Here are links to some of the exciting things you can do on the Big Island

• Take a champagne cruise and watch the sunset. The cruise departs from Anaeho'omalu Bay in the Waikoloa Beach Resort next to the Marriot. Champagne, appetizers and the most beautiful sunsets in the world await you.
• Snorkle and see the amazing beauty of Kaelakekua Bay, Hawaii's finest marine snorkle preserve. See dolphins, turles and numerous colorful fish and marine life.
• Go Flumin Da Ditch -On hot summer days on the old plantations, the most daring kids would grab an inner-tube or almost anything that floats, trespass onto the plantation and "go fluming" in the many ditches and flumes throughout the State. "Fluming" was a wild, exciting, fun filled childhood adventure with the risk of being caught and paddled. Fluming is a recreational, cultural and historical wilderness adventure for the whole family. (UPDATE--Unfortunately, Flumin' Da Ditch has been closed since the earthquake in October 2007--we'll keep you apprised if this changes!)
• Meet a dophin, join the trainers in feeding the dolphins their evening meal or learn how to train animals with dolphins as the example, all this and more is available at Dolphin Quest located at the Hilton Waikoloa Village. Programs designed for kids of various ages are available.
• Experience the unspoiled upcountry of Hawi'i at the Ponoholo Ranch on Historic Kohala Mountain. This 11,000 acre working cattle ranch stretches from rain forest to the ocean and offers the most spectacular secenry on the Big Island. On an Open Range Horseback Ride you experience what it was like to be a paniolo (Hawaiian Cowboy) in the old days of North Kohala.
• You don't have to leave the resort to enjoy the beauty and recreation activities at 'Anaeho'omalu Bay (ABay).This salt-and-pepper sand beach is popular with visitors and locals. The two large and pictureque fishponds were used by ancient Hawaiins for raising mullet. On the right hand side is a hut that rents snorkel gear, kayaks, boogie boards, windsurfers etc. Nalu's Bar and Grill at the Outrigger has food.
• Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu or one of the ancient laws against the gods could avoid certain death by fleeing to this place of refuge or "pu`uhonua". The 182 acre park, established in 1961, includes the pu`uhonua and a complex of archeological sites including: temple platforms, royal fishponds, sledding tracks, and some coastal village sites.
• Puukohola Heiau the temple built by King Kamehameha 1790 adn 1791 is a fascinating National Historic site. Not only can you visit the temple but there are wonderful hikes numerous birds to see.
• Kiholo Bay is a beautiful and uniquely shaped ocean inlet. The turquoise water is a mixture of fresh and salt water - cold freshwater on top, brackish in the middle, and warm saltwater on the bottom. Turtles abound here. There is white sand, black sand, palms, coves, islands, and giant green sea turtles! At the northern end of the bay there is a small island with white sand and palms that you get to by wading across a knee-deep water channel. Chances are you will see turtles swim past you as you cross the channel. The island is perfect for sunning,(for you and the sea turtles, or for swimming in the lagoon.
• For an experience that will stay with you the rest of your life - dive at night with manta rays. You will slip into the water with lights beckoning the mantra rays like moths to a candle. You will see gigantic shadows as they approach.

• Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is the site of two of the world's most spectacularly active volcanoes. In Mauna Loa's rugged high altitude wilderness area, you can inspect cinder cones, gaping chasms and barren lava wrought into fantastic shapes.