<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by slackjawed1:
Is it easy to get back and forth from Hulopo'e (Manale) Bay and other points without renting a car ($100+/day!)?!</font>
Was just on Lanai last week. As ChicagoBound mentions, the shuttle stops right in front of the Hotel Lanai to drop guests off for the "downtown" area.
Just make sure you get on the bus you want, there will be a little sign in the window saying either Lodge at Koele or Manale Bay dictating which resort the bus is headed to.
We ate at the formal dining room at the Lodge, out of two appitizers/two entrees only one app was weak, the other three were exceptional. Dined at some other places that I am going to post in Flyertalk Dining section soon. Also trip report is coming.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Is 4-5 days there more time than you recommend staying?</font>
We spent two full days and were driving off road each day to the secluded beaches and off road viewpoints. I recommend renting a Jeep so that you can view parts of the island that most never see. It was a real treat driving down to the harbor to see the sunset w/some drinks w/o anyone else around except two people fishing. Seeing as I dislike monopolies and Dollar is the only major on the island, I rented from the following:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/000022.html
I personaly loved the seclusion and lack of people. It's busy at the Manale Bay but not at the Lodge or away from MB. I will go back just to get away. If just laying/walking on a beach for days w/o many choices of dining location bothers you, then 4-5 days is too much. For me, to have a beach in HI to ourselves for hours at a time was priceless.