The Kona golf courses are famously beautiful and the deep-sea fishing is unbelievable. Make it a day in Kona with whale watching and water activities by snorkeling alongside dolphins and green sea turtles, or parasailing Kona. Or enjoy the Kona nightlife by diving at night with manta rays. At the heart of Kailua-Kona is Historic Kailua Village. This is a beautiful little downtown area, near the Kailua Pier.
Kona offers great dining and shopping opportunities with a good dose of local flavor and historical sights such as the Hulihe’e Palace and the iconic Mokuaikaua Church, the oldest Christian Church in Hawaii. Kona coffee tours as well as tours of sea horse farms are popular, stroll lush botanical gardens, charter a boat to toast the sunset or get inside a glass bottom boat in Kona to see the fish below.
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With extensive and beautiful vessels, Body Glove Cruises is one the favorite boat tour companies and a major attraction for adventure seekers visiting the Big Island.
Action-packed and iconic, UFO Parasail makes for the perfect adventure tour above the tropical waters of Kona.
A splendid aerial tour experience soaring above the Big Island, Mauna Loa Helicopter Tours brings the best of Hawaii to you with a unique perspective.
Offering the best views available of the Big Island’s marine wildlife and oceanfront scenery, a tour with Kona Snorkel and Sail is an amazing opportunity to experience the best of the Big Island.
One of the Big Island’s most experienced ocean tour companies, Sea Paradise offers an unmatched sailing and snorkeling experience.
One of the most unique and engaging farms you can experience on the Big Island, Big Island Bees offers tours and a great gift shop with their island-made goods.
A friendly surf shop right across from Kahalu’u Bay on Hawaii’s Big Island, Kahalu’u Bay Surf and Sea makes things easy and affordable for surfers of every stripe.
A well-equipped and versatile diving tour company along the Kona Coast, Kona Honu Divers brings a level of expertise and insight at the top of the industry.
Spanning throughout the Big Island’s most notable natural attractions, Paradise Helicopters offers luxury aerial tour experiences the whole family can enjoy.
Teeming with protected and endangered species, Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm allows you and your family to see and interact with these unique animals.
Offering unique and memorable ocean cruises and snorkel tours that are sure to be the highlight of your vacation.
Equipped with a luxury catamaran vessel that cruises the high seas with ease, Paradise Sailing Hawaii is an incredible, high-end tour experience that you’ll never forget.
A long time mainstay of the Big Island boat tour scene, Captain Zodiac offers a uniquely Hawaiian approach to ocean activities at an affordable, family-friendly rate.
One of the longest serving boat tour companies on the Big Island, Kamanu Charters promises an exciting, family-friendly experience everyone can enjoy.
A great tour company on the Big Island, Adventures in Paradise Kayak & Snorkel tours are an amazing, family-friendly experience.
Experience The Painted Church, where Father John Berchmans Velghe painted the interior walls of Saint Benedict’s Catholic Church with beautiful murals depicting biblical scenes.
For an exciting adventure atop Kona’s pristine tropical waters, a tour with Ocean Safaris Kayak Tours provides an incredible, family-friendly adventure on the Big Island.
A friendly and homegrown diving company on the Big Island of Hawaii, Jack’s Diving Locker helps make your underwater diving experience memorable and exciting.
Thrilling and filled with adventure, Manta Ray Dives of Hawaii offers a variety of incredible opportunities to see the Big Island’s marine life up close.
A historic agricultural wonder located south of Kailua-Kona on the Big Island, the Kona Coffee Living History Museum and H.N. Greenwell Store is everything a coffee lover could ask for.
Explore the best the Big Island has to offer aboard a chartered tour with Sea Quest Rafting and Snorkeling Adventures, experiencing sea life, and much more.
Offering water tours and adventures along the Big Island’s Kona Coast, Hang Loose Boat Tours is an exciting option for the adventurous tourist.
A remarkable opportunity to explore the ocean and see marine wildlife, Sunlight on Water offers tours in and on the water perfectly suited to families and groups.
A well-equipped tour company on the Big Island, Hawaii Nautical offers comfort and luxury to visitors to the Big Island during their water-based adventures.
A breathtaking journey along the western coast of the Big Island, Ali’i Ocean Tours offers incredible adventure and family-friendly fun!
The peace sanctuary is 7 acres of a tropical botanical paradise with manicured pathways, rare Hawaiian plants and peaceful settings for meditation.
Dolphin Journeys blends ocean adventure with a relaxing environment only the Big Island of Hawaii can offer.
An affordable, well-equipped option for a family adventure along the Big Island’s Kona Coast, Hawaii Oceanic offers incredible sightseeing and water activities for your entire party.
An affordable, Hawaiian-owned kayak tour company on the Big Island, Aloha Kayak Co. brings the best of the Kona waters to you at a family-friendly rate.
A small and local kayak tour company, Anelakai Adventures is your best option for those seeking an authentic, humble water adventure along Hawaii’s Big Island.
Renown for being the first patented, trellised coffee plantation, Kona Joe Coffee is among the world’s finest 100% Kona Coffee.
For over 15 years, Hula Daddy owners Lee and Karen Paterson have provided some of the world’s very best coffees in small batches, winning dozens of tasting awards along the way.
An organic and widely acclaimed producer of authentic Kona Coffee on the Big Island.
With over 650 coffee farms in the Kona region of the Big Island, a few really stand out and Buddha’s Cup is among the very best.
Living up to its namesake, Glassbottom Boat Cruise offers great views of what lies below the glassy tropical surface of Kona’s coastal waters from the comforts of a boat.
A remarkable underwater adventure just off the coast of the Big Island, Atlantis Submarines Kona offers incredible views of the ocean floor and the marine life that inhabit it.
