Property Description
We have named our home Makani Kai which means "ocean breeze" where you can come to relax, watch the waves and let your stress melt away. In our opinion, the house is in one of the most beautiful locations on the island. Situated on the world famous Lyman's surf break, you can watch the surf and surfers ride the waves from almost every room and bedroom in the house. Guests have described our home as feeling that they've rented their own private resort on the island.
At over 5,000 square feet Makani Kai is one of the largest vacation rentals on the island. The house boasts 5 bedrooms, 6 baths, with multiple kitchens, 3 separate living rooms and a large game room with a pool table, foosball table and ping pong table. We also have a cornhole board and other board games. This makes the house perfect for extended family and/or multi-family rentals where guests still want to have their own quiet space within the house.
Three of the bedrooms have king sized beds. One bedroom has a queen sized bed and one has a double bed. There is also a double bed sized futon couch, queen sized fixed couch and several portable twin sized beds. 4 of the bedrooms have their own bathroom. Each bedroom has an air conditioner that can be separately adjusted to the desired temperature of the guest in that room.
There are three sets of washers and dryers in the house for your convenience. The swimming pool is situated on the ocean side of the house so you can enjoy the pool and watch the waves and sunset from the pool deck. The pool deck area is elevated so that the ocean view is enhanced.
The house is situated approximately 1/2 a mile north of Magic Sands Beach, which is considered to the the best sandy beach in town. One of the top snorkeling locations on the island, Kahaluu Bay is just 1 mile South of the house. 5 miles North of Keauhou Bay. Alii Drive is the main ocean front road between downtown Kona and Keauhou Bay. The road is well traveled with significant noise. If you are from a quiet neighborhood you will notice it, while if you are from the city maybe less so. In our opinion, the stunning ocean views are a worthy tradeoff.
The back and the sides of the house are surrounded by forest reserve land so your only "close" neighbors are across the street to the left. In the rear of the house there is a large separate patio area that adds to the space of the house and creates a separate quiet area. The front of the house is separated from the ocean by Alii Drive.
The game room has a pool table, foosball table, wet bar and various board games for the family to enjoy.
There are gated parking areas on both the North and South end of the property that comfortably park 3 vehicles. There is also ample street parking.
In the garage there are boogie boards, surfboards, beach chairs, beach umbrellas and various beach toys for guest use.
From the main kitchen you can watch the waves while cooking or making fruity island drinks to enjoy by the pool. Surrounding the pool are multiple lounge chairs, tables and a bbq for guest use. With 8 televisions and internet in the house there is ample different electronic entertainment options for a large group, including kids.
Registration Number: GE-198-411-9808-02, TA-198-411-9808-01
User Reviews
Michael J.
Mar 14, 2025
The property and house were amazing. The location is great. The morning sunrises and evening sunsets were spectacular. You could hear the oceans waves from all of the lanai’s and the pool deck. There are some indigenous bugs that inhabit the house like ants and Cane spiders. That was a little unnerving and took some getting use to for all of us. All the air conditioners work extremely well in each room. However, one of the smaller rooms upstairs that has a washer and dryer in it does get warm when they are in use. The property is well maintained and is really an incredible place to stay. We would stay at this location again, especially if the eight of us, or more, ever made our way back the Kona. The only downside to this property, other than the ants and spiders, the property management requires you to wash all the towels, including the beach towels. We found this to be very unpractical. Having to do this meant we could not shower at 3:00 in the morning before our flight home. That was disappointing. Overall, a great place for family and friends to enjoy Hawaii!
SARAH S.
Feb 24, 2025
The house is really large and had plenty of room for multiple families to have their own space. Lots of fun activities with pool, pool table, goose ball, ping pong, board games and lots of TVs. It’s in a great location- super easy access to downtown Kona, shopping, restaurants and snorkeling. The beds were comfortable and we really liked having our own bathrooms except for the upstairs double bed room- they had to go downstairs near the kitchen to use the hall bathroom at night. The view from the upstairs bedroom balcony was spectacular!!On the downside- even keeping all doors and windows closed there were quite a lot of bugs- lots of termites and cockroaches and a few of the biggest, fastest spiders I’ve ever seen. We were all a little wigged out from the bugs and spiders. I wish the pool was heated as it’s a bit chilly and never really warmed up. Suggestions: I wish there was a hot tub.The floors were really dirty- everyone’s feet were black from walking around just a little bit on the floors. The creepy crawlies made it a little tough for anyone to feel like laying out or relaxing on the patio. More seating in the main living room where everyone could sit in the room to watch TV- or bean bags , or other things to sit on. Half our group had to sit in kitchen chairs. Trim the hedges so you can sit on the patio and see the beach. Put a TV in south bedroom. Get rid of the termites- we probably killed 100-200 over the week.
