VISITED AUGUST 2017
HULOPOE BEACH from the FOUR SEASONS RESORT
My quick watch to LANAI was the best of my iii weeks on MAUI - in addition to MAUI is non curt on keen excursions. Every twenty-four hr stream I went trekking volcano craters, ridge-hiking, jumping into waterfall pools or doing a beach craw, sometimes to key snorkeling spots. But LANAI was my pick.
OVERVIEW
The sixth largest isle inward HAWAII, LANAI is genuinely a MAUI sub-district. It is alone ix miles/16km from MAUI'S westward coast. Please excuse miss-spelling of KA'ANAPALI. (modified Google world image).
LANAI is unopen to MOLOKAI too.
Note the relative lack of peak on LANAI - it is a onetime DOME VOLCANO which because of less gluey output tends to spread laterally instead of vertically. Heavy erosion has also reduced peak - the fundamental caldera rim has disappeared except inward the north-east: LANAI'S highest betoken is at that spot - at 3370ft/1030m, considerably lower than MAUI'S highest betoken (10020/3055 although WEST MAUI inward epitome is less at 5786/1764). MOLOKA'I reaches 4961/1512.
This lack of peak addition the fact that MAUI shelters it from the moisture NORTH-EAST TRADE WINDS agency LANAI is a pretty dry out island. Indeed lack of H2O was a large employment during the island's iii agricultural stages, SUGAR, BEEF CATTLE in addition to PINEAPPLES. None go today, although at i phase LANAI was the world's leader inward isle pineapple production in addition to was oftentimes called PINEAPPLE ISLAND.
LANAI'S depression mound shape as seen from KA'ANAPALI BEACH on MAUI.
Total length is abt 23km/14.2mi inward this shot.
This map (might live clearer if you lot click-expand) gives the impression that at that spot is lots of short town on LANAI. In fact nearly the alone decent collection of housing/people is at LANAI CITY - those other places are mainly areas of tourist interest: become at that spot in addition to you lot are probable to live on your lonesome. Total POPULATION is nearly 3100. There is i school, i infirmary in addition to i traffic lite on the island, all inward LANAI CITY which has a population of abt 2800. City it aint.
(image alohaisles.com/)
GETTING THERE
There's a whole bunch of trips out of MAUI which Google will find. But beingness a bucks-down backpacker I wasn't prepared to pass a package on some snorkeling excursion, golfing affair or cross-island scenic trip on off-road bikes/dune buggies/luxury 4wds yada. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dude inward my dorm inward LAHAINA told me of the LANAI FERRY which volition acquire you lot across at that spot - after which you lot tin sorta exercise your ain thing. Sounded good.
LAHAINA HARBOUR on the MAUI westward coast. EXPEDITIONS LAHAINA ferry to LANAI
5 departures/returns per twenty-four hr stream - run across website for times.Cost me $60 render from the pier ticket-office but perhaps online bookings cost less. I considered $60 GOOD VALUE inward my bespeak to include some other isle on my TEZZA'S BEACHES AND ISLANDS listing - in addition to later EXCELLENT VALUE considering I judged it my #1 twenty-four hr stream trip.
Note LANAI inward background - a flake of telephoto inward this shot.
I was expecting a refurbished old-style ferry (LAHAINA is a refurbished old-style whaling/surfer/hippy town) but what nosotros had hither is a modern fast catamaran type arts and crafts could exercise the trip inward comfort inward to a greater extent than or less 35minutes (these panorama shots click-expand nicely).
On leaving the harbour was this dainty stance of surfer-dudes working what is known as HARBOUR REEF (HARBOR fer yu Yanks who piece sensibly)
LANAI inward background, perhaps a flake pocket-size - wide-angel inward use.
A flake farther out, dainty stance of MAUI WESTERN HIGHLANDS behind LANAI and....
The KA'ANAPALI hotel strip to the north.
Note calm seas - the straits betwixt the islands are sheltered from the N eastward trades 95% of days thence this is normally a benign crossing.
Day trip snorkeling boats on the approach to NAMELE HARBOUR, no uncertainty from MAUI - I've read LANAI is a top snorkeling location. I didn't banking concern check this expanse - later had a human face at nearby HULOPOE BEACH.
NAMELE HARBOUR
Docked. I've learnt over the years to sit down dorsum inward my comfy spot in addition to permit everyone else "debark". I hateful whatever waiting carry is non gonna accept off -why bring together the ho-hum shuffling lines?
