Kona Magic Sands Hawaii Hale Akai Vacation Rental
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Hale A Kai - means Home by the sea, your vacation retreat. This 2000 square foot home is located on a quiet cul de sac in the Magic Sands community, twelve miles south of the Kona (KOA) airport. Walk less than two blocks to La`a Loa (Magic Sands) Beach for boogie boarding, swimming and fabulous sunsets .
Less than one mile away is Kahalu'u Beach Park, acclaimed for its easy access snorkeling for all levels. Swim with Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles and a large variety of reef fish or just relax and watch the sea turtles sunning on the rocks. Rentals and lessons are available for snorkeling, surfing and stand up surfing.
The Keauhou Shopping Center is two miles away featuring an array of shopping and dining options. Keauhou Bay features the Kona Country Club 18 hole golf course. Available at the Keauhou Bay Marina are kayak rentals and boat excursions to swim with manta rays and dolphins as well as a whale watching, snorkel and sunset cruises. You will be just 4 miles away from the village of Kailua Kona featuring dozens of restaurants, stores, historic sites and major retail stores such as Target, Ross, Walmart and Hilo Hattie. Drive or pay $2.00 for an open trolley ride from Magic Sands Beach Park. Just over an hour away is Mauna Kea Summit which offers spectacular star gazing with nightly tours available through the Mauna Kea Observatory Visitor Information Center. On winter days travel to the snow, rent a board or sled and bring back an ice chest full of snow for a beach snowman! Volcanoes National Park, Hilo Zoo, Rainbow and Akaka Falls are all about 2.5 hours away, so plan for a long day, the island really is Big!
Free cultural events are available almost nightly, West Hawaii Today, Keauhou, Kona Commons and Lanihau Shopping Center's calendars (to name a few). Start streaming KAPA FM Radio live to begin your Aloha filled vacation NOW!
Before booking Hale Akai Please
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2004
About the owner: Living and working in the Beautiful Napa Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and needing a break from stressful jobs. We found the La'a Loa /Kahalu'u/Keauhou area to be the perfect place to relax, heal and enjoy friends and family. We purchased Hale Akai as a vacation rental partnership and fell in love with the island, our neighbors and Hawai'i life. We have been privileged to make lifetime friends with many of our guests, some of whom have returned twice a year since 2004!
Why the Owner Chose Kailua-Kona, HI, USA:
The location! We have all of the benefits of living near the ocean on the beautiful Kona coast with out all of the noise and congestion of being right on the beach. After renting a home on the beach for two years, we found that being down on Ali'i drive, next to the ocean, was noisy, scary during high surf and expensive. Less than a mile from one of the best snorkeling beaches in Hawai'i, 0.2 miles from a white sand beach with amazing sunset and boogie boarding, close to shopping, public transit and centrally located on the western coast, it's the perfect location! We wanted this specific neighborhood for it's safe, peaceful and convenient location. There were few properties for sale in the area so our Realtor sent letters to every property owner in the neighborhood and we spent several vacations driving up and down the streets waiting for a home to become available!
La'a Loa, the name of this area, means very sacred and Keauhou is 'a place to return to for healing' The area has a peacefulness that stays with you. King Kamehaha III was born two miles away and this was a favorite vacation area for King David Kalakawa, his summer cottage is one mile away. Sharing Hale Akai as a vacation rental gives us a chance to give back some of the pleasure and peace this home has given our family and friends over the past 10 years. Before booking please know that our home is located in a peaceful residential neighborhood.
The Unique Benefits at this House:
Hawai'i Island, known by tourists as the Big Island, is the most diverse having 11 of the worlds 13 climate zones. You can literally play in the snow and be back on the beach in just over an hour, walk in rain forests, over lava fields and actually watch lava flow.
The Kona Coast is known for it's beaches, coffee farms, cattle ranches, beautiful sunsets and peaceful, laid back atmosphere. Hale Akai is in a quiet residential neighborhood with both vacation rentals and residences.
As I sit on the lanai writing this, the palms are gently swaying and I can hear the surf crashing, doves and cardinals singing and far off in the distance the gentle sound of bagpipes from a Scottish neighbor. The sand is not the only magical part of this island!
Contact us
Links to more information:
- CLICK HERE - Hale Akai website
- CLICK HERE - Facebook page
- Click Here to see All My Rental Listings
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Outdoor dining.
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Ali'i master suite, upstairs with lanai.
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Ali'i master bath.
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Hale Akai sunset.
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Bar/table seats 5 (plus 2 w/stools) Table seats 5 in chairs. Outdoor dining- 10+
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Magic Sands Beach when the sand is out.
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View of Hualalai Crater on morning walk (0.3 mi from house)
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Hale Akai from street
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Living room
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Ali'i Master Suite seating area
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Upstairs lanai off Ali'i and Kalani Suites.
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Master suite with private bath and lanai.
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Path off front entrance leading to lanai.
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Ohana suite bathroom
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Makali'i, queen size bed, shared bathroom.
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Helpful people warning drivers to put on seatbelts and slow down!
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Pu'u Honua o Honaunau- the city of refuge, Amazing place only 25 minutes away.
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View from upstairs lanai.
VRBO #562391
This listing was first published here in 2014.
Date last modified - Sunday, September 25, 2016
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