We loved this home, and loved our time there.
THE HOUSE
- The house is lovely, with fresh flower arrangements, and nice decoration touches.
- The bedrooms are very spacious. So spacious that we fit our daughter in the area between the master bedroom and the bathroom, because she thought the kid’s room was too far.
- The kitchen is great, we found everything we needed, and a few pantry basics (salt, sugar, vinegar, pepper...). The coffee sample when we arrived was a welcome touch.
- The snorkeling + beach equipment was a huge plus for us since we didn’t have to bring this on the flight.
THE FAIRWAYS
- The Fairways is beautifully landscaped, quiet, and conveniently located minutes from at least four great beaches.
We did not use the pool or spa as we spent long days at the beach, but we did have fun spotting birds around our lanai with our daughter.
THE LOCATION/BEACHES
The Mauna Lani beach club was great to get started, and then we went exploring Hapuna, Black Sand 49, and lastly Anaehoomalu - the one we ended up preferring.
- We shopped for the most part at the KTA in Wailokoa Village (15/20mn drive), and only went to Foodland down the street for little things, as the prices there are very high.
Since we left this house, we have driven around the island and found out that the best beaches are in this northern corner of the island. If you want to go to beautiful beaches with easy to swim in water (with small kids for example), go there.
The flipside is that this area is in no way authentic. It seems to have sprouted out of lava fields in the past two decades to make profit from the beautiful beaches - and is solely comprised of upscale vacation villages, resorts and malls. It is all made for visiting tourists.
As you start driving into north lohala or inland, you start seeing real homes and towns.
If you want a local authentic feel you might be put off by this aspect of this part of the coast.
However none of the beaches we went to around the island equalled the beaches there.
—- The only con is the extremely high cleaning fee for this house. We stayed four nights, were barely ever at the house, and didn’t use all the beds. I can’t possibly imagine what could justify such a high fee. If there is an explanation I can’t think of it.