White Sands Beach may be small but it’s a great place to spend the day. Just bring a few drinks and your beach gear because there are plenty of great restaurants within walking distance. From any of our Big Island Resorts, just head North, you can’t miss it.
They also call it Magic Sands Beach because sometimes the sand gets pulled back into the ocean overnight. Don’t worry, it comes back.
Based in any of our Resorts in Kailua-Kona a great day trip is to head North around the island. Cruise through the Parker Ranch, up through Honaka’a, hit the waterfalls just out of Hilo, stop for lunch in Hilo, and finish out the day at the Volcano Park. It’s a big island but it’s not too big.
A classic Hawaii Beach, Kekaha Kai is a place to spend the whole day. Whether you’re staying at Kanaloa At Kona, Beach Villas, the Surf and Racquet Club, Kona Coast Resort, or Na Hale O Keauhou you can easily get to this beach and spend a glorious day living on the beach. And don’t forget to make the trek across an amazing lava flow to hidden beach, it’s worth the trip!
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p.s. Make sure to be back out to the highway by the time the park closes. They *will* lock you into the park (not that it’s ever happened to me 
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One of the best places that I’ve snorkeled in Hawaii is at Kahaluu Beach Park in Kona.
Only 4 miles south of the center of Kailua-Kona this park used the be the playground of the Hawaiian Royalty – including four kings that lived only 1/8 of a mile away!
One of the reasons that they liked it here so much is because of the wonderfully protected beach and hundreds of fish that you’ll find in the shallow, calm waters. And there are so many turtles here that you really have to watch your step getting in and out of the water! No wonder the nickname for the park is Turtle Beach.
Recently (2006-2007) there was a new development of luxury Kona condos built right across the street called The Beach Villas at Kahaluu. These luxurious condos make the joy of spending time at Kahalu’u Beach Park so convenient. You just have to grab your snorkel gear and towel and cross the street to hang out with the fish and turtles. And if you’ve forgotten your sunblock, it’s only a 1 minute walk back to your condo!
I really recommend this place for those vacation renters that want to maximize their vacation time interacting with the beautiful creatures of the sea.