The Big Island of Hawaii's beauty is legendary and it has the most diverse landscape on earth-but it can be as challenging texplore as it is charming. From the icy heights of snow-covered volcanoes, tsteamy jungles and tropical beaches, flowing fields of lava, flower choked canyons and wide-open tropical grassland, its scenery is unsurpassed. By and large the quality of your trip tthe Big Island will depend on how much of it you choose tsee and how you set about discovering your own Big Island adventures. Below are some ideas on the options for getting Hawaii and for getting around Hawaii, once you are here.
Another key tthe quality of your time on the Big Island has tdwith the spirit of aloha. The people you meet in Hawaii, by and large, tend tbe more open and friendly-quick thelp or befriend-than elsewhere. This is the tradition of "Aloha". When you meet local residents, whether task for directions and advice or thire services or just in casual conversation, treat them with respect, humor and openness-return their spirit of aloha and you will find your journey, and yourself, deeply enriched for it.
In Hawaii, your smile is your passport.