A Cruise to Hawaii
Another amazing experience to visit the most exotic islands of North Pacific, Hawaii: is to take a Cruise. On a cruise, you will not only get the adventure of traveling in a cruise but also you will have the opportunity to visit more than one Hawaiian island or even other destinations.
In general there are three basic types of cruises itinerary to Hawaii:
1) Cruises which start or end in Hawaii and do connection with California, Ensenada or Vancouver.
2) Cruises which do combination Hawaii with French Polynesia. In general they go to Polynesia, last more than one week and frequently includes Papeete, Bora Bora, Raiatea and Moorea.
3) The most popular type of cruises to Hawaii is the one which sails along the Hawaiians islands or the one which starts and ends in Hawaii but in addition includes a foreign shore like Fanning island.
General considerations:
- Cruises to Hawaii are available during all year.
- Cruises to Hawaii typically last from 7 to 15 days. Obviously there are cruises for more days, up to 35 days.
- In some cases you would need a long flight to arrive to the cruise departure harbor, so it is recommended you arrive at the shore 1 or 2 days before. Most of the cruises lines offer also hotel before the cruise departure.
Tip: at specific moments, it is possible to get special discounts such as: 2 x 1 (pay only one), or children free.
Taking a cruise to Hawaii is really a dream each of us carry on the deep of our heart. You will discover the nature, lonely and paradisiacal beaches, jungle and volcanoes. All of them, at the same trip.
Whatever cruise line you choose and take (Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival, Princess, Celebrity, Holland American, Royal Caribbean, Cunard, Costa Cruceros or others) you will have plenty of activities on board, full entertainment for everybody: adults and kids. Also you will enjoy the magnificent restaurants, resistless casino, bars, disco, swimming pools and several shops free of tax.
Just to give you an idea of the common places to take the cruises to Hawaii here you have a summary of the main cruises line which are not all listed here:
Norwegian Cruise Line departs from Honolulu.
Carnival Cruise line offers departures from: Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver or Seattle.
Celebrity Cruise Line offers departures from: Honolulu, Sidney*, Auckland, San Diego, Vancouver.
*Cruises departing from Sidney would include several Pacific islands such as: French Polynesia, Samoa, Fidji, Tonga and of course, Hawaii islands.
Princess Cruise Line has departures from Los Angeles.
Another fantastic opportunity is to take the Disney Cruise line, which will be visiting Hawaii for the first time, next 2012! So you will enjoy sailing in a cruise, the possibility to visit Hawaii islands, and even the magic of Disney World on board! there are 2 offers the 15-night Hawaii cruise & the 14-night
Hawaii cruise which have the same ports of call with one day less at the sea. Both of them departure from Los Angeles, stop in Ensenada, Mexico and then visit four of the major Hawaiian islands: the big island, Maui, Oahu and kauai.
The Hawaiian cruises harbors for Cruises lines include: Hilo (Hawaii), Honolulu (Oahu), Kona (Hawaii), Kahului(Maui), Kaunakakai (Molokai), Lahaina(Maui), Nawiliwili (Kauai)
Don’t waste more time and start planning a cruise trip to Hawaii!