The isle shuttle van was waiting exterior the pier expanse to shuttle people to accommodation, the golf game course of pedagogy or upwards to town for $10.
The driver was a font of information on the isle geology, geography in addition to history.
Distance to town is nearly 10mi/16km in addition to takes 20 mins. The initial climb from the coast to the caldera flooring (which is approx 1200-1500ft/370-460m higher upwards ocean level) is winding in addition to scenic. Once on the.....
....CALDERA FLOOR....
....it was reasonably apartment but as interesting.
This used to live saccharide cane land, thence cattle ranching in addition to finally the world's biggest pineapple plantation. Doesn't human face it hither but a lot of the journeying was thru real DRY looking Earth - this is a existent rain-shadow area. Despite this the soil is real rich volcanic based - the pineapple people solved the depression rainfall employment past times planting thousands of those COOK ISLAND PINES you lot tin run across - dew from the passing moist merchandise winds condenses on their needles in addition to drips to ground, evidently increasing the peak of the H2O tabular array past times a real useful amount.
None of my pix illustrated the higher upwards well, thence I pinched this i from https://holeinthedonut.com/
....is only a town - as said population is nearly 2800. Straight business distance from northern-most menage inward epitome to southern-most is 1.3mi/2.1km.
DOLE PARK
Town fundamental is DOLE PARK, a dainty expanse of grass in addition to Cook Island Pines. There is no shopping center/CBD as such - the commons is surrounded past times the island's principal institutions similar the hospital. constabulary station, Dept of Motor Vehicles, the high/elementary school, several churches in addition to banks, addition a yoke of pocket-size supermarkets amongst a larger i only a few blocks away.
Also surrounding the commons are several cafe/restaurants, arts and crafts shops, realters etc - most inward converted houses such as the fine art gallery above.
This identify had some existent dainty stuff:albeit a flake pricey for this bottom-budget backpacker - best value to me was the volunteer staff member, thence bored that he kept me busy for thirty minutes amongst a huge amount of interesting answers to my questions nearly the island.
Also inward a converted cottage - the LANAI ANNEX of the UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
LANAI CULTURAL AND HERITAGE CENTER....
....is inward a purpose-built construction across the route from the park. This has picture-boards, models, audio-visual stuf, photos, maps yada on the island's history in addition to economical development. I spent nearly an hr inward at that spot - a history/culture nerd could remain a lot longer. Admission free.
One of many displays featuring the cattle ranching days
Ditto the pineapple growing days
The geology department had lotsa materials including this relief model - my arrows demo NAMELE HARBOUR in addition to LANAI CITY.
RESIDENTAL AREAS
I spent the finally one-half hr inward town wandering the nearby streets - this is the principal route heading north-west out of town. Most side streets were a flake narrower, some much narrower - i lane broad .
Just nearly every menage was EARLY PLANTATION STYLE. Most had been built past times the DOLE AGRICULTURAL CORPORATION to menage imported workers. For 20s/30s/40s places they were inward real proficient status - according to my fine art gallery friend LANAI CITY had been undergoing a REAL ESTATE BOOM because of the high unwrap of mainlanders in addition to people from other Hawaiian islands seeking retirement or vacation homes - i time purchased they RENOVATE similar crazy, nearly which the locals say: WE TOO!
Subsequently LANAI has the highest prices for commensurately sized houses of whatever pocket-size town inward the USA (although pretty tame compared to my homeland - $US1 1000000 buys a pretty ordinary menage inward a pretty ordinary Sydney suburb - non that Sydney is a pocket-size town).
It was kinda dainty to run across fifty-fifty the few novel places were beingness built inward the master copy style. This proposed articulation was to live on what looked to live a fire-affected lot.
There were non many of these novel places but my friend told me heaps of the old joints had been extended - keeping amongst the master copy plantation style.
BACK IN THE VAN
Then it was into the van which was returning these people to an early on afternoon ferry. I was heading to following HULOPOE BEACH - the driver took a detour in addition to dropped me off.
Interestingly i of the passengers inward shot was a MAUI resident thinking of retiring to LANAI - had a bunch of questions for the driver.
HULOPOE BEACH....
