A real adventure...4,038 square miles, with two active volcanoes and still growing every day! The Big Island is only 800,000 years old, being the youngest and largest island in the Hawaiian chain. With a population of approximately 120,000 people, we have a small density factor of 30 persons per square mile. Hawaii is a year-round paradise. Throughout the island are places devoted to pleasure: elegant hotels, championship golf courses, colorful beaches (white, green, and black sands), big game fishing, winter snow skiing on Mauna Kea, and the most fabulous scuba diving in the islands. The KONA COAST, the West Coast of the BIG ISLAND of HAWAII is as good as it gets!
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1. WHERE IS KONA ?

• Kona is a district located on west side of the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the easternmost island of the Hawaiian Island Chain.

• Hawaii (The Big Island) is also the most southern island of the (Hawaiian Island Chain) and the most southern point of all of the United States (18° 54.9'N.,155° 41.1' W.)

• Located on the water at Honokohau Marina, just north of Kailua Town and south of the Kona Airport

• Leeward side of the Island.

• Have a sea going Yacht?

• United Air Lines has a direct flight from San Francisco (UAL 41)

• United Air Lines has a direct flight from Los Angles (UAL 59)

• Japan air Lines has a direct flight from Narita (JAL 70) Sunday, Monday, & Thursday

• Other US air carriers service Oahu (Honolulu International Airport) which has connecting carriers (Aloha and Hawaiian Airlines) that fly to Kona on an hourly plus basis from 6 am. to 7 pm.

• Taxis or Rent a Car: (Hertz, Budget, Avis, National, Alamo, etc.)

• Bus Service: Kailua-Kona to Hilo (the other side of the island) is round trip, once a day leaving Kailua- Kona about 7 am. and returning about 5 pm.

• Tour Bus Companies: (Jack's Tours Inc. and Robert's Hawaii) -

• Limousine Service (Luana Limousine Service and Meridian HRT Inc.)

• Helicopter tours:(Hawaii Helicopters, Blue Hawaii Helicopters, Kenai Helicopters)
  

• Hotels: Kona Sea Side (800-367-7000), Royal Kona Resort (800-952-5662), King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel (800-367-2111) (800-376-8011), Kona Bay Hotel Uncle Billy's (800-367-1502) Keauhou Beach Hotel (808-322-3441)

• Condominiums: Aston Royal Sea Cliff Resort (800-922-7866), Kona By the Sea (800-922-7866), Kona Bali Kai (800-777-1700), Kanaloa Beach (800-777-1700) Kona Reef (800-367-5004)

• Bed & Breakfast: Kailua Plantation House on the water (808-329-3727) Dragonfly Ranch/Tropical Fantasy Lodging (808-328-2159), All Island Bed & Breakfast (800-542-0344)

• Breakfast: Denny's, Dirty Jakes, Big Island Grill

• Lunch: the Harbor House (at Honokohau Marina), Huggo's (on the water) , Oodles of Noodles, Bianelli's, The Outback Steakhouse, Quinn's, and Basils

• Dinner: Huggo's, Jamison's by the Sea, Kona Inn, Cassandra's Greek, Michael Angelo's, Edward's at Kanaloa, The Outback Steakhouse, and The Royal Thai Cafe

• Any month of the year, any week of the month and any day of the week.

• See our page on Weather and Sea Conditions.

• If bad weather follows you around on all of your past vacations, please do not come to Kona

• Beach Composition: sand, pebbles and lava rock

• Sand: Ho'okena, Napo'opo'o, Kahalu'u; White Sand , Kamakahouu, Old Airport, Alula, Honokohau Mahai'ula, Makalawena and Manini'owali

• Pebbles: Kaohe (pebble beach), Keauhou, Makole'a Lava Rocks: Miloli'i, Honaunau Bay, Pahoehoe, Kamoa Point

• There are others places. You will need a map, four wheel drive and a cellular phone

• The personal freedom to choose the services and sights in and about the Kona area

• Beach access virtually all along the Kona Cost, including the beaches at the big hotels! Just tell the security person at the entrance that you would like public beach access.

• Home grown KONA COFFEE and MACADAMIA NUTS

• BIG GAME FISHING, HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH TOURNAMENT

• THE IRONMAN TRIATHLON

• TIME SHARES

• SUNSETS, PAINTED CHURCH

• KEALAKEKUA BAY (the place where Capt. Cook returned to Hawaii and met his end), HONAUNAU (Place of Refuge),

• SCUBA DIVING

• HULIHE'E PALACE (only known royal residence in the USA)

• PAHOEHOE (outcropping of rocks, now beneath Kailua-Kona Pier known as Hawaii's Plymouth Rock, First missionaries from New England, April 1820) and MUCH MORE
  

12. 365 THINGS TO DO ON THE BIG ISLAND