About South Kona
South Kona's calm and clean waters are perfect for snorkeling, diving, spotting dolphins and honu (green sea turtles). On land, the cooler uplands are home to hundreds of coffee plantations. Kealakekua Bay, a marine life preserve, offers a wide variety of colorful fish and spinner dolphins play close to shore. Captain Cook's Monument rises across the bay where he was killed in 1779. In Honaunau, there is a national historic park that recalls the days of old Hawaii.
