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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We stayed 6 years ago at what was then the Sheraton in Kona (for one night) and rented a house very near by for multiple nights. It was 3 families together and I didn’t organize it, but it was a LOT of driving to get to nice, sandy beaches. The coast near Kona was rocky and okay for tide pooling but not really swimming. I was sorry I didn’t organize a tour of a cocoa or coffee plantation in advance and they were all sold out when I was there (as was swimming with the manta rays). My immediate family did split off for a drive to Hilo and a visit to volcano National Park (along with a drive back along the southern coast) and I was glad we did that. We stayed at the Kilauea lodge for a night in Volcano. [/quote]

The Big Island just isn't a sandy beach kind of island and it's disappointing when you are expecting Kauai or Oahu-type beaches. We have found that visits there do demand a ton of driving and that's just how it is. We were warned to go in a mindset of roadtripping, not quick jaunts from place to place. I think that I would have been really disappointed if I had been expecting everything to be close together and for beaches to be sandy.

Exploring the Big Island is similar to exploring the CA coast or states out west- once you commit to a couple of hours of driving per day and some big shifts in weather and landscape, it becomes easier to appreciate it.

Don't miss the petroglyphs or seeing the sea turtles, and consider a day of exploring via horseback.[/quote]

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