will be around six hours. Select flights with layovers in Honolulu can expect to spend an hour or two in the airport—long enough to stretch your legs, grab a drink from Starbucks and pick up a local snack—and should expect their voyage to Maui to take eight or nine hours. Time in the air can be spent perfecting your itinerary, reading a good book about Hawaiian culture or history or just getting some rest as you’ll want to hit the ground running—possibly to the beach of your dreams—once you land in Hawaiian soil.

If you’re headed from Seattle to Kahului, it’s good to know that the island of Maui is really a part of a larger unit of islands called Maui Nui. This includes Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe—which is not accessible to visitors and locals—and Molokini Crater. Lanai is so close to Maui that you can actually take a ferry to its pristine shores—and with a four-wheel drive vehicle visitors can make the most of their visit to the island, from visiting the fascinating Shipwreck Beach on the northern coastline of Lanai to checking out the culture-rich site of Keahiakawelo, a rock garden steeped in Hawaiian lore and legend. Molokai is also considered one of the best places to visit in Hawaii if you’d like to truly get away from city life, and it’s a great place to see for a day trip. And snorkelers will love Molokini Crater, situated just off of the southwest coast of Maui—you can actually see it from beaches in the area, like Makena Beach and Maluaka Beach.