The Hidden Hawaii Home - Big Island of Hawaii Information Page with Travel Tips on Hawaii Island

	The Big Island Expert Discover Authentic Hawaii
The Big Island. The Healing Island. This is Hawai'i Island. There actually is such a place, it isn't a mistake. The island of Hawai'i is the largest island in the state of Hawaii, more than twice the size of all of the other Hawaiian islands combined and growing all the time! Only the Big Island has active, flowing volcanoes that create new Earth as they live. It isn't like Oahu, it isn't like Maui or Kaua'i. On the Kona/Kohala Coast, the west side of the island, you'll find plenty of tourist activities, beaches and golf just as on any other island in Hawaii. But head for the Hamakua Coast on the island's east side and you'll see the last of Old Hawaii, still unspoiled by rampant tourism over-development. There you can still find acres of unbroken meadows, rustling waterfalls and windswept forests. To see this Big Island, get out of your resort and get out of your car. Don't take a van tour, take the time to meet the people and the place, people like M Kalani Souza. Read a book like The Secrets and Mysteries of Hawaii and find a special company like Wellness With Aloha or Soul of Hawaii that can take you into the authentic, indigenous, local Hawaii that has always been hidden from your view. The Big Island is a living, breathing library of culture and wisdom and healing and both the land and its people are treasures to be preserved through the gentleness and respect of those who come to visit.