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Kauai

Allerton Garden

Historic Lāwaʻi Valley garden of the NTBG.

$$$GardenHistoricHawaiian Cultural

Dramatic National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lāwaʻi Valley with garden rooms and the famous Moreton Bay fig trees.

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Oahu

Bishop Museum

Hawaiʻi's state museum of natural and cultural history.

$$$HistoricHawaiian CulturalGarden

Historic Honolulu museum with the Great Lawn and Hawaiian Hall for distinctive ceremonies and receptions.

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Big Island

Coconut Island (Mokuola)

Footbridge islet in Hilo Bay.

$Ocean ViewPublic ParkHawaiian Cultural

Small historic islet in Hilo Bay reached by footbridge, with Mauna Kea views, a unique permitted ceremony site.

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Big Island

Courtyard by Marriott King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel

Kailua-Kona's only downtown beach, beside Kamakahonu.

$$BeachfrontOcean ViewResort

Downtown Kailua-Kona hotel beside the historic Kamakahonu site and a small sheltered beach for ceremonies.

Kailua-Kona
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Kauai

Fern Grotto (Wailua River)

Lava grotto draped in ferns up the Wailua River.

$$GardenHawaiian CulturalWaterfall / Valley

Legendary fern-draped lava grotto reached by riverboat up the Wailua River, a storied Kauaʻi ceremony site.

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Maui

Hana-Maui Resort

Remote East-Maui resort in old Hāna town.

$$$$Ocean ViewResortGarden

Secluded East-Maui resort with oceanfront and garden ceremony settings in historic Hāna.

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Oahu

Heʻeia State Park

Windward point above Heʻeia Fishpond.

$Ocean ViewHawaiian CulturalPublic Park

Windward state park on a grassy point overlooking Kāneʻohe Bay and the ancient Heʻeia Fishpond. Permit ceremonies.

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Big Island

Holoholokai Beach Park

Coral-and-lava shore by the petroglyph trail.

$Ocean ViewPublic ParkHawaiian Cultural

Quiet Kohala Coast shore park near the Puakō petroglyphs, a scenic permitted ceremony site.

Kohala Coast
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Oahu

Honolulu Museum of Art

Courtyard galleries in the heart of Honolulu.

$$$HistoricGardenIndoor / Ballroom

Art museum with Spanish-Mediterranean courtyards and gallery spaces for elegant ceremonies and receptions.

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Big Island

Kahaluʻu Beach Park

Historic Keauhou bay beside the blue church.

$BeachfrontOcean ViewPublic Park

Kona snorkeling bay rich in Hawaiian history, beside St. Peter's church, used for permitted ceremonies.

Kailua-Kona
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Oahu

Kawaiahaʻo Church

The 1842 coral-block 'Westminster Abbey of Hawaiʻi'.

$$Chapel / ChurchHistoricHawaiian Cultural

Historic downtown Honolulu church built of coral blocks, a landmark setting for traditional ceremonies.

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Maui

Keawalaʻi Congregational Church

1832 coral-stone church on Makena Bay.

$$Chapel / ChurchHistoricOcean View

Historic oceanfront stone church in Makena, a classic setting for traditional Maui ceremonies.

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Big Island

Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort

Reimagined North-Kona hideaway at Kahuwai Bay.

$$$$BeachfrontOcean ViewResort

Secluded North-Kona resort of standalone hale around historic fishponds, with oceanfront ceremony settings.

Kailua-Kona
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Oahu

Kualoa Ranch

4,000-acre working ranch, the Jurassic Park valley.

$$$$RanchMountain ViewHawaiian Cultural

Windward Oahu ranch with cinematic mountain-valley ceremony sites, the Secret Island sandbar, and large open-air reception capacity.

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Maui

Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel

'Hawaiʻi's most Hawaiian hotel.'

$$BeachfrontOcean ViewResort

Locally-owned Kaʻanapali beachfront hotel with a strong Hawaiian-cultural focus on weddings.

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Oahu

Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute

Ko Olina cultural estate — where heaven meets the earth.

$$$$Private EstateBeachfrontOcean View

Private oceanfront cultural estate in Ko Olina with intimate lagoon and lawn ceremony settings.

