Jeanette and Andrew’s home is absolutely lovely and I think better than the pictures and description provide. Great bedroom with lots of space, morning light, candy treats and super clean. Anything that you might possibly need to go to the beach is on hand and the private beach a quick drive down the road. Mana Kea’s world famous beach is about 15 minutes north by car.
A few highlights - Andrew makes a killer frozen daiquiri, the Mani Lani shopping center is an 11 minute walk (food store, coffee a few Resturants and shopping), for walkers - a 5 minute walk out to the right of the community brings you to the petroglyph park and just N of the Fairmont, you can walk south along the shore that even has a small black beach from the park, past the Fairmont, past the super fancy Auberge (fun to walk through and they have a nice to go-cafe and stores), continue south to the private beach and Napuea Resturant. I did it during the day and night. There is also a community pool and lap pool with lots of shaded seating 5 minutes (walk) from the house.
Jeanette offers an impressive array for breakfast - i think that you could stay for 2 weeks and never repeat. Lots of very comfortable places to hang out should you decide not to go to the beach or come back early including; a beautiful and bright living room, modern open kitchen and what turned out to be my favorite - the corner chair on the lanai which is in the shade and out of the winds - peaceful anytime during the day, evening or night.
I did spend some time chatting with Jeanette and Andrew because they are really interesting and have traveled and lived all over the world. Most of the time you would not know that they are at home upstairs, so unless you seek them out you may rarely interact. I found our chats and shared cocktails a really valuable part of my holiday.
Fully planned to come back as often as I can.
Ali