....is pretty gorgeous. About 450m/490yds long in addition to enough broad fifty-fifty at the top of the tide, it has gear upwards clean sand, clear H2O offshore in addition to faces south-west, important it is a lee shore 95% of the fourth dimension (when the north-east trades are blowing) in addition to thence has smoothen weather - the alone fourth dimension you lot would acquire waves in addition to chop is during/after the infrequent storms to the south.
It is on FOUR SEASONS LANAI RESORT Earth (the resort buildings are inward background) but the resort welcomes beach visits from outsiders past times providing first-class alter sheds in addition to picnic facilities this terminate of the beach. Cynics volition say HAWAII'S strict PUBLIC ACCESS TO ALL BEACHES LAW leaves the resort amongst no option, but it doesn't take away hold to render in addition to maintain such first-class facilities.
The alone argue I didn't give HULOPOE the BEST RESORT BEACH abide by on my MAUI'S BEST BEACHES PAGE was because the resort itself is somewhat out of the accomplish of ordinary vacation makers, dissimilar KA'ANAPALI on MAUI'S westward coast (okay, KA'ANAPALI'S resort prices made this cheapskate traveler's eyes bleed - i argue I was staying inward a backpacker dorm dorsum inward wonderful LAHAINA).
GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE - beach, resort, harbour. I forgot to add together a linear scale - it is 920m/1005yds betwixt the placemarkers of the RESORT in addition to HARBOUR.
There were quite a few people inward the H2O the eastern "public" terminate of the beach, both locals in addition to what appeared to live a day-trip grouping from MAUI getting some beach in addition to snorkeling time. I took my human face upwards mask out - some okay coral in addition to fishies along the western headland only out of left-frame: the reef extending out into the bay nether most of those people. With the benign ocean weather I was non surprised past times no rip currents etc.
Those are GOLF COURSE CONDOS on the far headland. Most were built past times the resort, but mainland showbiz in addition to information technology celebrities take away hold constructed their ain vacation homes there. LANAI is real large amongst this group. BILL GATES got married on the twelfth hole. LARRY ELISON of ORACLE bought 98% of the isle off THE DOLE CORPORATION in addition to redeveloped the FOUR SEASONS resorts. He has also spent a lot of coin on LANAI CITY facilities.
The western terminate of the beach had sunlounge-umbies laid upwards for FOUR SEASON guests. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 benign-slope walking rail leads upwards to the resort - less than five minutes. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 yoke of beach attendants for guests but banking concern notation - NO LIFEGUARDS (no uncertainty the beach guys would take away hold rescue/CPR skills - hell I take away hold in addition to I don't operate inward that industry) although the gentle surf would prevent the necessity. Irregardless - continue a unopen oculus on yer kids: they tin acquire into problem inward the BATH, permit lone a small-wave/currentless beach.
FOUR SEASONS RESORT
After the beach I wandered upwards to the resort which seems to take away hold no restrictions on outsider access. Recently refurbished past times LARRY ELISON, it reeked of UNDERSTATED ELEGENCE, whereas most of the hotels dorsum on MAUI did the overstated flashness routine. Costs are heed boggling - banking concern check the booking sites: it's difficult to acquire a room at the higher upwards articulation nether $US1000 a night. The beach hotels on MAUI become for $300-500. Strewth, fifty-fifty the latter is to a greater extent than than my WEEKLY teachers' pension.
Part of the cool puddle area
I grabbed a beer at the pool-side bar. Interestingly, drinkable in addition to nutrient prices seemed non likewise much higher than principal street places dorsum at LAHAINA - in addition to those don't take away hold the outlook or cachet of this place.
Sweet
FOUR SEASONS LANAI RESORT from GOOGLE EARTH. Golf condos to left.
I MISS THE FERRY!!
I gave myself xl minutes to acquire dorsum to the 1630 ferry - 10 across the beach in addition to thirty via the coastal "track" which I'd read had some proficient photograph opportunities...
....which was non wrong. The resort/golf course of pedagogy headland from towards the terminate of the contrary western headland. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 petty farther on....
....the oftentimes photographed PHU'U PEHE (SWEETHEART ROCK)
BACK ON THE TRACK (yellow)
Maybe I spent likewise much fourth dimension searching for the best photographic idiot box camera angle. But my principal problem was I'd finally checked Google world nearly a calendar month earlier - thought the coastal route (yellow) was alone a petty to a greater extent than than the straightaway route link (blue) - turned out abt 1500m vs 650m in addition to although starting good deteriorated to bush-bashing the finally 500m. I HATE BUSH BASHING on account....
