Hawaii

By Travelog Editorial Team · Updated August 8, 2026

Hawaii is live on Travelog with one visitable destination, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, inscribed by UNESCO in 1987 under criterion (viii) for its ongoing volcanic island-building processes, home to Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Hawaii's second UNESCO site, Papahanaumokuakea, a vast marine national monument in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, is honestly disclosed here as effectively inaccessible to typical visitors, not a practical destination to plan a trip around.

Hawaii's actual, visitable UNESCO story is on the Big Island, not the remote marine monument most visitors will never reach, covered honestly below.