Love Big Island - Hawai'i travel guide https://www.lovebigisland.com/ Big Island travel guide written by and for people that love Hawaii. Itineraries, activities, etc. Aloha 'aina, malama' aina! (love and take care of the land) Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.lovebigisland.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-BigIsland-no-text_512px-32x32.jpg Love Big Island https://www.lovebigisland.com/ 32 32 Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/luau-kalamaku-kilohana-plantation/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:51:57 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25290 The show at Luau Kalamaku has a plot you can follow. Ancient voyagers sail from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi and settle Kauaʻi, and one family’s story plays out through hula and Tahitian dance, told with narration and a stage media system. The show is in English. It plays Tuesdays and Fridays in a large open-sided pavilion […]

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]]> Ironwood Ranch West Maui Horseback Rides https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/ironwood-ranch-horseback-maui/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:49:52 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25273 Ironwood Ranch is the only horseback operator in West Maui. It has run trail rides in the foothills above Nāpili since 1983. The trail crosses old pineapple plantation fields and ironwood and eucalyptus forest, then climbs to a high point with the ocean below and Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi across the channel. Check-in is 30 minutes […]

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]]> Maui Mountain Activities Horseback Ride https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/maui-mountain-activities-horseback/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:49:50 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25264 Peacocks, pigs, sheep and cats roam the check-in area at this ranch near Waiheʻe, and a shuttle takes riders to the horses on another part of its 500 acres. Then you climb single file, mostly at a walk, to about 2,500 feet in the West Maui Mountains, where you may see waterfalls in the distance, […]

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]]> Triple L Ranch Maui Horseback Ride https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/triple-l-ranch-horseback-maui/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:49:48 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25249 On the weekday ride you head out to the nursery pasture at the base of Piʻimoi cinder cone to see Triple L’s Angus cows and calves, while the paniolo (Hawaiian cowboys) check water lines around you. The De Ponte family has raised cattle here, on Haleakalā’s southwest slope, since 1947, and every ride goes through […]

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]]> Lūʻau Ka Hikina at Sheraton Coconut Beach https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/luau-ka-hikina-sheraton-coconut-beach/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:49:17 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25284 Kālua pig, huli huli chicken, teriyaki beef and mahi mahi lūʻau (fish baked with taro leaf) are the mains on the buffet at Lūʻau Ka Hikina, the Sheraton Kauai Coconut Beach Resort’s own lūʻau in Kapaʻa. We read more than 300 of its TripAdvisor reviews in September 2026, and food drew more praise than any […]

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]]> ʻAuliʻi Lūʻau at Sheraton Kauai Resort https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/aulii-luau-sheraton-kauai/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:48:01 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25274 You eat dinner at ʻAuliʻi as the sun goes down over Poʻipū Beach, on the Sheraton Kauai Resort’s oceanfront lawn, with Kōloa Rum mai tais from the open bar, starting with the welcome cocktail. For an anniversary or a milestone birthday, it’s the Kauaʻi lūʻau we’d book, in Aliʻi Seating if the budget allows. Adult […]

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]]> Grand Hyatt Kauaʻi Lūʻau https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/havaiki-nui-luau-grand-hyatt-kauai/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:47:39 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25250 If you’re staying at the Grand Hyatt Kauaʻi in Poʻipū, this lūʻau is a walk from your room, and nobody in your group has to drive home after the open bar. We recommend it to resort guests and to families who want an easy night, not as a lūʻau to drive across the island for. […]

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]]> Drums & Dances of Polynesia, Royal Sonesta Kauaʻi https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/drums-dances-of-polynesia-royal-sonesta-kauai/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:46:54 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25240 Thursday is the only lūʻau night at the Royal Sonesta Kauaʻi, and the show runs on an oceanfront lawn at Kalapaki Beach in Līhuʻe. It’s called Drums & Dances of Polynesia, formerly Feast of the Pacific. We checked the booking calendar from October 2026 through January 2027, and every show is on a Thursday at […]

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]]> Ahi Lele Fire Show at Anaina Hou https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/ahi-lele-fire-show-kilauea/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:45:40 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=25236 On Monday and Wednesday evenings, the only fire show on Kauaʻi’s North Shore runs under the roof of Porter Pavilion at Anaina Hou Community Park in Kīlauea. Every lūʻau on the island is in Kapaʻa and Wailua, Līhuʻe or Poʻipū. You’re booking a buffet dinner and a Polynesian fire show rather than a traditional lūʻau: […]

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]]> Myths of Maui Lūʻau https://www.lovebigisland.com/tours/myths-of-maui-luau/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:40:41 +0000 https://www.lovebigisland.com/?post_type=tours&p=24978 The Myths of Maui Lūʻau runs nightly on the oceanfront lawn at the Royal Lahaina Resort on Kāʻanapali Beach, and it has run longer than any other luau on Maui. At [tour_price] for general admission, it is the cheapest of the big beach luaus on Kāʻanapali, and the price covers an open bar, an island […]

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