Tourist Attractions

Hummer Xcersions
828 Lanai Ave.
808-565-7211
http://www.onlanai.com/page7.htm
Family friendly: Yes
Offering trips all over the island in fully equipped four-by-four vehicles, Hummer Xcersions takes visitors to the premier Lanai sights located off of the 400 miles of dirt roads. Destinations include Garden of the Gods, The Munro Trail, Shipwreck Beach, and Keomuku Village. An ideal way to explore the island, Hummer Xcersions also offers custom tours.

Historic Attractions

Kaunolu Village Ruins
Off Hwy 440
808-565-7600
Family friendly: Yes
In Kaunolu visitors can wander through the fishing village, a local temple, and rocky ruins of the old village. This spot once acted as a summer getaway for Kamehameha the Great--the only king (1758-1819) to have united all of the Hawaiian Islands under one rule. Contact Destination Lanai for more information.

Keomuku Village
Off Hwy 44
808-565-7600
Family friendly: Yes
Located in the northeast, Keomuku Village's most prominent remnant is the partially-restored Malamalama Church. In the 19th century the Village was the site for a proposed sugar plantation that was never built due to the destruction of a local temple by the plantation workers. Not far down from the Village are ancient petroglyphs (indigenous people's rock art). Contact the offices of Destination Lanai for more information.

Arts, Culture, and Science

Lanai Playhouse and Theater
456 7th St.
808-565-7500
Family friendly: Yes
A 1930s landmark, the Lanai Playhouse and Theater is located in Lanai City, showing movies and occasionally plays and other special events. It was renovated in 1993.

Manele Bay Hotel
1 Manele Bay Rd.
808-565-3800
Fax: 808-565-3868
http://travel-hawaii.com/Manele_Bay_Hotel.html
Family friendly: Yes
Both the Manele Bay Hotel and the Lodge at Koele are repositories for beautiful art, murals, rare paintings, elegant landscaping, and other embellishments.

Marine Preserve at Hulopoe and Manele bays
On south shore
808-565-7600
Family friendly: Yes
The marine preserves allow visitors to see the unique marine life in a safe environment at the Hulopoe and Manele Bays. Contact Destination Lanai for more information.

The Lanai Visiting Artists Program
P.O. Box 310
808-565-7300
http://www.lanai-resorts.com/artists.html
Family friendly: Yes
The Lanai Company sponsors a visiting-artists program that allows artists and intellectuals a chance to explore their creativity in a beautiful setting. In exchange, guests on the island can attend events hosted by authors like Anne Lammott and Armistead Maupin, musicians like The Chieftains and Jon Kimura Parker, or even paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson.

The Lodge at Koele
1 Keomoku Hwy
808-565-3800
Fax: 808-565-3868
http://Travel-Hawaii.com/Lodge_at_Koele.html
Family friendly: Yes
Both the Lodge at Koele and the Manele Bay Hotel are repositories for beautiful art, murals, rare paintings, elegant landscaping, and other embellishments.

Parks and Beaches

Garden of the Gods
808-565-7600
Family friendly: Yes
Besides the high level of natural beauty on the island, a few places stand out as unique. In the northwest, the Garden of the Gods provides a strong counterpoint to the general greenness of the island with its barren, red-rock terrain. It is located at the edge of Palawai Basin--the floor of the volcano that formed Lanai a million years ago. Contact Destination Lanai for more information.

Marine Preserve at Hulopoe and Manele bays
On south shore
808-565-7600
Family friendly: Yes
The marine preserves allow visitors to see the unique marine life in a safe environment at the Hulopoe and Manele Bays. Contact Destination Lanai for more information.

Shipwreck Beach
On north shore
808-565-7600
Family friendly: Yes
Shipwreck Beach provides good beach combing in a windy setting with a shipwrecked WWII Liberty Ship as a backdrop. The 8-mile beach has many reef-sheltered pools, where some of the marine life can be seen up close. Contact Destination Lanai for more information.