The best things to do in Kailua
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Bayview Golf Course
EntertainmentWhether you’re sneaking out after work or dialing in wedges on the weekend, Bayview Golf Course is a par 60, 18-hole spot in Kaneohe with a…
Bayview Golf Course
EntertainmentBayview Driving Range
EntertainmentBayview Driving Range is the easy go-to when your irons are moody and the weather refuses to chill, offering all-weather practicing…
Bayview Driving Range
EntertainmentGlow Putt Mini Golf
EntertainmentGlow Putt Mini Golf is Hawaii’s original glow-in-the-dark mini course, entertaining locals for 20+ years, with a new Waikiki spot and an…
Glow Putt Mini Golf
EntertainmentHawaiʻi Kai Golf Course
EntertainmentWhether you want a quick nine or to test every club, Hawaiʻi Kai Golf Course keeps it relaxed for residents with ocean and ridge views, a…
Hawaiʻi Kai Golf Course
EntertainmentGlow Putt Mini Golf
EntertainmentGlow Putt Mini Golf is Hawaii’s original glow-in-the-dark mini course, entertaining families for 20+ years, and its brand-new Waikiki spot…
Glow Putt Mini Golf
EntertainmentKeiki Kingdom
EntertainmentKeiki Kingdom is Hawaii's biggest indoor playground, with a multi-level play structure, ball pits, a sandbox, slides, climbing walls, go…
Keiki Kingdom
EntertainmentOahu Country Club
EntertainmentNu'uanu's misty greens calling? Oahu Country Club is a member-only haven with an 18 that runs through verdant hillsides and fast greens,…
Oahu Country Club
EntertainmentHonolulu Country Club
EntertainmentHonolulu Country Club pairs an Arnold Palmer designed course with a close knit club community, so you can sneak in a midweek round just…
Honolulu Country Club
EntertainmentJungle Fun Island
EntertainmentWhen the keiki are climbing the walls, Jungle Fun Island delivers with bright arcade games, music, and a prize gallery that somehow makes…
Jungle Fun Island
EntertainmentRoyal Hawaiian Golf Club
EntertainmentRoyal Hawaiian Golf Club sneaks you into Maunawili Valley’s lush, dramatic corridors between Mount Olomana and the Ko'olau, a par-72,…
Royal Hawaiian Golf Club
EntertainmentMovie Museum
EntertainmentMovie Museum keeps it intimate with thoughtfully curated indie, foreign, classic and contemporary screenings in a Kaimuki micro-theater…
Movie Museum
EntertainmentEarth Day Hawaii Mural
EntertainmentEarth Day Hawaii Mural is one of Wyland’s Whaling Walls, a sweeping public art piece that turns our skyline into a love letter to marine…
Earth Day Hawaii Mural
EntertainmentBay View Mini-Putt and Zipline
EntertainmentWhen you need an easy win with the keiki, Bay View Mini-Putt and Zipline brings two 18-hole courses, Pali and Likelike, and a 400-foot…
Bay View Mini-Putt and Zipline
EntertainmentWaiʻalae Country Club
EntertainmentThis week, if you’re a member or can snag a guest spot, Waialae Country Club is the Seth Raynor classic locals brag about, a 1927 design…
Waiʻalae Country Club
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