Golfers
Two superb courses are featured on Lanai.

Adventurers
Petroglyphs, rock and lava formations, pine forests, and more.

Public Transportation
There is no public transportation on Lanai, however, taxis are available. Taxis cannot be hailed, but rather, need to be called. Ask your hotel what the fare should be.

Car
A rental car, and preferably a four-wheel drive vehicle, is the best way to get around if you want to go beyond Lanai City, Hulopo’e Beach, and the hotels. Rental cars are available on Lanai, but we do not offer them. Rental cars are also limited, so be sure to reserve well in advance.

Shuttle
Shuttle service is offered between the two resorts on the island, The Lodge at Koele and Manele Bay Hotel.

Most dining is enjoyed at the two major resorts on the island. Other, smaller, local restaurants can be found in Lanai City. Here are a few of the restaurants in town.

• Blue Ginger Cafe
  A popular place for a leisurely breakfast. Stretch and yawn yourself awake on the sunny porch with some blueberry waffles or go in the afternoon and grab a burger to quench your appetite.
• Henry Clay’s Rotisserie
  Combines Cajun cuisine from the chef’s native New Orleans with the flavors of Lanai.
• Hulopo'e Court
  A casual place to enjoy a relaxing dining experience. Spectacular ocean views and trend-setting tropical American cuisine.
• Formal Dining Room
  American cuisine featuring Hawaii’s homegrown delights in a romantic atmosphere.
• Ihilani
  Gourmet Mediterranean/French cuisine is served in a gorgeous dining room with amazing views of Hulopo’e Bay.
• Pele’s Other Garden
  A take-out deli that will prepare you a picnic lunch if you intend on heading out and exploring for the day. They also offering a lot of vegetarian options.
• The Pool Grille
  Salads, sandwiches, fruit sorbets, and cocktails are served up in a casual atmosphere with fascinating ocean views.
• Tanigawa
  A family-run tiny store and eatery offers small town lunches and big hearty breakfasts.

Nightlife, what there is of it, centers on the two hotels. Other options include offerings by the Lanai Visiting Artists Program, which brings in world-renowned artists, authors, chefs, and performers. The Lanai Playhouse shows movies at 6:30 pm or 8:30 pm, Friday - Monday.

Shopping can be found at the hotel shops and around the town square in Lanai City. For those who live to shop, a quick inter-island flight to Maui or Oahu is always a possibility.

Saturday Market in Dole Park
Every Saturday. A gathering of local vendors selling vegetables, potted plants, and a mix of Hawaiian, Japanese, and Filipino food. Artists and craft makers are also on hand.

Annual Pineapple Festival
July. Enjoy the island’s history and lifestyle while dining on local food and enjoying craft and game booths, local entertainment, and live music. Pineapple eating, cooking, and cutting contests delight the traveler.

Aloha Festival
One week in October. Celebrate all week with informal costume balls, parades, and lots of fun.

Golf
Hotel-Affiliated Courses
Challenge at Manele
Every hole offers sweeping ocean views. Designed by Jack Nicklaus. The Pacific Ocean is used as a dramatic water hazard, along with natural gorges and ravines, in addition to 150-foot cliffs, and wild animals.

The following hotels have use of this course:

• Four Seasons Lodge at Koele
• Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay

Experience at Koele
The signature hole, #17, plays from a 250-foot elevated tee. Designed by Greg Norman. Water features, a Ted Robinson (course architect) trademark, are everywhere.

The following hotels have use of this course:

• Four Seasons Lodge at Koele
• Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay

Sportfishing
Fishing the channel between Maui and Lanai can pay off with marlin, ahi, mahi mahi, and ono.

Snorkeling + Scuba Diving
Two of the best spots in all of Hawaii for divers are off the Lanai coast — Cathedrals I and Cathedrals II. There is an underwater grotto with coral formations that resemble a Gothic church with stained-glass windows. The 70-foot-high spires are home to sea turtles, squid, and moray eels.

Hulopo’e Bay is the best place to go snorkeling. It is a conservation district and home to many Hawaiian spinner dolphins. The beach is great for swimming as well. At low tide, the tide pools are full of marine life.

First Trip to Lanai
First-time visitors to Lanai have no doubt been enchanted by the island's serene tranquility, but should not miss out on seeing sites away from their resort. Hulopo'e Beach Park is a marine sanctuary rich in sealife and the ultimate place for swimming, snorkeling, and tanning. The Munro Trail and the view from the summit at Lanaihale offers extremely rewarding vistas as far away as Molokai, Maui, Hawaii's Big Island, and Oahu on a clear day. And Keahiakawelo, also known as the Garden of the Gods, is a surreal landscape highlighted by gigantic boulders that change colors with the setting of the sun, taking on rich red and brown hues in the late afternoon.

A World Away
Lanai is sometimes referred to as Hawaii’s most exclusive island due to the fact that there just aren’t many people there. With just more than 3,000 residents and a very limited number of hotel rooms, it won’t be hard to find a remote beach for a private moment.

Golfers Delight
The Experience at Koele and The Challenge at Manele are not only two of Hawaii’s best golf courses, but consistently rank among the best in the world. Each course is highlighted by breathtaking views of mountain vistas and the majestic Pacific Ocean.

Rental Cars
If you do plan to rent a car, make sure to get a four-wheel drive vehicle. Regular rental cars in Lanai have restrictions on them as to where you can go in them and most of Lanai’s not-to-be-missed sights are on a route that rental cars are not allowed. Another option is to only purchase a four-wheel-drive vehicle for just a couple of days as the out-of-the-way sites can be seen in that time.

Ancient Hawaiians
The Hawaiian Islands were inhabited as early as the 15th century and the Luahiwa Petroglyphs are one of the most exciting and interesting collections of such ancient writings in all of Hawaii. The meaning of these drawings has long since been lost but you can make out figures representing men and women, family units, pets, goats, canoes, and even a possible surfer.

Treasure Hunters
Not gold, but a treasure none the less, beachcombers can find shells, driftwood, sea glass, and other sea treasures brought in from the reef and wrecks offshore.

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