Tours and Tickets to Experience Molokai Island

There are plenty of ways to experience Molokai Island. Most people view Molokai from above on a helicopter tour. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Helicopter Tour of Molokai and Maui
• West Maui and Molokai 60-Minute Helicopter Tour

If you’re exploring Molokai from the air on a helicopter tour, you’ll pay US$376 and up per person. If you want to visit Molokai Island, you have to fly there from Honolulu or Maui. Flights take about 25 minutes and the cost varies. There previously was a ferry between Molokai and Maui, but it’s no longer running.

Yes, there is a rental car counter at the airport on Molokai. In addition, you may be able to find Turo rentals on the island. Taxis are available, but your best bet for sightseeing is to rent a car so you can drive from one side of the island to the other. There is no public transportation on the island.

Molokai has an important history, as it previously was a leprosy colony. Until the late 1960s, people with leprosy lived in isolation on the island's Kalaupapa Peninsula, which is now part of the Kalaupapa National Historical Park. To visit this beautiful part of the island, you have to take a guided hike or ride a mule.

You’ll find a number of interesting spots near Molokai's main town, Kaunakakai. Check out the Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove to see one of the remaining royal coconut groves on the islands, and tour the Molokai Plumeria Orchard to pick your own flowers to make a lei. Sunset cruises and other water activities are available at the Kaunakakai Wharf..

There are many beaches on Molokai, but very few that are swimmable and have restroom facilities. Kapukahehu Beach typically offers safe conditions for swimming, except in the winter. With 2 miles of sand, Papohaku Beach is great for a beach walk, but conditions are dangerous for swimming; there are restrooms and showers here, and overnight camping is allowed with a park permit.