April is a great fun in the sun month

Welcome,
well if you are interested in having fun in Hawaii on your vacation, some of the most fun and least expensive things you can do around here are, swim and snorkel of course, visit one or several of the many great hiking trails, stop for a plate lunch or shave ice, and watch sunset on the beach.
My top three favorite hiking trails are Maunawili Falls hike, Manoa Falls, and one of many that start up at Round Top (Tantalus). These are all good for almost anyone healthy enough to hike at all but the Maunawili hike has almost a hundred stairs because it goes uphill, then down for awhile, then back up quite a ways, then down again before the trail starts running along the side of the stream and up to the falls. This used to be just a rough dirt and rock trail but the State has put boards to make the steep parts of the trail into steps so its not as slippery and more accessible to more people but still a LOT of stairs. The other two are not nearly as steep. The photo on this site is of me about half way up toward Maunawili Falls.
Hope you are all having a great vacation!

fun in the sun

Aloha,
Since I live in beautiful downtown Honolulu, finding opportunities for fun in the sun is pretty easy to come by, but finding time for it, not so much. When we do have guests and take some time off to visit and recreate we try to pick the best bang for your buck experiences.
On this side of North America very few places are comparable to Hawaii, as anyone who has traveled here once or many times can tell you. Recently when showing some guests around (from NY) our basic must visits were, of course a few of our well known beaches, and a couple of less familiar stops, like Lanikai, Kailua, and Makapu'u. The photo is taken at Kailua just a couple hundred yards from the public beach, although our guests chose to rent a house on the Kailua side, so we just walked there from the house they stayed at. Skim boarding is a close to shore activity and one of many fun ocean activities folks may choose. Kailua beach is on the windward side so is home to many kite surfers and windsurfers, as well as kayakers and boogie boarders.
Beyond time hanging out at the rental house which was pretty much a private resort, we drove around the north shore, stopped at Haleiwa and Sharks Cove, went up to Pali Lookout, had a shave ice at the Island Snow and a quick visit to the Honolulu Zoo.
If I could've dragged my mostly sedentary guest crew away from lazing around the pool or beach a little more often my other highly recommended activities for vacationers are diving, since the year round average ocean temperature is ~ 74 degrees it is certainly a lot more comfortable to cruise around in our under water world than anywhere north of here, snorkeling, or kayaking.
Whatever your interests or hobbies are, hope YOU find lots of fun in the sun!
MAR