While the beaches and mountains have starring roles in Hawai`i Island’s unique landscape, the drier, lower elevations play host to dozens of endemic flora species — many of which have important cultural ties — including the iconic wiliwili tree. Once…
Storytelling in song and chant has preserved many aspects of the culture and lore of the Hawaiian people, and the `aina (land) that is sacred to them. One of Hawai`i's greatest storytellers was Clyde 'Kindy' Halema'uma'u Sproat (1930.2008). Kindy was…
The moment your plane touches down on Hawai`i Island, the demands of the fast-paced world evaporate, and you instantly feel a sense of the calm, tranquil 'aloha' spirit. Here, health and wellness are a natural way of life. After all,…
Have you ever wondered why you order the same dish every time you go to your favorite restaurant? Or, when you recommend a restaurant to friends, there’s that one dish you always tell them to be sure to try?…
What you see at Waikoloa Beach Resort today — bustling hotels, shopping centers, golf courses, entertainment and cultural centers, dining options of all kinds — was merely a vision back in 1968, when developers began planning how they would bring…
Lehua Alapa`i can trace her family’s history on the land just south of Waikoloa Beach Resort back almost 2,000 years. “Pretty much from 900 AD on, 18-plus generations lived there,” she says. “My aunties have it all written down and…
Just as Hawai`i is so much more than awe-inspiring sunsets draped upon dramatic landscapes, Waikoloa Beach Resort is more than its luxury hotels, dreamy beaches, tempting restaurants and shopping centers. If you want to delve deeper in the area’s history,…
Juicy mangos and ripe avocados the size of softballs grow wild! Enormous banana bunches hang from trees. Exotic fruits such as rambutan, lychee, dragonfruit, papaya and star fruit are plentiful. The largest tree fruit in the world, jackfruit, grows like…
Most family vacations require little more than a swimming pool to please the kids. But add dreamy sunsets, dolphin encounters, unlimited shopping, long stretches of white-sand beach, golf and a warm ocean, and you get a vacation the entire family…
Hilton Waikoloa Village Completes First Phase of Major Renovation When the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa first opened its doors in 1988 as part of the Waikoloa Beach Resort, the sprawling 1,240-room resort was the most expensive hotel ever built in the…