Are you in Hawaii for 4th of July and wonder how to celebrate your Independence Day in Hawaii? Hawaii 4th of July events are very popular among Hawaii visitors and residents alike with parades, festivals, BBQs and 4th of July fireworks all over the Hawaiian Islands.
A Hawaii 4th of July event on the Big Island celebrates a very different and unique independence. It's the independence of the Hawaiian green sea turtle! The turtle (honu in Hawaiian) is one of the attractions when snorkeling or scuba diving in warm Pacific ocean around the Hawaiian Islands. In order to keep it that way for many years to come, everything is done to preserve the Hawaiian green sea turtle.
This is what 'Turtle Independence Day' on the Big Island is all about. Mauna Lani Bay Hotel educates theirs guests and Hawaii visitors on the Kohala Coast on their daily 'fish tour' around the premises with wonderful tropical fish ponds offering baby sharks, sting rays, huge variety of tropical fish like humuhumunukunukuapua'a and...Hawaiian green sea turtle babies which had a home in those ponds for a few years till Turtle Independence Day get released into the ocean when they are three and four years old after growing up in the Honu Ponds at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows.
At 10:30am on 4th of July, the turtles will be gathered from the Honu ponds and paraded to the beach front for release into their new home, the vast Pacific Ocean. A welcome ceremony will start the event. What a wonderful Hawaii 4th of July event celebration with live entertainment and BBQ to save our Hawaiian wild life and celebrate Independence Day at the same time. Please, tell our visitors about your 4th of July in Hawaii. Happy Independence Day! Aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations
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Your post is really good about Hawaii independence day celebration if you post some more picture then its really cool.
Mahalo for stopping by and leaving a comment on our post '4th of July in Hawaii' about Turtle Indepence Day at Mauna Lani.
Actually, I was happy to find Mauna Lani fish pond + turtle photos in my photo collection. I would have loved to show the realease of the turtles into the ocean on Indepence Day and even checked with friends and photographers for these photos. No luck.
You will have to wait to see photos of Turtle Independence Day on My Best Hawaii Vacation Blog.
We've been in Hawaii at Lawai beach resort for so many times and that's where we decided to spend our family vacation. In the hotel that we stayed, we were blessed to have a view on the ocean and pools. The room were very spacious. Loved to be there in Hawaii. We're in a nice place perfect for snorkeling.
Sounds your had a wonderful Hawaii vacation. Happy to hear that. Maybe next time you come for the 4th of July celebrations. Hawaii vacation can't get any better!
Interesting to see 4th of July outside of the mainland. Great article.
Caroline, yes this is definitely an different 4th of July celebration - combining fun and maintaining the ecosystem in Hawaii.
Love to be there in Hawaii...sounds wonderful for vacation!
A Hawaii vacation is a dream come true. The 4th of July fireworks just add some more glamour to it.
My friend got married in Hawaii and the sites and sounds were out of this world, simply a great wedding at one of the most beautiful places on earth, Hawaii. I can only imagine how it would be on an independence day celebration.
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