Kona / Hawaiʻi Island

Lava coast. Pacific blue. A different side of Hawaiʻi.

TRIPHarveyStrong Travels

WHENMarch 2023

ISLANDHawaiʻi Island

AREAKona

Our Kona Story

Black lava below.
Pacific blue beyond.

Our 2023 Hawaii travels did not stop with Oʻahu. We continued to Kona and Hawaiʻi Island, where the scenery shifted again: dark lava rock against bright Pacific water, palms along the shore and places that carried a deeper sense of island history.

Kona gave this Hawaii chapter its own visual language — rugged, blue, sunlit and completely different from Honolulu.

The Kona Coast

Where turquoise water meets volcanic shoreline.

Our photographs. Our memories. Our Hawaiʻi Island.

Lava-rock coastline on Hawaiʻi Island — Lava & Pacific

Turquoise Pacific water near Kona — That Kona blue

Palm trees and lava shoreline on Hawaiʻi Island — Palms on the lava coast

Island Stories

History and culture belong in the landscape, too.

Traditional structures at a cultural site on Hawaiʻi Island — Island history

Historic artwork seen during the Kona trip — Stories in the details

Beach and ocean view near Kona — Along the shore

Seal resting on a Hawaiʻi Island beach — A local taking it easy

HarveyStrong Favorites

A different Hawaiʻi chapter entirely.

The Lava Coast

Dark volcanic rock made every shade of Pacific blue look even brighter — rugged and beautiful at the same time.

The Island History

Cultural spaces and historic details added another layer to the trip beyond the shoreline.

The Wildlife Cameo

Sometimes the best travel moments are the ones that clearly did not check your itinerary first.

Pacific view near Kona on Hawaiʻi Island

Hawaiʻi · 2023

Oʻahu brought us back. Kona took the story somewhere new.

Our return to Hawaiʻi became more than a return trip. Continuing to Kona gave us another island, another landscape and another reason to keep exploring.

Back to Oʻahu

Black lava below.Pacific blue beyond.