Guidebook for Kailua-Kona

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Guidebook for Kailua-Kona

Food Scene

Fresh, tasty, and on the water! Menu changes often, very delicious!
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Huggo's
75-5828 Kahakai Rd
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Fresh, tasty, and on the water! Menu changes often, very delicious!
It's Huggo's sister-casual-spot, open for Breakfast on the water :D
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On the Rocks
75-5824 Kahakai Rd
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It's Huggo's sister-casual-spot, open for Breakfast on the water :D
A/C, WiFi, Lovely tables, delicious small meals, coffee to go, all the good stuff!
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Kona Coffee & Tea
74-5588 Palani Rd
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A/C, WiFi, Lovely tables, delicious small meals, coffee to go, all the good stuff!
Wonderful, fresh, casual food such as sandwich plates, pizza, salads, soups, brunch, with the BEST VIEWS in Kona. Be prepared - they close at 3pm daily!
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The Coffee Shack
83-5799 Mamalahoa Hwy
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Wonderful, fresh, casual food such as sandwich plates, pizza, salads, soups, brunch, with the BEST VIEWS in Kona. Be prepared - they close at 3pm daily!
Some of the Best food on the Island..!!! Along with beautiful live Hawaiian style singer, and a view into the red glow of the nearby crater as the sun sets, this is the perfect way to end your day if you visit Volcanoes National Park :!!! -- Be sure to make a reservation.
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Nhà núi lửa
1 Crater Rim Drive
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Some of the Best food on the Island..!!! Along with beautiful live Hawaiian style singer, and a view into the red glow of the nearby crater as the sun sets, this is the perfect way to end your day if you visit Volcanoes National Park :!!! -- Be sure to make a reservation.
KONA COFFEE! If you are visiting Kona and love coffee, you have to visit a Kona coffee farm :] Many visitors don't know coffee at all but enjoy the tours thoroughly. This is the oldest certified organic Kona coffee farm, run by a quirky and lovable young couple - one is a scientist and the other an artist, both applying novel agricultural methods. They do everything from picking the coffeefruit to roasting the bean, on-site. Email or call them for tour - Appointment only!
Rooster Farms
84-1245 Bruner Rd
KONA COFFEE! If you are visiting Kona and love coffee, you have to visit a Kona coffee farm :] Many visitors don't know coffee at all but enjoy the tours thoroughly. This is the oldest certified organic Kona coffee farm, run by a quirky and lovable young couple - one is a scientist and the other an artist, both applying novel agricultural methods. They do everything from picking the coffeefruit to roasting the bean, on-site. Email or call them for tour - Appointment only!
A DELICIOUS bakery already, but also good to know during your long drives around the island! It is the only major food stop between Hilo and Kona if coming around the south end of the Island, so, nice to know :D
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Punalu'u Bake Shop
95-5642 HI-11
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A DELICIOUS bakery already, but also good to know during your long drives around the island! It is the only major food stop between Hilo and Kona if coming around the south end of the Island, so, nice to know :D

Drinks & Nightlife

Delicious craft beers, savory meals, good crowd -!
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Kona Brewing Company
74-5612 Pawai Pl
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Delicious craft beers, savory meals, good crowd -!

