Ancient Hawaiian language translates Hawaii to mean paradise. Hawaii has a climate that varies only several degrees in temperature year round and the sun always shines. The rainy season is in January, but it isn't so rainy that it deters visitors. Actually, winter is one of the most popular times of year to vacation in Hawaii. The reason for this probably stems from the fact that it is cold and dreary just about everywhere else in the United States. If you live in California, Hawaii makes for the perfect getaway because it is only a three hour flight.
Hawaii makes for a great family vacation because of the broad diversity of activities or you can just lay on the beach and get a tan. All of the islands offer a diverseness of family friendly activities. Such as swim or surfing on one of Hawaii's awe-inspiring beaches. Wakiki is a family friendly beach situated on the island of Ohau. The waves are long and shallow offering a good family atmosphere. Wakiki is a good place for beginners to learn to surf because the waves are not so treacherous. Because Honolulu is a big city, you can even find fast food to gratify those hungry youngsters.
While on Ohau, be sure not to miss the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. This Memorial is both powerful and sorrowful. After watching a short movie portraying the awful attack on Pearl Harbor, visitors will take a short ferryboat ride out too the memorial. The memorial really floats on top of the sunken ship. You can walk back to the wall that lists the name of every person that died on that awful day in December.
Ohau is also home to the Wakiki Aquarium, the Honolulu zoo, and the Sea life park. The park has a 300,000 gallon tank, where you can see sharks, rays and thousands of reef fish. You can even swim with the dolphins here. Kids of all ages will enjoy swimming with the dolphins.
The island of Maui hosts the Maui Ocean Center, which is the greatest tropical marine museum in the United States. Maui is also a good place to windsurf, and has lots of different waterfalls. The resort hotel area of Ka'anapali is set on the western coast of Maui, and is home to the island's best golf game courses. This is where you will find the large high-rise resorts. They have whole lot of pools for the kids to swim in. The beach here, however, is not quite as child friendly as Wakiki Beach. The rip currents can be strong and Maui Island is much windier that Honolulu. The calmer beach at Kihei, might be a little more child friendly.
If horsebacking riding is more your style, you should travel to either the North Shore of Ohau, or the big island of Hawaii or Kaua'i. You must attend a Luau. Luaus make for great family fun and can be found on any of the Hawaiian islands. The fire eaters and beautiful Polynesian dancers are sure to impact kids of all ages. Whatever your idea of family fun, Hawaii is sure to deliver.
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