We have just added pages on the Aloha Condos Website featuring the following:
Please see our Moana Kai Beach House Vacation Rentals section of the website for quick links to each of these new resort sections.
When staying at a beach house at the Moana Kai Beach Houses Resort you will have a magnificent kitchen. Make sure to take the easy walk into town where you will find a Big Save and a discount store. Stock up on fresh local seafood too!
Make sure to check out our other Kauai resorts:
Hanalei Bay Resort
Islander on the Beach
Nihilani at Princeville
Plantation at Princeville
Getting the chance to swim with sea turtles was a highlight in my life. My first opportunity came while staying with Aloha Condos at the Moana Kai Beach house on Kauai. I had my morning coffee on the lanai while watching the ocean only 30 meters away and thinking, “it can’t get any better than this.” Then I gathered my snorkel gear and headed across the lawn to the beach. I parked my towel and chair in the warm sand, got my gear on, and plodded backwards into the ocean…a trick I discovered (after my husband mentioned it) that works much better than fighting the flippers to walk forwards. Now, this wasn’t listed as a popular snorkeling beach, although I would see a handful of locals out there almost daily. The first few times I snorkeled, I paid attention to every visible sea plant and fish; there were some great ones. On my later adventures, I realized I could swim with a snorkel better than without for my exercise. So, there I was swimming along in peaceful gratitude at my opportunity to exercise in such beauty, when I saw a big rock ahead…and then a gentle dusting of sand took me aback and the rock moved! In a moment of awe it dawned on me that it was a sea turtle! I gurgled surprise and then paddled in reverse to stay my position while . The magnificent turtle slowly swam up, looked back at me gently, and then surfaced for air. I thought, “oh yeah, it isn’t fleeing because turtles are slow” (…until my second turtle sighting. That guy swam off like a torpedo). The turtle came back down, turned slowly, looked at me again, and then proceeded to swim mellowly along. I swam for over an hour with it (behind it and to the side of it), keeping a respectful distance. It never appeared frightened, intimidated, or aggressive, although at first I was a little hesitant. Shortly, I began to swim like my companion in that suspended moment of time…slow, graceful arm movements in the rocking of the ocean: gliding back, then surging forward with the swell from the waves above. It was somewhat like life can be, taking steps forward, and a few backward, but still progressing ahead. I became so calm by being with this turtle. I saw him or her again a few days later…same experience. In times of stress, I often think of my turtle friend and that moment of ” no worries” while we swam together. I feel very grateful and thank this glorious creature for its lesson that things “can always get better.”
Even Barrack Obama and family got a shave ice on their last visit to Barrack’s home state of Hawaii. While staying at the Ilikai Hotel, in Honolulu, Waikiki beach, my 6 year old daughter and I went on quests for the best shave ice…after discovering the treat while staying at the Moana Kai Beach House in Kapaa, Kaui. We have stayed with Aloha Condos on almost every island, and so have become “experts” on the various types of this island confection known as shave ice. One shave ice ranges from between 3 and 5 dollars, depending on where you get it, how many flavors you get, or if you add ice cream. Some come in styrofoam cups or bowls, or our favorite – the special brightly colored plastic cone-like container just for shave ice (you get a spoon and a straw with it). It just seems to hold the most, be the easiest to eat from, and afterwards you have a great “toy” for playing in the sand and making sand castles. The ice from shave ice to shave ice, itself, varies from course ground ice similar to a snow-cone, where the ice is tasteless and the syrup stays at the bottom; to the powdery snow-like ice that melts immediately after dousing it with syrup; to the “just right ice” that is shaved to perfection: hearty enough not to melt immediately and give a great crunch, yet light enough to swim in the syrup, so that you get the great syrupy ice mixture in every bite. All this said….the best shave ice in Honolulu is pretty much right on the beach…technically on the army base (as is some of the cheapest quick “fast food”). Civilians can buy things and eat on base. This shave ice is at a cart that also sells beverages and some snacks, is only open until 3pm, and charges $3.00 for a single flavor shave ice. When walking along the boardwalk toward Diamond Head (the ocean will be on your right), you will pass the Hilton, a green grassy park (with public picnic tables and barbecues), and then come upon a “bar” with a plethora of white umbrellas. Climb the steps, wind past the bar, the white umbrella tables, past the snack hut, (still facing diamond head) then turn left and there it will be – to the right, just up the path, the Shave Ice Cart. Enjoy!
Beach homes in Kauai are getting harder to find now that the county of Kauai has limited rentals of homes outside of the special vacation destination areas (VDA) in Princeville, Kapaa and Poipu.
Fortunately there are owners that have licensed and registered their vacation rentals and received approval to vacation rent their homes. Home B at the Moana Kai Beach Houses in Kapaa is one of the Kauai approved vacation rental homes that has been providing a great place to stay for families since 2006.
There are still dates available in January and February at the luxury beach house with pool at a special rate of $299 per night. This lovely beach home can comfortably sleep up to 6 persons. There are 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 spas and a oceanfront pool!
Check out the availability calendar and book this unit online directly from the owner – Jim Dornfeld – who say Aloha from Kauai.