Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
233-7323;
https://camping.honolulu.gov
;
45-680 Luluku Rd; 3-night campsite permit $32;
9am Fri-4pm Mon)
This county-run garden offers grassy campsites from 9am Friday until
4pm Monday. With overnight guard and gates that open after-hours only for pre-re-
gistered campers, it's among Oʻahu's safest places to camp. Limited amenities include
restrooms, outdoor showers and picnic tables. Advance county-camping permits are re-
quired (
Click here
)
; validate them inside the visitor center (open until 4pm daily). No al-
cohol allowed.
Paradise Bay Resort
HOTEL $$$
MAP
(
239-6658, 800-735-5071;
http://paradisebayresorthawaii.com
; 47-039 Lihikai Dr; studio/1br/
2br incl continental breakfast from $229/250/250;
) On a point overlooking the bay, the
Windward Coast's only hotel (it's more like a motel) is a step above vacation rentals.
Casual, earth-toned contemporary rooms with kitchenettes are spacious, if noise-prone.
Twice-weekly happy hours with food, drinks and live entertainment and a Saturday-
morning bay cruise are complimentary. Usually there's a two-night minimum stay (daily
resort fee $25).
Getting There & Away
TheBus 55 leaves Honolulu's Ala Moana Center every 30 to 60 minutes, taking about an
hour to reach Kaneʻohe. TheBus 56 runs once or twice hourly between Kailua and
Kaneʻohe. From Kaneʻohe, TheBus 55 trundles north once or twice hourly along the
Kamehameha Hwy to Turtle Bay and Haleʻiwa, taking about an hour to reach Laʻie.
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Kahaluʻu & Waiahole
Driving north along the Kamehameha Hwy (Hwy 83), you'll cross the bridge beside Ka-
haluʻu's unusual-sounding Hygienic Store (formerly owned by the Hygienic Dairy com-
pany). There you'll make a physical and cultural departure from the gravitational pull of
Honolulu. You've officially crossed into 'the country,' where the highway becomes a
two-laner and the ocean shares the shoulder as you cruise past sun-dappled valleys, small
towns and farms past Waiahole.
