The Hawaii Traveler

We missed the boat the last time we stayed in Kona, on the Big Island. Literally. We were living it up in the Waikoloa Beach area, just yards from the Hilton Waikoloa Village, where there are over 60 acres of Kohala Coast made just for families like ours.The boat we missed is a little mahogany canoe that transports guests along on-resort canals, to more kid-friendly activities than you can shake a rainstick at.

Camp Menehune is the Hilton’s own day and night camps for little ones aged 5-12; for guests of the Hilton, or non-guests, as availability allows.

Dolphin Quest is the on-site “pet-a-dolphin” program that includes swimming with, and feeding your new finned friends. Make your reservations at least a month in advance if it’s a make-or-break activity. In fact, Dolphin Days are comoing June 19-22, 2008!

Other amenities include wildlife tours, lagoon pools, shuttles to very family-fun A Bay Beach, and a tram railway system for gliding along the grounds.

If you go, write in and tell me your experience so that we can kick ourselves again for missing it the first time. And give those fish-breathed dolphins a kiss from us.

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