....my old shins are kinda thin-skinned in addition to acquire knocked nearly easily past times sudden undergrowth.
Consequently the ferry had only left the pier when I finally made it.
No worries, at that spot was a later service at 1845 in addition to my dance-card for dorsum inward LAHAINA was empty, thence I strolled dorsum to the beach on the straightaway route route (less than fifteen minutes - DUH!), had a beautiful swim/relax in addition to made it dorsum to the pier inward enough of time.
The 1845 arrives.
1930 LAHAINA HARBOUR
"AS THE SUN SINKS SLOWLY IN THE WEST WE BID FAREWELL TO THE LANAI FERRY" to paraphrase JAMES Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 FITZPATRICK: "TRAVELTALK MOVIE SHORTS" 1929 on.
Actually nosotros are bidding HELLO to mainland MAUI (um ALOHA may seem to a greater extent than plumbing equipment but it also agency farewell).
Keen-eyed readers mightiness notice nosotros are heading OUT of harbour - because nosotros were doing a curt MAN OVERBOARD PRACTICE DRILL: something whatever security freaks volition appreciate.
So at that spot you lot take away hold it trendsetters. I urge you lot to brand room for a LANAI watch during your MAUI remain - it looks in addition to feels thence different to the bigger island: relaxation personified. HALEAKALA in addition to the ROAD TO HANA mightiness live to a greater extent than the 2 must non misses to gain a proficient thought of MAUI but I establish LANAI fifty-fifty to a greater extent than enjoyable.
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My quick watch to LANAI was the best of my iii weeks on MAUI - in addition to MAUI is non curt on keen excursions. Every twenty-four hr stream I went trekking volcano craters, ridge-hiking, jumping into waterfall pools or doing a beach craw, sometimes to key snorkeling spots. But LANAI was my pick.
Note the relative lack of peak on LANAI - it is a onetime DOME VOLCANO which because of less gluey output tends to spread laterally instead of vertically. Heavy erosion has also reduced peak - the fundamental caldera rim has disappeared except inward the north-east: LANAI'S highest betoken is at that spot - at 3370ft/1030m, considerably lower than MAUI'S highest betoken (10020/3055 although WEST MAUI inward epitome is less at 5786/1764). MOLOKA'I reaches 4961/1512.
This lack of peak addition the fact that MAUI shelters it from the moisture NORTH-EAST TRADE WINDS agency LANAI is a pretty dry out island. Indeed lack of H2O was a large employment during the island's iii agricultural stages, SUGAR, BEEF CATTLE in addition to PINEAPPLES. None go today, although at i phase LANAI was the world's leader inward isle pineapple production in addition to was oftentimes called PINEAPPLE ISLAND.
Total length is abt 23km/14.2mi inward this shot.
(image alohaisles.com/)
GETTING THERE
There's a whole bunch of trips out of MAUI which Google will find. But beingness a bucks-down backpacker I wasn't prepared to pass a package on some snorkeling excursion, golfing affair or cross-island scenic trip on off-road bikes/dune buggies/luxury 4wds yada. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dude inward my dorm inward LAHAINA told me of the LANAI FERRY which volition acquire you lot across at that spot - after which you lot tin sorta exercise your ain thing. Sounded good.
5 departures/returns per twenty-four hr stream - run across website for times.Cost me $60 render from the pier ticket-office but perhaps online bookings cost less. I considered $60 GOOD VALUE inward my bespeak to include some other isle on my TEZZA'S BEACHES AND ISLANDS listing - in addition to later EXCELLENT VALUE considering I judged it my #1 twenty-four hr stream trip.
Note LANAI inward background - a flake of telephoto inward this shot.
LANAI inward background, perhaps a flake pocket-size - wide-angel inward use.
Note calm seas - the straits betwixt the islands are sheltered from the N eastward trades 95% of days thence this is normally a benign crossing.
NAMELE HARBOUR
The driver was a font of information on the isle geology, geography in addition to history.
....CALDERA FLOOR....
This used to live saccharide cane land, thence cattle ranching in addition to finally the world's biggest pineapple plantation. Doesn't human face it hither but a lot of the journeying was thru real DRY looking Earth - this is a existent rain-shadow area. Despite this the soil is real rich volcanic based - the pineapple people solved the depression rainfall employment past times planting thousands of those COOK ISLAND PINES you lot tin run across - dew from the passing moist merchandise winds condenses on their needles in addition to drips to ground, evidently increasing the peak of the H2O tabular array past times a real useful amount.
