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Honaunau Bay is one of a series of tranquil, turquoise bays tucked into the Big Island's South Kona coast, a region that is quickly becoming a must-visit Hawaiian destination. Honaunau's crescent-shaped beach, soft white sands and windswept palm trees have lured photographers for years, giving Honaunau distinction as Hawaii's most photographed beach.
This spectacular stretch of sand was once home to a ruling chief's palace, and today tourists and locals alike descend upon the beach in part for its pristine and peaceful setting, and to take advantage of the snorkeling, for Honaunau offers divers true underwater bliss. Snorklers have the chance to swim alongside surgeon fish and, most notably, the endangered green sea turtle - an opportunity which attracts many divers to the area. The bay's coral formations are also home to a variety of other rare fish, many indigenous to Honaunau.
The bay is adjacent to Puuhonua o Honaunau, the Place of Refuge, an ancient Hawaiian holy site now operated by the National Park Service and one of the Big Island's most popular historic destinations.
The bay's exquisite environs, the Kona coast, feature topographies ranging from rain forests to coffee plantations and embody the magnificence and mystique that so uniquely define the Big Island.
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