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Big Island Resorts: Six of the Best

June 25th, 2009 No comments
by Ted Felber

When you choose to visit the Big Island Resorts, you can determine you lodging which provides you to indulge yourself, child friendly activities along with the understated style of barefoot comfort. Whether you enjoy shopping the boutiques, fine dinning and nightclubs as well as fitness studios, radiant pools and exotic spas you will find them all in one location, which means that you never have to leave the resort except to enjoy fun activities such as tours.

Any 4-star Big Island Hawaii hotel has special packages, which can include air, free rental car, free nights for longer staying guests, complimentary breakfast or resort credits to be applied to massages, water sports, dining, golf and other fun activities.

For instance, on the sunny Kohala Coast at the Hapuna Beach Prince Resort, packages with a hotel room that include free rental car, your choice of a daily $50 resort credit towards massage, tennis, golf, dining and other resort activities or a daily buffet breakfast.

In Kona, you can absorb the mystic Hawaiian culture at the oceanfront Keauhou Beach Resort. Wander by a replica of King David Kalakaua’s beach cottage and the royal bathing pool as well as the three stone temples or heiau. In nearby tide pools you can view unusual marine life, thriving with tropical reef fish and sea turtles. At the neighboring Kahaluu Bay Beach Park you can Surf, swim and snorkel. When you book three nights at this Big Island Hawaii hotel, you child receives a complimentary explorer kit!

For a throwback to the Hawaii of old, the Kona Village Resort is one of the most luxurious Big Island resorts, home to 125 thatched-roof bungalows, each reflecting a different Polynesian architectural style.

Nestled in an ancient Hawaiian fishing village, Kona Village is a parent’s dream: customized programs to entertain your kids, from tots to teenagers, from dawn to well after dusk, all at no charge. There’s even a dinner seating for children, so Mom and Dad can enjoy a romantic dinner cruise.

Along Kohala Coast, the Fairmont Orchid Resort offers the “Keiki Aloha Program”, for kids 5 to 12, features supervised activities from water sports to Hawaiian cultural games. This Big Island Hawaii hotel has some great money-saving deals; for example, children 5 and under eat free at various restaurants in the resort.

Imagine… stressing no further at the serene, Golf & Spa Mauna Lani Resort on the Kohala Coast, which is flanked by sandy white beaches decorated with lava tide pools. Get unbeatable sunset views from the lounge chairs or the balcony and enjoy interior atrium gardens and pools, where endangered baby sea turtles are raised.

Get unbeatable sunset views from the lounge chairs or the balcony and enjoy interior atrium gardens and pools, where endangered baby sea turtles are raised. On a shoreline trail leads across the 3,200-acre resort, you get a glimpse into the ancient past, when people lived in lava caves and tended the large complex of fishponds.

At the premium end of the range of Big island resorts, the Four Seasons Hualalai is a grouping of 32 two story bungalows clustered around 5 seaside swimming pools on a black lagoon. Have your own private pool, outdoor shower, unobstructed ocean views, incomparable dining, and the chance to tee off in a new 18-hole championship Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf course.

Set in the lush tropical gardens of the resort you can delight yourself in lap pools, whirlpools, saunas and steam rooms as well as taking a cold dive. You may wish to enjoy the ultimate luxury of a massage or exotic spa treatments outdoors or behind secluded bamboo screens. Nearly all the Big Island resorts have lush luxurious spas.

Here, you’ll experience the famous Hawaiian lomi-lomi massage, also called the “loving hands” massage, which works deeply but gently into your muscles releasing any tension or ache. Experience your SELF in a unique, tropical environment while receiving luxurious cleansing and rejuvenation treatments from this ancient wisdom…

All resorts organize various outside programs in which you can participate. Stargaze with the local astronomer, hike the lava flows of Kilauea, to the summit of Mauna Kea, or explore the remote northern coasts and take a dip in a cool mountain waterfall. There is no time to be bored at these world-famous Big Island resorts. With so much pampering and delectable treats, you will rediscover your carefree spirit… Not only will you not want to leave, you will be excited to come back!

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