Your day, step by step
08:00
Tender ashore at Kailua Pier. Look at Ahuʻena Heiau across the little beach at Kamakahonu, then walk south on Aliʻi Drive.
08:30
Breakfast and Kona coffee at Island Lava Java on Aliʻi Drive.
09:30
Catch the Kona Trolley or a taxi south to Kahaluʻu Beach Park. Rent snorkel gear across the road if you need it.
09:45
Snorkel at Kahaluʻu while the lifeguards are on duty (from 09:30). Float, do not stand on the coral, and give turtles space.
12:00
Ride back towards the village. Lunch of poke, for example at Da Poke Shack on the way.
13:00
Huliheʻe Palace, self-guided (last entry 14:30). Mokuʻaikaua Church is across the road.
14:15
Browse the Kona Farmers Market at Aliʻi Drive and Hualālai Road for coffee and fruit. Bring cash.
15:00
Swim or sit at Kamakahonu beach beside the pier.
15:30
Join the tender queue at Kailua Pier, 90 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Historic Kailua Village (Aliʻi Drive)15:30
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Historic Kailua Village (Aliʻi Drive)Walk a few minutes to Kailua Pier, then the tender queue15:30
- Kahaluʻu Beach ParkTaxi or Kona Trolley about 5 miles to Kailua Pier, then the tender queue15:00
- Magic Sands (Laʻaloa Beach Park)Taxi or Kona Trolley about 4 miles to Kailua Pier, then the tender queue15:00
- Puʻuhonua o HōnaunauDrive about 23.5 miles back to Kailua-Kona, then the tender queue14:00
Where people get Kailua-Kona wrong
Coming back from the beaches south of town too late and meeting a long tender queue at Kailua Pier.
Built from our Kailua-Kona guide, checked against 17 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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