If you're looking for a vacation destination that's as lovely as it is diverse, you'll find it in Hawaii. Affectionately referred to as "the Big Island," you'll find dozens of exciting ways to spend your vacation. Enjoy world-class shopping and dining as well as sun and surf on the western Kona and Kohala coasts, or stay on the less populated Waipio Valley and Hamakua coasts to the north and east. Golf on one of the island's many championship courses, visit the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to see actual lava flow, stargaze atop Mauna Kea, swim with the dolphins or visit one of the many Kona coffee plantations. There's so much to see and do on the Big Island!