

Highlights: The largest white-sand beach on Hawaii's Big Island with calm water, picnic tables, and whale sightings in winter Hapuna Beach State Park, Hawaii Hapuna Beach State Park | Photo Copyright: Meagan Drillinger There are also 54 holes of championship golf to play on three courses: Wailea Blue, Wailea Emerald, and Wailea Gold.ĥ. Other notable Wailea beaches include Polo Beach, with good snorkeling and swimming, and Ulua Beach Park, where locals come to walk and jog along the sand at dawn and dusk. It's a celebrity favorite vacation spot, and you may run into a famous face or two on the beach. Both properties face Makena Beach's stunning cobalt-hued water.

The area is home to some of Maui's most luxurious hotel real estate, with the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea here and the equally opulent Grand Wailea. Consistently ranked among the world's most beautiful beaches, it is wide and golden-hued, fronting a calm stretch of sea that is good for swimming. Wailea Beach is one of five gorgeous crescent-shaped beaches that make up the 1,500-acre resort community of Wailea in south Maui about 35 minutes from Kahului Airport. Highlights: A picture-perfect beach with some of the most exclusive resorts on Maui and views overlooking nearby islands Wailea Beach, Maui Wooden boardwalk on Wailea Beach Read More: Top-Rated Tourist Attractions & Things To Do in Waikikiģ.You can rent Jet Skis, go parasailing, and even pay your respects at the Pearl Harbor & USS Arizona Memorial nearby.Īccommodation: Top-Rated Resorts in Honolulu Of course, if surfing isn't your vibe, there is much more to do, both in the ocean and out. The name Waikiki translates from Hawaiian as "spouting waters," and the beach is a legendary place to learn to surf thanks to its consistent, gentle waves. Today, it remains a vibrant stretch of sand and surf, and it's where you'll find most of Oahu's hotels and resorts, as well as dining and shopping along Kalakaua Ave, its main drag. It has been popular with the tourist crowd since its first hotel, the Moana Surfrider, opened in 1901. Just south of Honolulu, Waikiki Beach on the island of Oahu was once a playground for Hawaiian royalty. Highlights: The premiere stretch of beach in Honolulu for hotels, resorts, restaurants, and shopping
