Planning Your Wedding And Hawaii-Style Guests’ Activities

You’re thrilled that so many friends and family will attend your Hawaiian wedding. But, you may wonder how you can organize the last-minute details of your wedding and Hawaii-based activities for your guests.

Plus, you’ll need to find different activities for a variety of guests. Let’s face it; your 75-year old grandmother will opt out of snorkeling, and your 18-year old brother will not spend an afternoon visiting boutiques. To keep your sanity while you put the final touches on your Hawaii wedding, and to give your guests a wonderful Hawaiian experience, try steering them towards these destinations.

Guests Activities Before The Hawaii Wedding

OAHU
Pearl Harbor continues to fascinate visitors. Try to visit the USS Bowfin and the Mighty Mo – decommissioned and opened as a museum, the mammoth ship now offers a variety of guided tours and fascinating insights into the life of a sailor.

Oahu’s Bishop Museum, offers fascinating exhibits, special events and educational workshops. Its $17 million, 16,500-square-ft. Science Adventure Center is fascinating for those even mildly interested in oceanography, geology, and seismology.

MAUI
Maui provides the perfect mix of beautiful lush nature with urban chic. City lovers will want to check out some of Maui’s famous shops and spas.

Your energetic guests can trek up Haleakala (Hawaiian for “House of the Sun”); this volcano is the highest point on Maui, more than10,023 feet above sea level. On a clear day, you’ll enjoy some of the most spectacular views Maui has to offer.

Maui is also known for its water sports – scuba diving, kayaking, and parasailing.

KAUAI
Kauai’s rain forests, mountains, and long stretches of white sand make it a nature-lover’s utopia.

Garden lovers will adore Kauai’s Na Aina Kai Botanical Gardens. On its 21 acres of gardens you’ll see; an exotic fruit farm which grows such rarities as atemoya, rambutan, and lychee; and a plantation of hardwoods featuring teak, rosewood, mahogany.

Hikers will want to checkout Kokee State Park on Kauai’s west side. Nineteen hiking trails travel more than 34 miles over the park’s 4,345 acres.

If you marry between December and May, your guests will be able to see Humpback Whales off the Kauai coast. So encourage them to book a ride on any of Kauai’s boat or rafting tours to view these majestic creatures.

BIG ISLAND
Hilo – As the youngest of the Hawaiian Islands, the Big Island of Hawaii is an amazingly active place — literally. For truly stunning vistas, guests can rent a care and drive on Highway 11 to the undulating lava fields of the Ka’u Desert between Volcanoes National Park and the tiny southern town of Na’alehu.

Hilo’s Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is the perfect place to view rainforests along side of America’s most active volcano. The two volcanoes: Mauna Loa and Kilauea (the former tops off at 13,677 feet), the latter is the active one — having been erupting off and on since 1983.

Coffee lovers will think they’re in heaven when they visit hundreds of specialty coffee farms, several mills, and museums along 20 miles of scenic country roads. They can drink Kona coffee all day long.

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