Niihau, Hawaii's 'Forbidden Island'

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Niihau, Hawaii, has been a privately owned island since 1864. It has an area of 72 square miles and is accessible to tourists only via very limited half-day helicopter tours from the island of Kauai.

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Niihau Helicopters tours take visitors to the lonely Nanina Beach.

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Niihau has only about 130 inhabitants. There is no running water, and electricity is produced by the sun or by a generator.