I love Lanai! My husband and I live on Oahu and are slowly working our way through interisland trips to the other islands. Only Molokai remains - which hopefully will be taken care of this year.

Anyhow - there isn't as much to do on Lanai. There are two large Starwood Resorts (The Lodge at Koele and Manele Bay) plus one small hotel in 'town' with only 10 rooms. There are a handful of restaurants in 'town,' plus places to eat in the hotels. A shuttle runs between the three hotels. The Lodge is located 'up-contry' in the watershed area - it is misty, cool, - seems very unlike a lot of Hawaii. Manele Bay is a beach resort. There is some golf - but since I don't play I didn't pay much attention.

Possible activities include: lounging at the beach/pool, exploring town (which doesn't take long), hiking, 'minature' golf at the Lodge (very cool, and not at all like putt-putt), horseback riding, renting a jeep and exploring the island (can also be done on foot if you are a strong walker - some distances 10+ miles)., snorkeling, dining.

The town itself is really only 2 or 3 blocks of small stores and restaurants. Pele's Garden has great food. The hotel restaurants are good, although pricey (these are 5 star resorts - and restaurant pricing was in line with room costs). We stayed at the Lodge during our visit and I would definitly go back.

We had a great time hiking around and exploring the island. We didn't bother renting a jeep (which, BTW - costs something like $150 a day w/o insurance) since we love to walk. I definitly want to go back since 3 days didn't give us time to see some of the other areas of the island (we were too busy playing at the beach/pool and hiking in the area close to the lodge).