The island of Oahu, with 1575 km ², the third largest island of the archipelago and is considered by many visitors as synonymous with Hawaii. For most tourists to Hawaii is synonymous with Honolulu Oahu. The modern world capital of the island and its surrounding area comprise almost the entire southeast coast of the island. Here live the majority of island residents (approximately 830,000 people, about 80 percent of the residents of Hawaii), here are the most hotels, especially in the suburb of Waikiki, and it rages the pulsating life of an American city. Oahu is the island of Hawaii's economic leadership and the various cultures of immigrant groups are most evident here. The revenue from

 

Maui is 1885 sq km area is the second largest island of the archipelago and also in relation to the annual visitor numbers from Hawaii to the second place. With approximately 88,000 residents live here, but fewer people than at Big Iceland and Oahu. The result is Maui earth in two phases, first raised the volcanic cones of the mountains in the west from the ocean, from which the highest summit of Puu Kukui with 1764 m is. Only later formed the eastern mountains of the island today with the 3050 m-high Haleakala, whose crater with a diameter of more than 8 km of the largest Hawaii. (more...)