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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hiking and surfing sound like Kauai is where you want to be.  Yes, it's cool to hike through the volcano craters, but there are like 6 miles of hikes, that's it. Unless you are willing to hike at night to hope to see lava.

That being said, it's an easy flight from Kauai to the big island.  I would spend the bulk in Kauai with a two nights at the National Park.  [/quote]

Hiking family here and this is exactly our plan. We're likely only to ever go once as a family, so waiting until DD is at an age where she'll most remember it (and be able to do strenuous hikes)...so probably not until she is 12+.[/quote]

I love the Big Island and Kauai, and combining the two would be an ideal vacation for me.  However, you cannot fly directly from the BI to Kauai or vice versa.  All flights between those two islands involve a stop either on Maui or Oahu.  Not a dealbreaker if you really want to do both, but count on killing a day traveling between the two islands.  [/quote]

Hmmm...is the Kauai/Maui combination any better?[/quote]

You do have to go through Honolulu - but it's quick.  We flew into Honolulu and then onto  the Big Island to start the trip, when we left the Big Island with a 9am flight we were in Kauai by 1 -- we even did a NaPali coast hike late afternoon.  Then few from Kauai into Honolulu on the last day and then flew out.   The airports are so much smaller and laid back than most US airports -- nothing like the stress of changing flights in most of the US[/quote]

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