Deluxe 4/bd Walk To Beach, Sleeps 8-10

A Spacious Vacation Home centrally located for all the fabulous activities Kona has to offer - snorkeling, kayaking, surfing, diving, hiking, shopping, dining and whale and dolphin watching, just to name a few.

The Lighthouse is ideal for family and group vacations. You are a block from White Sands Beach (also called Magic Sands Beach) and two miles from world class ocean side golfing.

Enjoy the private lap pool with waterfall in a lush tropical garden setting. This spacious and comfortable house (approx. 2400 square feet) offers washer/ dryer, two cable TVs, two VCRs, a large kitchen and living room and four lanai's (decks) each with ocean views.

Three bedrooms are located upstairs in the main part of the house. The fourth bedroom is downstairs, accessible through a separate entrance - it has a kitchenette with microwave and indoor bathroom with outdoor shower.

There is a caretaker on the premises (separate apartment, separate entrance, he does not use the pool or garage).

Please smoke outside only!

PLEASE NOTE: Posted rates are for up to 10 people. Add $50/night/person for 10-12 people. Ask about discounts for more than two weeks and 4 or fewer people.

The Kona Lighthouse is centrally located along the Gold Coast of the big Island, a 5 mile scenic drive between the towns of Kailua-Kona and Keauhou-Kona.

Keauhou, just a couple miles south, is home to many fine resort hotels and condominiums as well as a shopping center with 8 plex theater, super market and many fine restaurants and shops.

Kailua-Kona, just a couple miles north, provides island style entertainment as well as the Hard Rock Cafe, Borders Books, Costco, WalMart, and the largest Safeway grocery store in the State. The Makalapua Shopping Center is home to K-Mart, Macy's and an 8-plex cinema. Up the coast from Kailua is the Kona-Kohala coastline which sports many fine beaches and resort hotels.

Kailua-Kona is site of the Ironman Triathlon in October. The race starts and ends right in Kailua and runs all the way to Hawi, 1.5 hours to the north.

Also about 1.5 hours north is Mauna Kea, the worlds premier celestial observation point. Over a dozen observatories sit atop the 14,000 foot mountain accessible by car except then there's snow! When there's snow you can rent ski's or snowboards and take a tour up the mountain in 4wd vehicles.

Horseback riding is also available up the slopes of Hualalai Mountain, down into the picturesque Waipio Valley and around the mountains of Waimea town.

Volcanoes National Park, with an ongoing active volcano, is just 1.5 hours to the south with some of the most amazing and unique scenery in the world.

There are literally hundreds of things to do on the Big Island, and Kailua-Kona is the most centrally located staging point for all your vacation adventures.

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