Hawaii, is an incredible destination for a cruise vacation. Hawaii has six major tropical islands you could visit: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, and Hawaii Island.
The most common way to cruise Hawaii is on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of America. This ship was partly built in the United States and is flagged in the United States, so unlike foreign flagged ships, it can sail from US port to US port without having to go to a foreign port. It sails Hawaiian waters year around. Other cruise lines have ships visit Hawaii several times a year, usually while re-positioning to or from Asia or Alaska.
The Pride of America sails on 7-day round trip cruises from Honolulu on the island of Oahu, visiting three additional islands; Kauai, Maui and Hawaii, known as the Big Island.
But I am going on a very different Hawaiian cruise. Uncruise Adventures’ Safari Explorer is 145 feet long and 36 feet wide with only 18 cabins holding 36 to 40 guests and operates a 7-night one way itinerary. One week it sails from Molokai visiting Lanai, Maui finishing on the Big Island of Hawaii. The next week it will do the sa
me route in reverse.