Molokai is the perfect Hawaiian island for visitors who would like to escape the glitz, glamour, and shopping malls of the larger islands and get back to nature in a Robinson Crusoe-like setting.

Here you can spend your days dozing under a palm tree or get as active as you like in the tempting warm waters.

There are several outfitters who will rent you anything from a kayak or surf board to scuba gear and fishing tackle – they will also arrange the perfect whale watching expedition or take you deep-sea fishing.

Other activities include visiting a macadamia nut farm and a coffee plantation or taking a mule ride down terrifyingly steep sea cliffs to the Kalaupapa National Historic Park, a former leper colony.

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