The place was absolutely fabulous – newly decorated and well stocked. It had boogie boards, beach chairs, a cool beach umbrella that screws into the sand, and a small cooler. Plus it had a ton of little things you wouldn’t expect, such as binoculars, a guide to Maui book (we used this every day), dish soap, ice cream scoop, dish washer soap, laundry soap, shampoo and conditioner, comfortable furniture on the Lanai, ziplock sandwich bags, ziplock gallon bags, coffee pot, toaster, and the list goes on. The pool area was serviced and maintained daily – they literally have people sweeping the grass every morning. One cool thing we discovered is that the air conditioner won’t turn on if the Lanai doors were open, so you never have to worry about wasting energy. The beach itself isn’t as picture perfect as a few miles south, but it’s good. We swam in it at least 2 or 3 days, but the condo is within 12 miles of some awesome beaches and snorkeling. I won’t run through them but use the Guide to Maui map (they highlight the good snorkeling areas in blue) and then google “best places to snorkel in south Maui”. Any sand beach in Wailea or Makena are going to be wonderful. There are lots of restaurants in downtown Kihei (Amigos and Nulas were two local ones we enjoyed), as well as a neat craft fair place just north of the Kihei post office. And the view from the Lanai is beautiful – exactly like the picture on their VRBO website. This wasn’t just a good day for a photo, it looked like that every day.
Brian and Jennifer
