Here is a list of some of the activities you might want to consider while staying in our villa. Many are based on recommendations from our guests.

• Take a champagne cruise and watch the sunset. The cruise departs from Anaeho'omalu (ABay) in the Waikoloa Beach Resort next to the Marriott. Champagne, appetizers and the most beautiful sunsets in the world await you.
• Snorkel and see the amazinb beauty of Kaelakekua Bay, Hawaii's finest marine snorkle perserve. See dolphins, turtles, colorful fish and marine life.
• Meet a dolphin, join the trainer in feeding the dolphins their evening meal or learn how to train animals with dolphins as the example, all this and more is available at Dolphin Quest located at teh Hilton Waikoloa Village. Programs designed for kids of various ages are available.
• Experience the unspoiled upcountry of Hawaii at teh Ponoholo Ranch on Historic Kohala Mountain. This 11,000 acre working cattle ranch stretcheds from rain forest to the ocean and offers the most spectacular scenery on the Big Island. On an Open Range Horseback Ride you experience what is was like to be a paniolo (Hawaiian Cowboy) in the old days of North Kohala.
• You don't have to leave the resort to enjoy the beauty and recreaton activities at 'Anaeho'omalu Bay (A-Bay). Two large and picturesque fishponds were used by ancient Hawaiians for raising mullet. ON the right hand side is a hut that rents snorkel gear, kayaks, boogie boards, windsurfers etc. Nalu's Bar adn Grill has food for those who get hungry.
• Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park perserves the site where, up until the early 19th centruy, Hawaiians who broke kapu or one of the ancient laws against the gods could avoid certain death by fleeing to this place of refuge or "pu'uhonua". The 182 acre park includes the "pu'uhonua" and a complex of archeological sites including: temple platforms, royal fishponds, sledding tracks and some coastal village sites.
• Puukohala Heiau the temple built by King Kamehameha is a fascinating National Historic site. Not only can you visit the temple but there are wonderful hiks and numerous birds to see.
• Kiholo Bay is a beautiful adn uniquely shaped ocean inlet. The turquoise water is a mixture of fresh and salt water - cold freshwater on top, bracksih in the middle and warm salt water on the bottom. Turtles abound here. There is white sand, black sand, palms, coves, islands and giant green sea turtles! At the northern end of the bay there is a small island with white sand and palm trees that you get to by wading across a knee deep channel. Chances are you will see turtles swim past you as you cross the channel. The island is perfect for sunning, for you and the turtles, or for swimming in the lagoon.
• For an experience that will stay with you the rest of your life - dive at night with manta rays. You will slip into the water with lights beckoning the mantra rays like moths to a candle. You will see gigantic shadows as they approach.
• Or for your own adventure, here's a list of shore diving spots and other great Big Island Dive Spots.
• Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is the site of two of the worlds most spectacularly active volcanoes. In Mauna Loa's rugged high altitude wilderness area, you can inspect cinder cones, gaping chasms adn barren lava wrought into fantastic shapes.
• Take a helicopter ride to directly view the current lava flow of the volcano or see amazing waterfalls you didn't know existed!
• Swim with spinner dolphins in their natural environment!
• The best guidebook? The Big Island Revealed--even the locals use it!