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Kauai

Limahuli Garden & Preserve

Terraced north-shore valley garden.

$$GardenMountain ViewHawaiian Cultural

National Tropical Botanical Garden in a north-shore valley with ancient taro terraces beneath the Nā Pali cliffs.

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Maui

Maui Nui Botanical Gardens

Native-Hawaiian plant garden in Kahului.

$$GardenHawaiian Cultural

Kahului botanical garden dedicated to native and Polynesian-introduced plants, a cultural ceremony setting.

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Big Island

Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts Collection

Kohala Coast oceanfront luxury on ancient fishponds.

$$$$BeachfrontOcean ViewResort

Auberge-managed Kohala Coast resort with oceanfront ceremony lawns, historic fishponds, and petroglyph fields.

Kohala Coast
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Big Island

Mokuaikaua Church

Hawaiʻi's oldest Christian church (1837).

$$Chapel / ChurchHistoricHawaiian Cultural

Historic lava-and-coral church in downtown Kailua-Kona, the islands' oldest, for traditional ceremonies.

Kailua-Kona
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Oahu

Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort

Waikiki beachfront with a Hawaiian cultural focus.

$$$BeachfrontOcean ViewResort

Locally-rooted Waikiki resort with a beachfront ceremony lawn and Hawaiian-cultural ceremony coordination.

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Big Island

Paleaku Gardens Peace Sanctuary

Contemplative garden above Kealakekua Bay.

$$GardenOcean ViewHawaiian Cultural

South-Kona peace garden with ocean views and meditative plantings for intimate ceremonies.

Captain Cook
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Oahu

Paradise Cove

West-side oceanfront luau grounds.

$$BeachfrontOcean ViewHawaiian Cultural

Oceanfront Ko Olina-area event grounds with sunset beach ceremony settings and large open-air capacity.

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Oahu

Polynesian Cultural Center

Windward cultural park and lagoon venues.

$$$Hawaiian CulturalGarden

Windward-side cultural park offering garden, lagoon, and themed-village ceremony and reception settings.

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Kauai

Salt Pond Beach Park

West-side beach by traditional salt ponds.

$BeachfrontOcean ViewPublic Park

Calm west-side beach park beside Hawaiʻi's last working salt ponds, a culturally rich permitted ceremony site.

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Big Island

Samuel M. Spencer Beach Park

Calm Kohala beach below Puʻukoholā Heiau.

$BeachfrontOcean ViewPublic Park

Sheltered Kohala Coast beach park near Puʻukoholā Heiau with calm water for permitted family ceremonies.

Kohala Coast
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Kauai

Smith's Tropical Paradise

30-acre botanical garden on the Wailua River.

$$GardenHawaiian Cultural

Riverside botanical garden at Wailua with lagoons and themed groves, plus the riverboat to the Fern Grotto.

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Kauai

Wailua Beach

East-side beach at the Wailua River mouth.

$BeachfrontOcean ViewHawaiian Cultural

Open east-shore beach at the mouth of the sacred Wailua River, a culturally significant permitted ceremony site.

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Kauai

Wailua River State Park

Sacred river valley with waterfalls.

$Waterfall / ValleyGardenPublic Park

East-side state park along the sacred Wailua River, with ʻOpaekaʻa Falls and riverbank settings for permitted ceremonies.

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Oahu

Waimea Valley

1,875-acre sacred valley on the North Shore.

$$GardenWaterfall / ValleyHawaiian Cultural

Historic North Shore botanical valley with garden and waterfall ceremony settings.

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Kauai

Waiʻoli Huiʻia Church

Historic green church in Hanalei.

$$Chapel / ChurchHistoricMountain View

Iconic American-Gothic green church on the Hanalei lawn beneath the north-shore mountains, for traditional ceremonies.

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Big Island

ʻAnaehoʻomalu Bay (A-Bay)

Palm-fringed bay over ancient fishponds.

$BeachfrontOcean ViewHawaiian Cultural

Waikoloa beach backed by historic fishponds and palms, a classic permitted sunset-ceremony spot.

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Big Island

ʻImiloa Astronomy Center

Hilo science center with native gardens.

$$GardenHawaiian CulturalIndoor / Ballroom

Hilo astronomy and culture center with a native-plant garden and indoor event spaces beneath titanium cones.