If you’re planning a vacation to Hawaiʻi Island, one of the most common questions we hear at Kohala Coast Properties is: “Do I really need a rental car on the Big Island?” The short answer? Yes. You absolutely do. The Big Island is magnificent, wild, and wonderfully spread out. And while that’s exactly what makes…

Picture the sun rising over the clear Pacific Ocean, the pleasant trade breezes brushing against your skin, and then—out of nowhere—a huge humpback whale jumps out of the water just a few yards from the coast, its strong fluke sending water cascading down as it goes back to the deep. Whale watching on the Big…