Far more than a typical palmy paradise, the Big Island (officially named Hawaii Island) is a land of contrasts, from the primal beauty of Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes in the south to the glitzy resorts of the Kohala Coast. Nature is on grand display here: subarctic mountain summits, lava-black deserts, wonderful sand beaches. You could visit a different Big Island beach every day for a month and still not see them all!