Hawaii With Kids and Babies - The Best Hawaii Island and Stuff in Hawaii for Kids
We are planning to visit Hawaii. I’ve never been to Hawaii before. My husband has been to Honululu and Kauai once. We are not quite sure which island will be a good choice for us and our 10 months old baby. And what kind of activities and attractions are “infant-friendly” there?
We have been traveling around the islands with our son since he was 1 month old, and really the only thing I can think of that is infant friendly is the beach - any beach really, but there are beaches on every island that are calmer or have a spot rocked off for young kids. However, most things are not really child unfriendly either.
When my son was 4 months old we had family visiting and we did a few things with him. We took him on a large catamaran out to a snorkeling spot and sometimes he cried but everyone was fine with it. I don’t think there is any one island that is going to accommodate a baby any more than the others, so you should pick an island based on what you want to do. You may want to make sure your hotel has a kiddy pool - some of them are really nice for the kids. The Hilton Waikoloa Village on the big island is fantastic and has a protected ocean lagoon, a huge kiddie pool, another pool with very mellow slides for kids, and boats and a tram that takes you to your room. Oh, and dolphins. That was our favorite hotel before kids, and is still our favorite hotel after kids. My son has loved it since 4 months old and *really* loves it now at 3.5 years.
Another place my son enjoyed was the Wailea Marriott on Maui - they had a great kiddie pool plus a big slide for the bigger kids and adults.
As for older children - anything that keeps them active or interested is good. Snorkeling trips, atlantis submarine, jet skiing, horseback riding - there are atv tours and zip lines on some of the islands. Surfing lessons are good if they are interested. Dolphin Quest and Sea life park are good ideas. There are aquariums on most of the islands. Hawaii doesn’t ‘cater’ to children the way, say, Disney does - but if your kids are active and interested in life there is oh-so-much here to enjoy.
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