The first whales of 2024 have been spotted! Mid-September is unusually early to be seeing North Pacific Humpback Whales in Hawai’i. In previous years our earliest whale sightings were usually late October to early November. This year the first whales were sighted on September 15th. We have learned that this is not the earliest date… Read more »
For the lucky few, cruising around Maui on a bicycle is a rare treat. On most days, it’s about as close as you can get to bicycling heaven! If you have access to a road bike with good tires, you can travel the same places all the other visitors do. Except, you are up close… Read more »
One of the first things people think about when they hear about Hawai’i is swaying coconut palms and beautiful beaches. It is hard to imagine that at one time, there were no coconut palm trees on the Hawaiian islands at all! When the Polynesian migrants first arrived, there was only one species of native palm… Read more »
Endemic Hawaiian plants and flowers will typically thrive in their native environments. You do not have to go deep into the Hawaiian rainforests or to the edge of remote cliff faces finding exotic native flora in Hawai’i. Many beautiful flowering plants live along the beach where you go every day. They flourish in the sand,… Read more »
