Comments on: Adventure Time: Renting a 4-Wheel Drive on Lanai

By: Lanai boy

Lanai boy — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:45:15 +0000

Thanks Lance for clearing up that mess about the traffic light. i was born and raised here and we havent had 1 yet. when u come to Lanai u have to be prepared to be unprepared as you are visiting an island that u can compare to no were else in the world. Sure some places may look similar, there is only 1 Lanai be prepared to Slow down as we dont move as fast as our visitors from the mainland. Also about going fast over bumps, sure its fun but remember it only take a second to turn fun into a disaster ie losing control breaking the vehicle or crashing altogether. Try to remember you are only visiting so please resepect the areas you travel to so they can be here for many years to come.

By: Lance

Lance — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:18:03 +0000

Hi guys, good website but there is another (better) way to rent a jeep on the island. Adventure Lanai Ecocentre rents 4×4 Jeeps with much larger, more aggressive mud/sand tires. We have used them several times now and always been pleased. They will allow you to take the jeeps to a number of places which Dollar clearly warns you not to go. Many of the places are truly amazing but seen by few. They will deliver the Jeep to you and pick it up at no additional charge. They were reachable by cell phone at any point and were enthusiastic about suggesting some great places to go. They were always helpful in directing us how to get where we were going. They provide a detailed map of the island and indicate what to look for at each location (turtles, seals, dolphin etc…) We received a great deal if invaluable advice from Mikey at Adventure Lanai and our entire vacation would not have been quite as incredible had we not made the choice to go with Adventure Lanai. I believe their price was the same as Dollar and they give a discount for renting for 4 days or more. As of a month ago Mikey said they were expecting a shipment of brand new 4 door Jeep Wranglers in a week so they should have them now. They are well worth checking out at 808.565-7373 or http://www.adventurelanai.com.

P.S. There is no traffic light on Lanai!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:50:00 +0000

Hi Evelyn – Go Hawaii has some pretty cool photos and info on that shipwreck: Here’s what they say, “Since the 19th century this windy, eight-mile stretch of beach has wrecked numerous ships along its shallow, rocky channel. In fact, the hull of the “Liberty Ship,” an oil-tanker from the 1940s, is still beached here in Kaiolohia Bay and its rusted hull gives the beach a surreal sense of wonder.”

Here’s the link to it: http://www.gohawaii.com/lanai/plan/things_to_do_on_lanai/attractions/points_of_interest/shipwreck_beach

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:50:34 +0000

I was just thinking the same thing… you need hobo clothes! LOL! Sounds like fun but I can see how you would get tired of the bumps after some time! I had no idea about that shipwreck! Can you go on board that thing? Or, is it a State-proclaimed danger zone? Unreal! It’s amazing it hasn’t been blown away long ago! It really must be stuck there! It survived two hurricanes that I can think of right off!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:30:22 +0000

Aloha, Skeet! Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!
Oh, yes do wear old clothes and it would be very smart to bring along an extra cushion! The ride is bumpy, but worth the adventure to see the beautiful sites!

By: skeet

skeet — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:21:04 +0000

Visiting for the Carnival of Aloha. I’ll have to remember to bring old clothes and a cushion for my bony butt when I finally make it to Lanai. Mahalo for the guidance!

By: Carnival of Aloha, Chapter 2: The Ohana’s Together!

Carnival of Aloha, Chapter 2: The Ohana’s Together! — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:08:19 +0000

[...] Sheila brings Lanai on board as she shares Adventure Time: Renting a 4-Wheel Drive on Lanai posted at Hawaii Vacation Blog – GoVisitHawaii.com. This is definitely an outdoor activity! Sheila said that, “discovering the hard to reach areas of Lanai by 4-wheel” was a very bumpy and dirty ride! We should have digested by now so we can take a few bumps! Now that we’re all tied up in this Carnival together, let’s go have some fun! [...]

By: HawaiiVacationGifts

HawaiiVacationGifts — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:15:37 +0000

Hi Sheila,
That used to be the big joke about Lanai, that it was so small they only had one traffic light!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:58:54 +0000

HVG – If there is a traffic light in Lanai, we completely missed it. I wonder if it was removed? We didn’t see a traffic light on Molokai either.

By: HawaiiVacationGifts

HawaiiVacationGifts — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:26:11 +0000

Hi Sheila,
Thanks for the great tips. I used to go to Lanai frequently with my father in the 60′s when he was an insurance salesman. We would stay at his friend’s home near the golf course.

Does Lanai still have only ONE stop light on the island?

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:02:13 +0000

Yeah, it was surprising to find that faster speeds seem to reduce the bumpatude.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:25:06 +0000

One thing I found with the off-roading. Sometimes going faster allows you to skim over the bumps, rather than drop down into each one. On one of the trails we averaged 5-10mph going in–which was very bumpy–but sped up to 20-25mph on the way back–which reduced many of the bumps. The downside to going faster? If you hit a BIG hole, you feel it a lot harder.