Parks & Nature

BEST SNORKEL and also WONDERFUL SURF SPOT ON THE ISLAND imo! Facilities, Food trucks, Great parking, Surf lessons, SUP, Shallow areas for children, Crystal clear calm waters with TONS of vibrant fish. WEAR WATER SHOES - Very rocky [ thus the clear water! ].
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Kahaluu Bay
Ali‘i Drive
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BEST SNORKEL and also WONDERFUL SURF SPOT ON THE ISLAND imo! Facilities, Food trucks, Great parking, Surf lessons, SUP, Shallow areas for children, Crystal clear calm waters with TONS of vibrant fish. WEAR WATER SHOES - Very rocky [ thus the clear water! ].
Lovely hang-all-day beach, swimming as well sanding; Lots of trees and shade.
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Waialea Beach
Old Puako Road
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Lovely hang-all-day beach, swimming as well sanding; Lots of trees and shade.
Lovely part of the Hapuna Beach stretch - and lots of Sea Turtles often visible :D
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Manini'owali Beach (Kua Bay)
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Lovely part of the Hapuna Beach stretch - and lots of Sea Turtles often visible :D
Beautiful coastal hiking trail and state park. Many trees but, the majority is in the Hot sun! Be prepared ! -- Right next to Two Step Beach, also Wonderful for Snorkeling!!
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Công viên Lịch sử Quốc gia Pu'uhonua O Hōnaunau
State Highway 160
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Beautiful coastal hiking trail and state park. Many trees but, the majority is in the Hot sun! Be prepared ! -- Right next to Two Step Beach, also Wonderful for Snorkeling!!
Great if you do, or don't, want to hike: Beautiful AMAZING Breathtaking hike through vibrant fern-Rainforest, then entering a Huge open, arid, vast crater that you can walk through. Or, you can just drive to the main area of the crater, and look over the huge edge down into the vast crater. All the while watching steam rising around you from the Earth! [ The other side entrance of this State Park, at Kalapana, is the Lava Flow, FYI. It is amazing to see but certainly a much longer day. ].
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Kīlauea Iki Crater
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Great if you do, or don't, want to hike: Beautiful AMAZING Breathtaking hike through vibrant fern-Rainforest, then entering a Huge open, arid, vast crater that you can walk through. Or, you can just drive to the main area of the crater, and look over the huge edge down into the vast crater. All the while watching steam rising around you from the Earth! [ The other side entrance of this State Park, at Kalapana, is the Lava Flow, FYI. It is amazing to see but certainly a much longer day. ].
Life altering and amazing - Go at Sunset. Arrive just 1-2 hours before evening to see the sunset from the summit, then descend back to the Visitor's Center for daily, beautiful, and educational guided shows looking up at the thousands of stars!! BE SAFE - Research Health Risks FIRST. This is 9000 feet in elevation at the Visitor's Center, and 14000 at the Summit. You do not need AWD/4WD to reach the Visitor's Center, but you Do, for the Summit. Many skip the summit altogether and still have a very memorable time. CALL Ahead - the road is often close due to snow and blizzards and hail - Really -! Extra adventurous people camp here as well :]
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Mauna Kea
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Life altering and amazing - Go at Sunset. Arrive just 1-2 hours before evening to see the sunset from the summit, then descend back to the Visitor's Center for daily, beautiful, and educational guided shows looking up at the thousands of stars!! BE SAFE - Research Health Risks FIRST. This is 9000 feet in elevation at the Visitor's Center, and 14000 at the Summit. You do not need AWD/4WD to reach the Visitor's Center, but you Do, for the Summit. Many skip the summit altogether and still have a very memorable time. CALL Ahead - the road is often close due to snow and blizzards and hail - Really -! Extra adventurous people camp here as well :]

Arts & Culture

Some of the best, beautiful, moving, Contemporary Art with many events monthly. MUST visit for art appreciators :D Also known as "HMOCA."
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East Hawaii Cultural Center
141 Kalakaua St
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Some of the best, beautiful, moving, Contemporary Art with many events monthly. MUST visit for art appreciators :D Also known as "HMOCA."
Community Arts Organization teaching and holding events all across the board from children's magic camp to adult watercolor lessons, Silk painting, Tai Chi, Yoga, with a Potter's guild with beautifully crafted ceramic next door.
Society For Kona's Education & Art (SKEA)
84-5191 Mamalahoa Hwy
Community Arts Organization teaching and holding events all across the board from children's magic camp to adult watercolor lessons, Silk painting, Tai Chi, Yoga, with a Potter's guild with beautifully crafted ceramic next door.

Essentials

Quite literally everything you might need for essentials and more: Long's Drugs aka CVS Pharmacy, Urgent Care, a large handful of restaurants both semi formal as well very casual, Loews movie theater, KTA Grocery, as well shops for clothing and accessories and a great Saturday AM Farmer's Market.
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Keauhou Shopping Center
78-6831 Ali‘i Dr
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Quite literally everything you might need for essentials and more: Long's Drugs aka CVS Pharmacy, Urgent Care, a large handful of restaurants both semi formal as well very casual, Loews movie theater, KTA Grocery, as well shops for clothing and accessories and a great Saturday AM Farmer's Market.

Getting Around

If you do choose Enterprise, make sure to choose this one, as all the airport rental places charge an extra Airport Fee. Other nearby ones Not at the airport, are Hertz and Thrifty on Palani Road.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
74-5583 Luhia St
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If you do choose Enterprise, make sure to choose this one, as all the airport rental places charge an extra Airport Fee. Other nearby ones Not at the airport, are Hertz and Thrifty on Palani Road.