New York & Islandhopping Hawaii

About the destination: New York City is an international metropolis built on the shoulders of immigrants and their descendants. New York City is home to eight million people, and the city receives more than 50 million visitors per year. Your New York City tour should include sampling the food of hundreds of different cultures, and you can explore it easily on foot, by taxi, or via the famous subway system. A gift from the French people to the American people, the Statue of Liberty is a universal symbol of freedom and the city’s most famous landmark. Wall Street acts as the heart of big business being the home of the New York Stock Exchange. The Empire State Building looms over the Big Apple as the second-tallest building in the city, with the nearby Chrysler Building also dominates the landscape. Nearby is the headquarters of United Nations overlooking the East River and Grand Central Terminal, one of the busiest train stations in the world. No New York sightseeing is complete without a visit to Times Square. Take in its billboards, its many people, and its food, then cross over to Central Park, which comprises 850 acres of lakes and meadows, where to get away from the city buzz. You also have your pick of art and history museums, as well as the Reflecting Absence Memorial and Museum, where you can pay your respects to the victims of 9/11. Even though Manhattan houses most of the city’s landmarks, each of the districts of the city has its unique and distinctive personality worth exploring. From the historic streets of Brooklyn to Queens’s international cuisine, there is something for every type of person in the city. Most of all, New York is a city to have fun and indulge oneself. So, enjoy yourself, and get ready to take a bite out of the Big Apple. New York City has everything for everyone: architecture, art, cuisine, entertainment, shopping. It's all here.

About the destination: Oʻahu, known as ""The Gathering Place"", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands; however, it is home to about two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii, and is the home of Honolulu International Airport. The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oʻahu's southeast coast. Including small close-in offshore islands such as Ford Island and the islands in Kaneohe Bay and off the eastern coast. MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS • Polynesian Cultural Center. The Polynesian Cultural Center offers something found nowhere else: the opportunity to experience the culture not just of Hawaii, but also of seven other Polynesian island groups, all in one place. • Wet'n'Wild Hawaii. • USS Arizona National Memorial • National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl A solemn and beautiful place, built in the caldera of a small dormant volcano, which serves as the final resting place and memorial to those who died in service of the United States armed services in the Pacific Ocean. • Honolulu Museum of Art. • The Bishop Museum. • Iolani Palace. • Queen Emma's Summer Palace. • Banzai Pipeline.

About the destination: Kauaʻi or Kauai is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. It is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the ""Garden Isle"", this island is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park. MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. • Lydgate State Park. There's a park with play area for kids with the usual swings, slides etc.. • Old Koloa town. The small, rustic town has a grocery store, ice cream parlor, and some souvenir shops. There's also a small museum about the lives of the Japanese immigrants who worked on Kauai's sugar plantations. • The Huleia National Wildlife Refuge offers stunning scenery and a great place to photograph native birds and animals. • The elegant and pristine Wailua Falls looks like a double waterfall from the viewing area but is actually a triple waterfall. • Opaekaa Falls. There is a vista point on Route 580 to see the falls with plenty of parking for cars. • Hanalei Valley and Bay. The valley overlook showcases taro fields in various stages of production.

About the destination: The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the State of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands. MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS • Haleakala National Park offers alpine wilderness and stunning views of Maui • Iao Valley State Monument • Ohe'o Gulch Kipahulu or the Seven Sacred Pools is one of the most popular attractions in Maui and part of the Haleakala National Park.