Four Seasons Resort Lanai

Lanai, a sleepy former pineapple plantation, has entered the spotlight. Following the island’s purchase by tech billionaire Larry Ellison in 2012, the Four Seasons Resort Lanai underwent an overhaul that reduced the number of guest rooms from 286 to 213 and shook off their dated look with mahogany floors and walls of slate and teak. Guests can dine at outposts of Nobu and Malibu Farm, take flying lessons, learn to make leis, hike, ride horses, or go off-roading.

The Four Seasons Resort Lanai Manele Bay has the perfect perch for you to enjoy the expansive view and an expertly mixed tropical cocktail. From the open space it feels like you are on the edge of the blue world looking out to the views of the Pacific Ocean.

It’s hard to focus on a technically-sound tee shot when the wide open Pacific stretches out to the horizon. Like an uninterrupted blanket of blue, the waters are home to dolphins and whales which can occasionally be spotted in the waters below. It’s a perch which feels like the end of the Earth, and it’s a hard place to stand there and focus on your putt. So just how spectacular is the setting of this golf course? Out of all the places across the globe that Bill Gates could have chosen to be married, he opted for this outpost gazing out to the sea as the ideal location to swap his vows. Today, golfers on Lana’i can find their own slice of heaven when they tackle the back nine of The Challenge at Manele golf course. Or, if golf isn’t your game and you’re just up for a nice coastal stroll, the Kapiha’a Fisherman’s Trail weaves its way from Hulopo’e Beach towards the vantage points which you see above.

There are few travel moments that thrill more than ones involving wildlife. This bottle nose dolphin and his friends entertained us for hours, leaping for joy and playing alongside our catamaran off the coast of Lanai.