Must-see attractions in Lanaʻi

  • Hulopoʻe Beach on Lanaʻi

    Hulopoʻe Beach

    Lanaʻi

    The island's main beach is kept looking beautiful, with manicured lawns and clean restrooms, thanks to Pulama Lana‘i‘s legion of groundskeepers…

  • Puʻu Pehe

    Lanaʻi

    From Hulopoʻe Beach a path (of around 0.75 miles) leads south to the end of Manele Point, which separates Hulopoʻe and Manele Bays. The point is a…

  • Keahiakawelo

    Lanaʻi

    Inside the Kanepu'u Preserve is this a dramatic place, also known as Garden of the Gods, formed by the eruption of a volcano, the lava bombs that spewed…

  • Lanaʻi Culture & Heritage Center

    Lanaʻi

    This engaging small museum is the best place to start before exploring the rest of Lana'i. It has displays with cultural artifacts covering the island's…

  • Halepalaoa Beach

    Lanaʻi

    Running southeast from the pier at Halepalaoa Landing is the reef-protected and shaded Halepalaoa Beach, which seems to have come from desert-island…

  • Keālia Kapu & Kaunolū

    Lanaʻi

    Perched around the highest sea cliffs on the island (at 1080ft above sea level) is a vast archaeological site home to the largest collection of ruins on…

  • Lanaʻi Cat Sanctuary

    Lanaʻi

    Easily Lana‘i's most peculiar attraction is this volunteer-run, 3-acre feline wonderland housing 620 cats that have been 'rescued' from the wild. Locals…

  • Pōāiwa Petroglyph Trail

    Lanaʻi

    Near Shipwreck Beach a 0.5-mile trail leads directly inland to the Pōāiwa petroglyphs – a cluster of more than 20 fragile carvings on dense basalt-lava…

  • Kahekili's Leap

    Lanaʻi

    At the architectural site of Kaunolū you can walk right to the edge of this vertigo-inducing platform and look down to the ocean 63ft below. Kings and…

  • Shipwreck Beach

    Lanaʻi

    You can stroll along this blustery shore for 7 miles looking for flotsam and shipwrecks, and taking in the views of Molokaʻi and Maui. This area is the…

  • Kanepuʻu Preserve

    Lanaʻi

    The 590-acre Kanepuʻu Preserve is the last native dryland forest of its kind across all Hawaii. Just 5 miles northwest of Lanaʻi City, the forest is home…

  • Polihua Beach

    Lanaʻi

    This broad, 1.5-mile-long white-sand beach at the northwestern tip of the island takes its name from the green sea turtles that nest here (polihua means…

  • Manele-Kapakuea Heritage Trail

    Lanaʻi

    East of Manele Habour is a 0.6-mile trail that leads to the 8m-wide, 2m-high Ka Hana Lawa'a (Fishermen's Temple), stacked with boulders. Fishermen would…

  • Halepalaoa Landing

    Lanaʻi

    Just under 2 miles southeast along the road from Keomuku you'll reach Halepalaoa Landing, from which the sugar company planned to ship out its product…

  • Keomuku

    Lanaʻi

    The center of a short-lived sugarcane plantation, Keomuku is 6 miles southeast of Maunalei. The highlight is the beautifully reconstructed Ka Lanakila o…

  • Manele Harbor

    Lanaʻi

    This harbor, off Hwy 440, is where the ferry from Maui docks. There are bathrooms and a few sheltered picnic tables here, plus a convenience store. During…

  • Naha

    Lanaʻi

    Four miles south of Halepalaoa you'll come to Naha, which is both the end of the road and the site of ancient fishponds just offshore. This is a dramatic…

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