We loved staying at Katie‘s condo. She was a great host, responding promptly to all of our communications. This condo is ideally situated next to the beach, restaurants, and shopping, while also being just far enough back from the street that you don’t hear any street noises. Each morning we enjoyed the sound of birds singing in the trees from our lanai.
We went to Costco/Walmart when we got into town (there are reusable shopping bags in the condo) and made almost all our meals in the condo, and the kitchen had absolutely everything we needed (pots, pans, utensils, seasonings) to cook and prepare our food! We loved making fruit smoothies with the ninja blender in the evenings as well as popcorn with the air popper.
We packed a lunch and ice water for the beach each day, and the condo has a great insulated food backpack that kept everything nice and cold no matter how hot it was at the beach.
The condo’s beach chairs, umbrella and boogie boards were a daily staple.
We brought our own snorkel gear, but noticed that the condo has a large assortment of masks snorkel and fins in the lanai storage cabinet.
The AC in the main room is powerful and gets the condo to a comfortable cool temperature very quickly. The ceiling fan and two additional fans (one tower fan and one box fan) help cool off the bedroom at night since it doesn’t have AC.
I’ve had back surgery so I’m particular about my mattress, and this mattress was very comfortable, as were the pillows.
Thank you for helping us have a wonderful week in paradise!
A couple of recommendations:
- Snorkel at the Ahihi Kina’u Reserve just south of Big beach, before La Perouse bay. Five dollars paid parking, the most amazing fish and coral. Like swimming in an aquarium!
- Check out sunset at the summit of Haleakala national park one evening. You’re above the clouds and it is absolutely spectacular! Bring hats, jackets, gloves, and blankets. Very cold but worth it! Stay for 30 minutes to an hour after sunset, as the colors get even better. The view from the parking lot just below the summit, (the lot where the bathrooms are located), is even better than at the summit (a park ranger gave us that tip) because the view is unobstructed- at the very top the observatory kind of gets in the way, though it’s cool to go up there and see the view at some point before sunset.