Banyans Beach
The beach is literally 20 feet from the front door. Tide pools to explore, world-class surfing below, and some of Kona's best reef life — turtles, yellow tang, parrotfish, and the occasional monk seal.
unit · 300 · 19.6° n
Cooled lava,
fresh plumeria.
Unit 300 sits right next to the surf, two minutes from Hulihe'e Palace, and one good evening from never wanting to leave.
on ali'i drive
A two-bedroom condo on the leeward side of the Big Island, run as if we still lived in it.
·001 / the place
One condo. Two
islands worth of
weather.
Hawai'i Island, on the leeward side. Kona is dry, calm, and breaks the trade winds — every
morning you decide whether to walk five minutes to coffee, or stay on the lanai with the
Keurig brew.
i.
The building
Three-story concrete-and-koa walkup, finished in the early 1980s, named for the sprawling banyan tree out front. Pool, BBQ, covered parking, an elevator that works.
ii.
The unit
Two bedrooms (king · king), two baths, koa cabinetry, a long screened lanai facing west. We bought it in mid-2024 and have hung exactly the things we wanted to look at.
iii.
The keepers
Cindy, Amanda, and Josh have decades of experience managing vacation rentals.
· the tour
See it before
you book it.
A walk through unit 300 — the lanai, the view, the rooms, the banyan tree that gave the
building its name.
·002 / spec sheet
The whole thing,
in twelve lines.
No marketing copy. No hedge words. If you want to know whether the unit has what you need,
this is the list.
01 bedrooms 2 · both king beds
02 bathrooms 2 · full, master en-suite
03 sleeps 5 · queen sofa sleeper too
04 floor 3rd · elevator served
05 lanai wrap-around · panoramic ocean view
06 kitchen full · quartz, glass appliances
07 internet 1 Gbps · Eero mesh wi-fi
08 a/c yes · every room
09 parking 1 stall · covered, under building
10 pool on-site · shared, plus hot tub
11 to airport 7 mi · 15 min drive
12 to downtown 0.5 mi · 10 min walk
·003 / what's included
Provisioned for a week,
not a postcard.
Everything functional, nothing performative. Hover any tile to see the bloom.
Pool & Hot Tub
Community pool and hot tub on the property grounds — a quieter alternative to the ocean when you want to float without fins.
Community BBQ
Shared grilling area on the grounds for sunset cookouts after a day on the water.
Beach Equipment
Beach wagon, rolling and backpack coolers, beach chairs, toys, pool noodles, and beach towels — all provided. Snorkel gear is available at rental shops along Aliʻi Drive.
Covered Parking
Assigned stall underneath the building for the unit, plus guest parking. No hunting for a spot.
Aliʻi Drive Location
On Kona's oceanfront "gold coast," walking distance to downtown restaurants and shops, 15 minutes from KOA airport. Banyan Mart convenience store across the street.
·004 / ali'i drive
The address.
The walk.
The weather report.
Ali'i Drive — Chief's Road — traces the shoreline of an island that knew how to be a
kingdom. Hulihe'e Palace, built in 1838, is three minutes north.
the banyan tree
76-6268
Ali'i Drive
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Ali'i Drive
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
19.6394° n · 155.9931° w
elev 12' · pacific/honolulu
elev 12' · pacific/honolulu
Average annual high: 83°F. Average annual low: 67°F. Probability you'll get rained on in a given week: surprisingly low for an island.
0.2 Daylight Mind coffee · oceanfront
0.3 Hulihe'e Palace museum · royal
0.4 Kailua Pier harbor · ironman
0.5 Umekes poke · dinner
1.1 Magic Sands surf · sunset
2.0 Kahalu'u Beach snorkel · turtles
7.4 KOA Airport 14 min drive
We came back for the second time because everything we needed was already there. — guest log, february 2026