Started the day early at 5am to venture to Haunama Bay.
As an fyi, we got tickets the day before noticing that there were two tickets available on the site for the 5:40am pick up.
From getting picked up, we stopped by a water sports rental place (ie to get towels or snorkel gear).
When we got to the entrance, needed to wait to hear a 10 minute orientation (about what to not do while snorkeling like touching fishes and turtles). So we effectively started our snorkel session at 8am.
Snorkeling at the bay was pretty decent. Still not as good as Big Island (specifically Cook’s Island). But there were still a variety of fish to see, and also got to see a turtle!
The beach itself was fairly clean, and well maintained. Water temperature went well with the weather.
And to sum it up, as one puts it, Haunama Bay experience is like Disney Land for snorkeling, in that it is fairly organized in terms of getting there and entrance fee (there is even a museum before the entrance area).
Pro tip for next time, bring a flask of whisky!
After snorkeling we went back to the hotel, and I got an Açaí bowl for lunch. Not gonna lie, I’m sold on it!
We then waited till 5:30pm for our Luau plus (thanksgiving) dinner.
At the luau they had things like temporary tattoos, and creating flower bracelets.
The show itself was around 1 hour. They did dances from various Polynesian countries. Two thing I learned:
-New Zealand is one of the corner of the Polynesian triangle.
-Fire flame dance is from Samoa.
Overall, I did enjoy the show and food, but not sure if it was worth $300 for a ticket (plus thought the luau show could have been at least 1.5 hours, and have more than 1 dance with fire).
And that pretty much ended the night (although watched Roofman as a night cap).