Terry and Jeff K.
Feb 16, 2025
Our entire family celebrated our anniversary here and loved it! Plenty of room for four families, nice pool and fantastic views! Traffic was a little busy/noisy, but not bad and settled down in the evening. Overall a wonderful time and place to celebrate!
Angie p.
Jan 26, 2025
Great location! House was very accommodating! Great view!
Jackie S.
Jan 18, 2025
This property did not disappoint! It is a beautiful space for a large family or a couple families wanting to share common areas. We absolutely loved this property and will highly recommend it and rent it again!
Lori L.
Jan 01, 2025
The home was really comfortable and quiet. The bedrooms were spaced out so that the baby didn’t wake anyone but mom and dad! The pool was great especially for the kids. We we able to go to sites both north and south easily - and we could even walk to a great beach. Everyone loved the place.
Ali A.
Dec 13, 2024
We had a group of 12 gather for the holidays. The house was amazing and spacious and had everything we could possibly need. There is a beautiful ocean view and awesome spot to check out the tidepools right across the road. All of our kids loved the pool and various toys and fun stuff in the house. We were so happy with our time here. Thank you
Leslie C.
Dec 08, 2024
Our family enjoyed this large house so much! Watching the surfers.. and watching baby goats play behind the house were bonuses! The owner communicated promptly.. we felt so welcomed with the goodies, lights on, music on, etc.. Magalo very much🌺
Sue N.
Nov 22, 2024
This beautiful 5 bedroom home on the ocean accommodated our large family extremely well. Everyone had their own space and we didn't feel 'on top of each other'. Very clean and well stocked for making family dinners. There was plenty of pool and beach gear for our use. Everyone loved the game room. Ken, the host was wonderful! He quickly responded to any questions that I had and provided me with all the information I needed for a successful and fun family reunion. I highly recommend this property!
Wendy S.
Nov 02, 2024
This house is huge with so many sitting areas. Great for a large family
John L.
Oct 06, 2024
Great location and setup for large extended family providing space and all the amenities necessary for a week. Access and location was great for beaches and shopping. We all had a great time!
Helge A.
Sep 27, 2024
This is an absolutely amazing place for larger groups with the space enjoy together and privacy at the same time. We were a group of 9, and everyone had the space they needed. We found the home to be clean and neat, and we were greeted with an awesome fresh fruit platter in the kitchen.
The location was very good. Close to all the fun stuff in Kona, and a reasonable drive to Volcano National Park, Green Sands Beach, etc.. It is on a rather busy road that has traffic for most of the day, but that did not deter us from fully enjoying the patio and pool in the front of the house. The open-space on 3 sides allowed us to take in the nature of the island.
The house itself was well laid out. It should be noted that the middle bedroom upstairs does not have easy access to a full bathroom. Whoever stays in that room will need to walk through another bedroom to get to a shower/bath tub. That said, we were able sort this out relatively easily. The kitchen had plenty of space to prep multiple meals at the same time. The dishwasher made cleanup easy, and the pantry had lots of room. Three refrigerators in the home allowed for more than enough space to keep all the food and drinks cold and fresh. The game room with attached wet bar contained Foosball and Billard/Pool tables which provided great evening entertainment. Internet access throughout the home was great, such that a couple of us were able to get some work done while there.
Overall, we had a great time.
Kimberly C.
Sep 02, 2024
Great house for multi-generational group. TV's need instructions. Could only get the one in the bedroom of the separate unit to work. Normally wouldn't care since we didn't go there to watch TV, but we landed on the day a hurricane was supposed to come in and wanted to see the reports. Also, one set of laundry machines were out of service, and they want you to launder all towels before you leave. This was a challenge for a group of 12 swimming and showering all week. But we managed. All in all, we loved the house and would rent it again.
Janis D.
Aug 28, 2024
A beautiful though well used property which suited our needs for 14 family members perfectly!! Here to gather to celebrate my late Husbands life. Plenty of sleeping accommodations, well equipped kitchen and bathrooms, knock dead views, wonderful pool and game room. Fantastic memories made!
Linda P.
Aug 11, 2024
House was as promised, great location and plenty of space for the family/couples that came to help me celebrate my birthday. Only a few hours to drive south or the other side of the island for site-seeing an activities. The Royal Luau was just up the road, great show and food. Sound of the ocean cut down on the road noise at night, as I left my doors/windows wide open to enjoy the ocean breezes. (Remember to keep the screens closed). It had everything we needed to play in and relax by the pool. Would recommend for large or multiple families. Thank you, James, for being responsive to our questions and needs. We all enjoyed our vacation in your home.
