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Hawaii vacation news: September 15, 2022

View of Hawaii (Big) Island’s Waipio Valley

Hawaii Food & Wine Festival is hosting a Sip & Swirl Sweepstakes for a trip for two to Hawaii in November. The grand prize winner will receive 160,000 HawaiianMiles, a four-night stay at Prince Waikiki, tickets to a couple of festival events and a $150 gift card from Honolulu Coffee. This sweepstakes is open to U.S. residents 21 years of age and older. Sweepstakes entries may be received through September 27, 2022. See this link

for more information.

– After closure in February, Waipio Valley access will open again for tourists via guided tours only. See this Hawaii News Now segment for the news of this partial reopening. One of our favorite Waipio Valley tours is Waipio Valley Shuttle Tour

. See our article/review on Waipio Valley Shuttle Tour.

– Tours of the USS Bowfin in Pearl Harbor will be closed for tours until November 1 for maintenance per KHON2.

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