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| Lanai Get away from it all on a Lanai vacation. There’s no public transport on the island, but rent a four-wheeler and drive past uncrowded beaches into rural terrain from your Lanai hotel. Lanai accommodation offers a variety of activities, including hiking through ancient ruins, horseback riding, golf, sampling traditional Hawaiian fare, and snorkeling in waters where spinner dolphins frolic.
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Golf at Manele Bay
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Most Popular Things to Do in Lanai - Ride horseback or a four-wheel-drive on an off-road trail
- Play golf at the “Experience at Koele”or “Challenge at Manele”
- Visit the Garden of the Gods
- Marvel at the petroglyphs at Shipwreck Beach
- Walk the historic Munro Trail
Top Ten Things to Do in Hawaii
Recommended Hotels Four Seasons Manele Bay
Seclusion and tranquillity reign at this expansive resort, just 5 minutes from the Manele ferry harbor.
The 236 spacious guestrooms and suites take advantage of the island's natural beauty with private views of the ocean or the hotel's five themed gardens.
Activities include a Jack Nicklaus-designed oceanfront golf course, snorkeling in Hulopoe Bay, a luxurious spa, and fine dining.
What to Expect: - This hotel is on the privately owned, 141-square-mile island of Lanai, which has fewer than 2,800 residents, less than 30 miles of paved roads, and no chain stores. Scuba sailing, winter whale-watching, and deep-sea fishing are popular activities, here. Amenities include eucalyptus steam rooms and red-cedar saunas. There are several themed gardens on site: Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, bromeliad, and Kama'aina.
Amenity Highlights: - The hotel's golf course, Challenge at Manele, was designed by Jack Nicklaus. Its 12th hole is positioned on a cliff 150 feet above the waves, with a 200-yard tee shot across the ocean. The beachfront hotel filled with Asian artifacts also features ocean or pool swimming, and snorkeling in Hulopo'e Bay; six tennis courts; complimentary fitness equipment; spa facilities for facial, hair, nail, and body treatments; and massage in ocean-view cabanas, garden hales, or guestrooms.
Insider Tip: - To dine like a local, guests can take the complimentary shuttle to Lanai City's town square, buy a bottle of wine at Richard's, then eat at Pele's Garden, which doesn't charge corkage and allows guests to charge meals to their hotel account.
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An elegant resort nestled in upcountry Lana'i, the Four Seasons Resort Lana'i Lodge at Ko'ele offers the ambience of an English country manor.
102 rooms feature four-poster beds, hand-painted tile baths, private lanais, imported fabrics, and wonderful artwork.
A Greg Norman-designed golf course, croquet lawns, stables, a sporting-clay course, and archery are among the activities available. The beach is just 20 minutes away by shuttle.
What to Expect: - The luxurious Four Seasons Resort Lana'i Lodge at Ko'ele, frequented by golfers and couples, is located in Lana'i's upcountry where temperatures are 15 degrees cooler than at the beach. Across the front porch of its plantation-style main building, guests watch the sunset from wicker easy chairs with upholstered cushions. Inside, two fireplaces flank the Great Hall. On the ground floor, the music room with its own fireplace is filled with collectible instruments and a selection of CDs. Grounds include a 1-mile path that winds past an orchid house, gazebo, and Japanese garden; croquet lawns; stables; and an archery and sport-clay shooting range.
Amenity Highlights: - Four Seasons representatives greet guests when they arrive on the island and transport them to the hotel, where they are served a glass of pineapple juice and a cold towel. The Great Hall offers complimentary tea and scones in the afternoon and live Hawaiian entertainment nightly. The Experience at Ko'ele golf course, designed by Greg Norman, is surrounded by flora, lakes, and streams; the 8th hole drops 250 feet from tee to green. A complimentary shuttle connects the Four Seasons Resort Lana'i Lodge at Ko'ele with its sister property, Four Seasons Resort Lana'i at Manele Bay.
Insider Tip: - The town square of Lana'i, which has only 2,800 full-time residents, is accessible by complimentary shuttle. Two local restaurants, Henry Clay's Rotisserie and Pele's Garden, allow resort guests to charge meals to their hotel account. Pele's also has no corkage fee for diners who bring their own wine, available at the neighboring market.
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