#Papakolea Beach

Ten Breathtaking Beaches on Hawai‘i Island

Ongoing eruptions from Kīlauea have resulted in breathtaking black and white sand beaches all around the island—and even a rare green sand beach.

Green Sand Beach: A Big Island Wonder

One of the Big Island’s most breathtaking destinations, Papakolea Beach, is known more to tourists and locals alike as Green Sand Beach at Mahana Bay.

Green Sand Beach Offers Hiking and Scenic Views

A visit to Green Sand Beach offers a scenic hiking to a unique bay nestles in a collapsing volcanic cinder cone.

Hapuna Beach Recognized; Colored Beaches Not So Much

Travel + Leisure magazine rates Hapuna as family-friendly, but the many-hued Big Island beaches lose out to black sand on Maui.