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Best Hawaii Travel Planning Tips & Budget Must Haves

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Michelle

Prepare for your ultimate Hawaii adventure with our comprehensive guide, featuring the best planning resources, snorkeling gear, hiking shoes, restaurants, and farm tours. Start by picking the perfect planning guide, from detailed paperback books and...

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Best Hawaii Trip Planning Guides

Favorite Big Island Tours we Prepurchased

Save $ on Snokeling Gear Before Trip

Best Budget Rainforest Hiking & Water Sandles

Best Hawaii Gifts to Pre-Purchase

Favorite Places We Ate - Don't Miss Thess

Best Hawaii Trip Planning Guides

Best planning guides for your Hawaii trip, including a detailed paperback guidebook filled with images, maps, and helpful descriptions of must-see sights. Enhance your adventure with an audio guide offering fascinating information and expert-curated ...

Great maps, plans & full color photos

Best Hawaii Tour Planning Book

BEST purchase we made. YOu single play the audio tours and follow along with interesting info and detiled driving guides with audio voice overs. SO WELL DONE!

Big Island Audio Tour Bundle

Pre-purchase a National Parks Pass Card if you plan to vidit a few National Parks in a year. Volcanos National is $30+ per visit.

America the Beautiful National Park Pass

Favorite Big Island Tours we Prepurchased

Pre-book the best farm tours in Hawaii, starting with the Heavenly Hawaii Kona Coffee Island Farm Tour, where you’ll explore the art of coffee growing and tasting on the Big Island. Dive into the fascinating process of sea salt extraction with the Ko...

Learn about the significance and rarity of 100% Kona Coffee as well as an understanding of what it takes to get the Kona coffee from the farm to your cup. Chocolate & macadamia nut tastings also.

Kona Coffee Farm Tour in Hawaii | Heavenly Hawaiian

Tour Hawaii Island’s only working Salt Farm and learn about the only salt in the world made from Deep Ocean Waters 2,200 feet below the surface. Our farm is nestled on a picturesque 7-acre oceanfront on the Hawaii Ocean Science & Technology Park....

Kona Sea Salt Farm Tours

Save $ on Snokeling Gear Before Trip

Get ready for your next adventure with the best snorkeling gear you need before your trip, including high-quality wide angle snorkel masks with comfortable mouthpieces and crystal-clear 4K waterproof cameras. Capture every underwater moment while pro...

We got each family member a accent different color. (Go black to avoid glares.) Packs easily. Don't need flippers.

Panoramic Wide View Snorkel Set, Anti-Fog, Adult & Kid Sizes

Wanted budget friendly GoPro Snorkling alternative with waterproof case and floating handle

Waterproof 4K Camera Bundle with Flotaing Handle & Accessories

Must have reef freindly suncreen. This one is clean zink, physical sunscreen, clean UVA/UVB ingredients, 80 min

Reef Friendly Clear Zink Mineral Sunscreen

Best Budget Rainforest Hiking & Water Sandles

Find the best waterproof hiking sandals built for wet, slippery waterfall trails, muddy rainforests, and rugged black sand beaches. Designed for superior traction and quick-dry comfort, these durable sandals can easily transition from hiking to rocky...

Hiking trails can be muddy in rainforrest sides of the islands. Beaches can be rocky and hot (black sand). This budget (fully adjustable) sandle with arch support works for both.

Mens Waterproof Hiking Sandals with Arch Support

Hiking trails can be muddy in rainforrest sides of the islands. Beaches can be rocky and hot (black sand). This budget (fully adjustable) sandle with arch support works for both.

Women's Hiking Water Sandals with Arch Support

More long term, water resistant, adjustable investment sandal for multiple trips. (No arch support). Name brand, great reputation, less strappy if prefer that look.

Teva Women's Xlt2 Sandal

Best Hawaii Gifts to Pre-Purchase

Much needed refillable waterbottle suvenier with a purpose. Add the state sticker to each stet you travel to.

Fifty States Bucket List Water Bottle

Great pre-trip gift for the long plane ride. There are pages for Haleakala and Volcanos National Park Sea Arch in the Pacific Southwest Section

The National Parks Coloring Book

Favorite Places We Ate - Don't Miss Thess

Discover the best restaurants to stop at while exploring Hawaii, starting with The Rim House at Volcano House for breathtaking views and delicious local dishes. Enjoy classic Hawaiian comfort food at Rex's Drive-In, known for its mouthwatering burger...

Book a Golden Hour Dinner Reservation to watch the sun set over the creator

The Rim Volcano House

If you on the north side of the island, try their local Hawaiian Plates and famous for their Portuguese malasadas (deep-fried donuts).

TEX Drive In

Gluten free bread, Hawaiian sweet bread great, fruit smoothies (specially the pina colada or mango) and plates all great. Guava Icea Cream.

Punalu‘u Bake Shop Experience