Anahola (population 1932) is one of the communities that make up the north shore of Kauai.
Recreational activities include golf, scuba diving, fishing, sailing, snorkeling, surfing and more. Anahola is home to the excellent Anahola Beach Park, where the public is welcome. Anahola is just minutes from the Hanalei Bay and Princeville golf courses. Princeville is one of the most beautiful resort areas in all of the Hawaiian Islands. Sightseers can visit the Kilauea Lighthouse, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, and the Hanalei Valley Lookout.
Anahola is situated just 15 miles away from the Lihue Airport and Nawiliwili Harbor, where most residents and visitors find transportation on and off the island.
Anahola Hawaii Attractions
Anahola Beach
Anahola Beach is located near the town of Anahola on the bay. The beach is protected by an off shore reef and is good for snorkeling and swimming. The water can be murky at times (depending on the amount of rainfall) due to the Anahola Stream empties into to the ocean near this beach.
Plenty of shade trees are available at the beaches edge and dirt off road parking.
No amenities available at this beach.
Smith's Tropical Paradise
6.92 miles from center of Anahola Smith's Tropical Paradise offers its guests a chance to slowly meander through a lush and vibrant tropical garden, laden with beautiful fruit trees and alive with the magic and wonder of the Hawaiian wilderness. Visitors to the garden will marvel at replicas of Polynesian and Filipino homes, the beautiful Bamboo and Fruit forests, as well as popular Japanese garden island. The gardens are located in the Wailua Marina State Park on the east side of the island.
8.52 miles from center of Anahola Wailua Golf Course was first built as a 9-hole golf course in the 1930’s. The second 9 holes was added in 1961. Course designer is Toyo Shirai. Wailua GC hosted 3 USGA Amateur Public Links Championships and is voted by Golf Digest as one of Hawaii’s best 15 golf courses.
Amenities: Golf Shop, restaurant and bar, locker room with showers, driving range, putting green, chipping green, practice bunker
8.02 miles from center of Anahola Kilauea Lighthouse began lighting the way for mariners in 1913. It served as a pivotal navigation aid for ships sailing on the Orient run.
The historic light station consists of a concrete lighthouse, three field stone keepers' quarters, a fuel oil shed, cisterns, and a supply landing platform. It is one of the nations most intact historic light stations.
Even in the early years, travelers came to enjoy the area's scenic beauty and to explore the magnificent light. Today Kilauea Point is one of Kauai‘i's most visited sites with more than 500,00 visitors a year.
The landmark played a prominent role the life of the nearby sugar plantation town of Kilauea. The lighthouse is a symbol of the town; and the Point is one the island's best loved places.
6.31 miles from center of Anahola Na ‘Āina Kai, "Lands by the Sea" in Hawaiian, is ever-evolving and unique among the world's botanical gardens. Only here, at the crossroads of the Pacific, will you find the particular rare palette of flora, fauna, land, water, and climate that inspired the founders of these gardens to embark upon their one-of-a-kind creative endeavor.
Spanning 240 acres, Na ‘Āina Kai is a living mosaic of diverse and bounteous gardens, a hardwood plantation, a moss- and fern-draped canyon, and a pristine sandy beach stretching between a meadow and the aquamarine waters of the Pacific.
Gracing the gardens and wild areas throughout this once-private estate are more than 90 bronze sculptures, one of the nation's largest collections.