Things to do at Aulani

Aulani sits on the south side of Ko Olina's first lagoon, and most of what's worth doing here is within walking distance or a free shuttle ride. The Ko Olina Ocean Adventures catamaran is the easiest add-on, since you walk straight from the resort to the marina. Hawaii Nautical's West Oahu Sunset Sail picks up at Ko Olina hotels with a free shuttle, so no rental car is needed for a sunset evening out. When the kids need to burn off energy away from the pools, Wet'n'Wild Hawaii is five minutes inland in Kapolei with the forty-two-foot Volcano Express drop slide and a wave pool. For a more upscale half-day, Wild Side Specialty Tours runs marine-biologist-led trips out of Waianae twenty minutes west and routinely encounters dolphins and (in winter) humpback whales.