Lokelani Condos Maui

By Jane

Are you planning on visiting Maui? I know we all want to right now! Lokelani Condos are perfect for so many reasons. Read on!

If anyone I know says they’re going to Hawaii, outside of Waikiki, I always recommend they stay in a condo. There are some beautiful hotels in Hawaii, but if you want to stay ON THE WATER at a reasonable price, you have to select a condo. If you’re going to Maui, pick Lokelani.

The layout of these condos is perfect, but you have to select a second floor condo to reap the benefits. The second floor condos are actually two stories! The first floor is your kitchen and living room area, and it comes with an oceanfront balcony. The second floor has two bedrooms. There is a smaller room with two twin beds that has an inner-island mountain view, and the master bedroom has another oceanfront balcony. Hello!! Who doesn’t want this??

Side note: There are some people who do not want this. I was researching oceanfront condos in Hawaii and someone actually gave an oceanfront condo building a low rating because the ocean was too loud. Is the ocean loud? Yes. Is it enough to make you not want to stay in an oceanfront condo in Hawaii? No way!! Is it the best way to sleep? Absolutely.

Another reason I love this place is the location. You have to have a car on Maui anyway, so there’s really no point in staying right in the middle of Lahaina or anything like that. Plus, in order to get one of these oceanfront places, you have to be outside the towns anyway. The address is technically in Lahaina, but the condos are north of it. Maybe a 15 minute drive in? Anyway, you’ll be enjoying your view of Lanai off your lanai so much that you won’t want to go into town anyway.

Another plus of Lokelani is the sea turtles on the beach. When we visited in 2015, the beach didn’t exist. This may seem weird and I’m sure can be explained by tides or something scientific, but it was still okay. There was a beach adjacent to the property that we could walk to. And while there, we swam with some turtles. This isn’t a place to really get good snorkeling in, but swimming with turtles will make up for that.

In my VRBO article, I did mention that you may want to make sure your rental has air conditioning. This was the time I learned the hard way about this. I’d been to Hawaii a few times before the 2015 vacation, and I know that we had rented oceanfront condos without air. This had never been an issue and, honestly, something I did not consider. However, this visit to Maui was HOT. The heat was even something the locals were not used to. Lokelani faces west, and the afternoon was sweltering. There were sunshades that pulled down on the balconies, but that just blocked the sea breeze. So we did make the best of it with fans and enjoyed the view. There are units that have air, and I know that next time I visit, I’ll pick one.

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