5-stars for gorgeous location, incredible value and fantastic host! As a newly-retired couple, we spent a full week on Molokai in late June/early July. We decided Wavecrest Resort is the best lodging on the island. The available west end condos are surrounded by nearby dilapidated permanently-closed condos, which we found kind of depressing. There are other nice east end condos to rent, but Wavecrest Resort is our favorite due to its location, nice pool and on-site tennis courts. George’s condo has everything we needed. A comfortable bed, plenty of fans so we were quite comfortable without air conditioning, and a stocked kitchen. The lanai, where we ate all our meals, has a wonderful view of the scenic grounds, as well as the close ocean. We played tennis most days using the Wavecrest Resort tennis courts, and enjoyed the pool daily too.
George became our friend during our week there since he was on the island at the same time and we kept running into him! George is a super pleasant, friendly, aim-to-please host. We rented one of his cars for the week, which worked well (convenient pick-up and drop-off right at the airport). George steam-cleaned the carpets at the start of our stay, and although he wasn’t able to remove some permanent stains, the place smelled so fresh and clean after his thorough steam cleaning. (Thanks George!) Our first day, we noticed the tennis courts had weeds growing up through the courts, so we asked the Wavecrest Resort office if they could remove the weeds. They were highly responsive to our request. The very next day we found the tennis courts had been completely cleared of all weeds.
We had such fun on Molokai. It felt like going back in time 80 years. There is no development, no stoplights, just a tiny downtown with mom-and-pop owned shops that had everything we needed. We did a lot of hiking, snorkeling and beaching across the island.
We highly recommend the Halawa Valley Falls Cultural Hike:
http://halawavalleymolokai.com/
which was a great way to start our time on Molokai because we learned so much about the history of the people on Molokai.
Other highlights included renting road bicycles from Molokai Bicycle. We rode the 40 miles from Kaunakakai to the gorgeous east-end 20-mile snorkeling beach and back; it is one of most beautiful rides we’ve literally EVER done:
http://mauimolokaibicycle.com/index.html
We rented a double-kayak from Clare and Gordon who own Molokai Outdoors, and kayaked 8.5 miles down the south shore with Gordon and son. AMAZING.
https://molokaioutdoors.com/
We did some of the best snorkeling we’ve done in all of Hawaii through Tim’s Molokai Fish and Dive:
http://www.molokaifishanddive.com/molokai-snorkel.php
Although there are a few “Tourists Go Home” signs, we found the native Molokai people to be very friendly. We felt like we got to know some wonderful people born and raised on Molokai (and will look them up next time we go), whereas we always feel like ordinary mainland tourists on the other islands. We truly LOVED Molokai and George’s condo!