None of my pix illustrated the higher upwards well, thence I pinched this i from https://holeinthedonut.com/
LANAI CITY....
DOLE PARK
This identify had some existent dainty stuff:albeit a flake pricey for this bottom-budget backpacker - best value to me was the volunteer staff member, thence bored that he kept me busy for thirty minutes amongst a huge amount of interesting answers to my questions nearly the island.
LANAI CULTURAL AND HERITAGE CENTER....
RESIDENTAL AREAS
Subsequently LANAI has the highest prices for commensurately sized houses of whatever pocket-size town inward the USA (although pretty tame compared to my homeland - $US1 1000000 buys a pretty ordinary menage inward a pretty ordinary Sydney suburb - non that Sydney is a pocket-size town).
There were non many of these novel places but my friend told me heaps of the old joints had been extended - keeping amongst the master copy plantation style.
BACK IN THE VAN
Interestingly i of the passengers inward shot was a MAUI resident thinking of retiring to LANAI - had a bunch of questions for the driver.
HULOPOE BEACH....
It is on FOUR SEASONS LANAI RESORT Earth (the resort buildings are inward background) but the resort welcomes beach visits from outsiders past times providing first-class alter sheds in addition to picnic facilities this terminate of the beach. Cynics volition say HAWAII'S strict PUBLIC ACCESS TO ALL BEACHES LAW leaves the resort amongst no option, but it doesn't take away hold to render in addition to maintain such first-class facilities.
The alone argue I didn't give HULOPOE the BEST RESORT BEACH abide by on my MAUI'S BEST BEACHES PAGE was because the resort itself is somewhat out of the accomplish of ordinary vacation makers, dissimilar KA'ANAPALI on MAUI'S westward coast (okay, KA'ANAPALI'S resort prices made this cheapskate traveler's eyes bleed - i argue I was staying inward a backpacker dorm dorsum inward wonderful LAHAINA).
Those are GOLF COURSE CONDOS on the far headland. Most were built past times the resort, but mainland showbiz in addition to information technology celebrities take away hold constructed their ain vacation homes there. LANAI is real large amongst this group. BILL GATES got married on the twelfth hole. LARRY ELISON of ORACLE bought 98% of the isle off THE DOLE CORPORATION in addition to redeveloped the FOUR SEASONS resorts. He has also spent a lot of coin on LANAI CITY facilities.
FOUR SEASONS RESORT
I MISS THE FERRY!!
I gave myself xl minutes to acquire dorsum to the 1630 ferry - 10 across the beach in addition to thirty via the coastal "track" which I'd read had some proficient photograph opportunities...
BACK ON THE TRACK (yellow)
No worries, at that spot was a later service at 1845 in addition to my dance-card for dorsum inward LAHAINA was empty, thence I strolled dorsum to the beach on the straightaway route route (less than fifteen minutes - DUH!), had a beautiful swim/relax in addition to made it dorsum to the pier inward enough of time.
1930 LAHAINA HARBOUR
Actually nosotros are bidding HELLO to mainland MAUI (um ALOHA may seem to a greater extent than plumbing equipment but it also agency farewell).
Keen-eyed readers mightiness notice nosotros are heading OUT of harbour - because nosotros were doing a curt MAN OVERBOARD PRACTICE DRILL: something whatever security freaks volition appreciate.
So at that spot you lot take away hold it trendsetters. I urge you lot to brand room for a LANAI watch during your MAUI remain - it looks in addition to feels thence different to the bigger island: relaxation personified. HALEAKALA in addition to the ROAD TO HANA mightiness live to a greater extent than the 2 must non misses to gain a proficient thought of MAUI but I establish LANAI fifty-fifty to a greater extent than enjoyable.
----------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU SEE MISTAKES OR HAVE EXTRA INFORMATION PLEASE POST BELOW.
BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK THEM IN THE FORUM SECTION WHICH I CHECK MOST DAYS WHEN NOT TRAVELING - WHEREAS I REVISIT THESE INDIVIDUAL LOCATION PAGES ONLY OCCASIONALLY.
Sumber http://tezza-thailandbeachesandislands.blogspot.com/