![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.activetravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_3890.JPG\")
I love the location of the Fairmont Orchid<\/a> on the Big Island. You’re only 30 minutes north of Kona International Airport, 30 minutes west of the rolling green slopes and cattle country of Waimea, and another 40 minutes south of the art gallery town of Hawi on the North Kohala Coast. Needless to say, it’s a great place to cruise to sample the myriad of terrain on Hawaii. When you return to the resort, you’ll be treated to one of the finest lagoons in the state, where the sand slopes gently to a cove sheltered by lava rock. Simply grab snorkel gear at the activity shack and wade into the soothing waters. Lisa and I swam with the colorful triggerfish to a reef where two large honu (green sea turtles) were feeding on the kelp, then gently grooming each other by rubbing barnacles off their shells. A mesmerizing sight that probably happens daily at the Fairmont Orchid. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid - Active Travels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid - Active Travels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I love the location of the Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island. You’re only 30 minutes north of Kona International Airport, 30 minutes west of the rolling green slopes and cattle country of Waimea, and another 40 minutes south of the art gallery town of Hawi on the North Kohala Coast. Needless to say, it’s...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Active Travels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/activetravels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Home-Page-Top-Photo-add-Let-us-take-you-there-heading.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Jermanok\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Jermanok\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Jermanok\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/person\/77b14e74586df26d3c691dca9cebca4b\"},\"headline\":\"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"ActiveTravels | get up & go!\",\"Wildlife Viewing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981\",\"name\":\"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid - Active Travels\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/\",\"name\":\"Active Travels\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Active Travels\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/logo.png\",\"width\":220,\"height\":143,\"caption\":\"Active Travels\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/activetravels\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/activetravels\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/activetravels\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/person\/77b14e74586df26d3c691dca9cebca4b\",\"name\":\"Steve Jermanok\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e9b577c3691d1e8c1d585e1cd753d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e9b577c3691d1e8c1d585e1cd753d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Steve Jermanok\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/author\/acstevetr1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid - Active Travels","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid - Active Travels","og_description":"I love the location of the Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island. You’re only 30 minutes north of Kona International Airport, 30 minutes west of the rolling green slopes and cattle country of Waimea, and another 40 minutes south of the art gallery town of Hawi on the North Kohala Coast. Needless to say, it’s...","og_url":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981","og_site_name":"Active Travels","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/activetravels\/","article_published_time":"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1536,"url":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Home-Page-Top-Photo-add-Let-us-take-you-there-heading.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steve Jermanok","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Jermanok","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981"},"author":{"name":"Steve Jermanok","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/person\/77b14e74586df26d3c691dca9cebca4b"},"headline":"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid","datePublished":"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981"},"wordCount":169,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["ActiveTravels | get up & go!","Wildlife Viewing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981","url":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981","name":"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid - Active Travels","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-25T15:00:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/4981#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Snorkeling with Honu at the Fairmont Orchid"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#website","url":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/","name":"Active Travels","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#organization","name":"Active Travels","url":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/logo.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/logo.png","width":220,"height":143,"caption":"Active Travels"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/activetravels\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/activetravels","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/activetravels\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/person\/77b14e74586df26d3c691dca9cebca4b","name":"Steve Jermanok","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e9b577c3691d1e8c1d585e1cd753d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18e9b577c3691d1e8c1d585e1cd753d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Steve Jermanok"},"url":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/author\/acstevetr1"}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":46,"label":"ActiveTravels | get up & go!"},{"value":54,"label":"Wildlife Viewing"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Steve Jermanok","author_link":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/archives\/author\/acstevetr1"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":46,"name":"ActiveTravels | get up & go!","slug":"default-site","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1826,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":46,"category_count":1826,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ActiveTravels | get up & go!","category_nicename":"default-site","category_parent":0},{"term_id":54,"name":"Wildlife Viewing","slug":"wildlife-viewing","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":54,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":82,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":54,"category_count":82,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Wildlife Viewing","category_nicename":"wildlife-viewing","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/activetravels.ibec.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I love the location of the Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island. You’re only 30 minutes north of Kona International Airport, 30 minutes west of the rolling green slopes and cattle country of Waimea, and another 40 minutes south of the art gallery town of Hawi on the North Kohala Coast. Needless to say, it’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-default-site","category-wildlife-viewing"],"yoast_head":"\n