Hawaii

It’s a rare visitor who doesn’t fall for the adventurous soul and natural drama of the 50th US state. Among Hawaii’s six main islands, there are soaring mountains that claw the landscape, golden beaches fringing the shoreline, tumbling waterfalls, thudding surf and misty greenery where adventure lurks almost everywhere. Spend days on the volcanic archipelago paddling behind turtles, snorkelling technicolour reefs and falling for the aloha charm. From Maui’s beachblessed shoreline to Oahu’s epic surf and the wildlife-rich nature reserves of Molokai, few places capture the raw power of nature like Hawaii.