Flying into Lanai Airport in Lanai puts you in a great spot, surrounded by red-dirt roads, quiet beaches, and a small plantation town with no stoplights. Lanai is Hawaii's least-visited major island, once the world's largest pineapple plantation and now a place of luxury resorts, rugged backcountry, and a tiny town of tin-roofed cottages around a park of Cook pines. The mood is slow and friendly, and most of the island is reachable only by four-wheel drive or on foot.

Top experiences on Lanai: - Snorkel with spinner dolphins in the clear water of Hulopoe Bay - Walk among the wind-sculpted boulders of Keahiakawelo, often called Garden of the Gods - Drive out to Shipwreck Beach to see a rusting hull on the reef and Maui across the channel - Hike or drive the Munro Trail for views of up to five other islands - Browse Lanai City's handful of shops and the Lanai Culture and Heritage Center - Visit the hundreds of residents of the Lanai Cat Sanctuary - Order a plate lunch or saimin at a local counter in town

Lanai has no highway to anywhere else, but Maui is close. A passenger ferry links the island with Lahaina, and short flights connect to Honolulu and Maui. Across the water, Molokai sits to the north. The island still celebrates its plantation roots each July with the Pineapple Festival, complete with music and local food. Come for empty beaches, red dust on your shoes, and one of the quietest islands in Hawaii.