents and blog with a lot of passion about our countless adventures and experiences in our travel blog – be it from dreamlike islands, in cities of millions, on mountain peaks, in the pure wilderness or even in the depths of the oceans. Travel is our great passion and we love to get to know and write about new countries, places and cultures.
Big Island – Hike to Papakolea Green Sand Beach (USA)
After our visit to the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park we drove the Highway 11 further west, as there are other interesting places here that we had not seen during our last visit during our world tour.
» Read the full blog postHawaii Volcanoes National Park – Things to do & Photo spots (USA)
Today we literally went to THE Hot Spot on Big Island: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which was founded in 1916. The park has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Sitesince 1987. The 1,348 km2 area of the park includes extensive lava fields from various episodes and is home to the active volcanoes Kilauea and Mauna Loa.
» Read the full blog postLava Boat Tour – A boat trip to Ocean Entry on Big Island (USA)
After we had already made a hike over lava fields and could see flowing lava up close and taking a bike tour to the Kalapana Lava Viewing Area, it was now time to see the Ocean Entry of the current lava flow vis-a-vis with a “Lava Boat Tour”.
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After our overwhelming lava hike to an active flowing lava flow in the Kilauea East Rift Zone, today we wanted to ride the bikes again to the Kalapana Lava Viewing Area, from where you can see the Ocean Entry from afar.
» Read the full blog postLava Hike on Big Island – Get close to flowing lava & feel the heat (USA)
Seeing flowing lava from very close has always been a dream of ours and was therefore at the top of our bucket list. And today was finally the day when this dream was to come true. Today, a Lava Hike in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park was on the agenda 🙂
» Read the full blog postBig Island – Arrival in Hilo & Akaka Falls State Park (USA)
Today we went to the second island of our Hawaii holiday. We were looking forward to Big Island, because on the largest Hawaiian island we had already planned some great activities. The official name of Big Island is ‘Hawai’i’, as is the name of the entire state and archipelago. But not to confuse the two, most people just talk about Big Island.
» Read the full blog postDiamond Head Crater – Stunning view over Honolulu (USA)
Today we wanted to hike along the Diamond Head Crater Trail, which is located in the middle of diamond head crater. From the summit you have a super beautiful view of Waikiki. We were already on our world tour on the crater in 2015 and we liked the view so much that we really wanted to do the hike again 🙂
» Read the full blog postHanauma Bay – One of the most beautiful snorkelspots on Oahu (USA)
After our exhausting hike on the Koko Crater Railway Trail in the morning, we were really looking forward to a cool refreshment in Hanauma Bay.
» Read the full blog postKoko Crater – A hike on the old railway tracks in Oahu (USA)
Today we were already sitting at 8 o’clock in the morning in our rental car,because we wanted to climb the Koko Crater Railway Trail, which is located on the southeast side of the island of Oahu, just in the early hours of the morning. And since it gets very hot in the morning, we wanted to use the early morning hours so as not to sweat completely immediately after ten meters.
» Read the full blog postOahu – An Island Tour & & the most beautiful photo spots (USA)
Today we had to get up very early, because we had booked an island tour on Oahu via Oahu Photography Tours, where the photography and the corresponding photo motifs should be in the foreground.
» Read the full blog postHonolulu – Hike to Manoa Falls & Tantalus Lookout (USA)
After picking up our rental car at Alamo in Waikiki in the morning, we set out to explore the Manoa Waterfalls and the Tantalus Lookout.
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We have already reported about the main sights of Waikiki in the previous post. But Waikiki is just one of five districts of the city, along with Manoa Makiki, Eastern Honolulu, Western Honolulu and Downtown Honolulu. Honolulu has other interesting and beautiful sights to offer, which we would like to introduce here.
» Read the full blog postWaikiki – The neighborhood of Honolulu with Waikiki Beach (USA)
Waikiki is probably the most famous district of the Hawaiian city of Honolulu. The majority of the area consists of large hotels of international hotel chains, countless shops, numerous restaurants and the famous Waikiki Beach.
» Read the full blog postAmsterdam – Tourist Attractions, Things to do & Photo spots (Netherlands)
Since our onward flight to Hawaii did not start until early Sunday morning, we only had a whole day for Amsterdam to see the sights of the old town.
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