Puako Home Sales / Kohala Coast Properties

People travel from all around the world to experience the clear blue waters of Puako. If you are a diver and would love to see manta rays, dolphins, hump back whales, and turtles then this is the place to purchase. Puako is a very distinct shoreline community with numerous dive spots along the public access entries.

If you rent one of our luxurious homes you can enter the waters right in the back yard. The Hawaiian name for the turtle is “Honu”. They have made a comeback in the recent years largely due to the protection status they recieve as an endangered species. Since Tourism dominates the Hawaiian economy we often forget how important it is to protect this special place.

Peter Apo puts it best when he writes his articles “Behind the Aloha”. He states that we do not fully grasp the construct of the visitor experience and the long shadow it casts on hosting communities and their places. Creating a visitor destination is about asking a community to openly and intimately share itself with total strangers. This is profoundly provacative when driven by investment policies formulated thousands of miles away. The challenge of successful destination development requires skillfully managing the complex relationship between the visitor, the guest and the destination, yielding quality visitor experiences and responsible development. Hawaii has a way to go before it can claim to be acting responsibly or that the emerging model is sustainable.

We hope to protect this area with a sensible approach to sustainability. Please feel free to donate to any of the local protection agencies. You can see some of those on our links page @ www.VacationBigIsland.com

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