Children's pool at Kolea at Waikoloa Beach Resort

It was a pleasure for the Clark Realty-Mauna Lani office to offer a home tour for the California American Board of Trial Attorneys earlier this month.

For over 30 years, this group has been holding a conference at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel here on the Kohala coast. Their appreciation of our island lifestyle has led to several of their members becoming Big Island homeowners.

We met 45 of the members at the Mauna Kea and whisked them off on our tour during a break in their conference. It was fun to show off our fine luxury homes, to be “tour guides for a day” and to talk about the rich history of our famous Kona-Kohala Coast.

Kolea at Waikoloa Beach Resort

Kolea at Waikoloa Beach Resort

We showed two beautiful homes in South Kohala’s Kolea luxury project at Waikoloa Beach Resort. One of those, MLS 237963, is an oceanfront beauty just steps from the beach at Anaeho’omalu Bay (A-Bay). It was hard not to be impressed!

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North Kona’s Hualalai Resort

Then, we were off to North Kona’s renown Hualalai Resort, featuring the Four Seasons Hotel and home to the PGA Champions Tour that comes to the Big Island each January. Here, we saw three distinctive homes with views over the fairways to the ocean beyond, including MLS 229206 and MLS 220754, both located on Laueki Street. These homes truly embody luxury at its finest.

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Learn More about Kona-Kohala Coast Real Estate

For more information about the properties we toured with the group from California or for more information about real estate on the Kona-Kohala coast, please contact me, Emily T Gail, R(S) or Ronald Alan Rigg, R, CRS, two Clark Realty agents who assisted me with the tour. We look forward to sharing these amazing homes and the luxury lifestyle of the Big Island resort community with you.

Jana Troute is the Broker-in-Charge of Clark Realty’s Mauna Lani office. One of Jana’s listings currently in escrow is MLS 226880, a Kolea condo. View her current listings or contact her for more information about luxury real estate on the Kohala coast of Hawaii’s Big Island.

A turn onto Puako Beach Drive, between mile markers 70 and 71 on Queen Kaahamanu Highway, leads residents and visitors down a winding road toward the coast and into this relaxed tropical haven that gracefully retains a distinct sense of Old Hawaii.

As you enter Puako, you will pass the Puako Small Boat Ramp and then the Hokuloa Church on the right. After two years of construction, this historic church was dedicated on March 21, 1860.  Still home to an active congregation, the church was renovated in 1990 and represents the residents’ commitment to preserving a history of the local community.

Down the road just a bit is the M’s Puako General Store, which opened in 1987. Owned by Narand and Urmila Patel, the General Store is a low-key gathering place where residents and guests of Puako’s vacation rentals are able to pick up a variety of supplies, relax with an ice cream after a walk to the beach, or borrow a book from the exchange shelf on the lanai.

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Beyond the General Store, Puako Beach Drive leads past many architecturally significant modern homes, several cottages and even a few remaining classic plantation-style homes, reminders of Puako’s varied history. Once accessible only by boat, the area surrounding Puako has been home to a sugar plantation, as well as “a charcoal making-operation, a honey-bee operation where bees were being shipped to Sweden, a hog farm, and a salt operation with salt sold to whalers and for meat.” (Mary Morrision, North Hawaii News, Nov. 30, 2000)

Known for family-friendly tide pools and beautiful views of Maui (across the Alenuihaha Channel to Haleakala), and of the Kohala mountains and Mauna Kea sunrises, Puako is also located near some of the Kohala coast’s most treasured natural and historic attractions.

The Puako Petroglyph Archaeological District is nearby, as well as Hapuna Beach State Park and miles of dive and snorkeling spots. Green sea turtles, a protected species, make themselves comfortable on Puako shores and humpback whales make their way from Alaska through the channel each year to breed in Hawaii’s warm waters.

With all this beauty and natural diversity comes responsibility to promote conservation efforts, so the Puako community has organized the Makai (Sea) Watch Program. Near beach access points, signs from the State of Hawaii provide reminders of the protected status of much of the wildlife found in this delicate ecosystem. The area is part of the Puako Bay and Puako Reef Marine Fisheries Management Area managed by the State Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The rich history and natural beauty of Puako set this small Kohala coast neighborhood apart and make it one of the Big Island’s most sought-after oceanfront communities.

If you are searching for a luxury permanent residence, a property where fractional ownership may be an option, or if you want to be alerted when there is a listing available in the Puako Beach Apartments, we value the opportunity to answer your questions about the real estate market in Puako.

Please contact us for more information about real estate opportunities on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island.