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NCL Pride of America Cruise | Day 5 - Kona, Hawaii | Kona Coffee | Pu'uhonua O Honaunau
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2022
- We had breakfast at the Aloha Cafe then made our way down to the Hollywood Theatre on the Pride of America which was the meeting place for the shore excursions to go ashore.
Kona is a port that cruise ships have to tender, which means they anchor out in the bay and most ships use their lifeboats as tender boats to get you ashore.
On our way being tendered to shore, we saw some dolphins swimming along side us.
Once on shore we had an unfortunate change to our shore excursion, as one of the coach buses broke down, so our excursion was now leaving in the afternoon. So we changed our order we were doing things here and decided to walk around Kona and explore. Unfortunately when we visited Kona in May 2022 there was still quite a bit closed, hopefully they will be able to recover and more shops and restaurants will be open soon. They do still have the Farmer's Market here in Kona on Wednesdays and Saturdays, however it was not as large as my previous visit. It still featured some local art and produce.
After exploring around Kona, we decided to head back to our ship to drop off some chocolates that my aunt bought at the ABC Store and have a light lunch at the Cadillac Diner onboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of America, before heading back to Kona for our “Historic Kona” shore excursion.
Our first stop was the Royal Kona Museum and Coffee Mill. I did purchase a couple bags of coffee here after trying a few samples, but it was really just a shopping stop.
Our second stop was the “Painted Church” which is the St Benedict’s Catholic Church built between 1899 and 1902. As we are still on the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the newest island, there really isn't any soil just lava rock, so graves are built on top of the lava rock as obviously you can't dig into the rock.
Our final stop of this tour was at Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park.
This place was Royal Grounds and a place of refuge in the time of “kapu”. Meaning that if you broke a law or during times of war you could elude your pursuers, come here and be absolved by a priest and seek safety in this place of refuge, if you made it. It remains a sacred place of peace, calm and refuge to Hawaiians to this day.
I would highly suggest coming here on your own with a rental car, as right next door, in the same bay as the National Historic Park there is a beach area that has amazing snorkelling. I was able to see the brightest yellow fish from the shore, so I could only imagine how it would have been snorkeling in the water.
It was then time to head back to the Pride of America and sail away from Kona, onwards to Kauai.
We had dinner at Jefferson's Bistro or Le Bistro again. I had the French Onion Soup, followed by a Cauliflower Veloute with Scallops and Truffle Oil. For my main I tried the pork chop followed by the Fraisier for dessert.
We then enjoyed some live music in Pink's Champagne Bar then went and checked out the “Glow Party” in the Mardi Gras Nightclub.
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Aloha....and thank you for taking me down memory lane, I used to be head waiter on THE PRIDE OF AMERICA back in 2016... looks like the same route that I remember all so very well. CHEERS!
Thanks so much for watching, happy to hear it brought back some nice memories! 😊
Greatly appreciate you taking the time to document your Hawaii journey. We are sailing in 2024 and this helps a lot with planning!
Thanks so much for watching and happy to hear my videos have been helpful!
I've never been to Kona... I will have to make a point of visiting - Thanks for the tour Ariane.
Thanks for watching Robert! I hope you’re able to visit one day!
Historic tour of Kona looked very interesting & the town area looked quaint
Thanks for watching Gizella!
Wow the Painted Church looks beautiful!
It was very unique! Thanks for watching!
I just found your channel and I think it is just amazing.Your videos are beautiful the explanations that you give and the descriptions of locations and tips are outstanding. Even the sound quality and the music you blend in with the videos is on point. I'm only on the 5th day for the Pride of America Cruise videos and am very much enjoying it. I just came back from a quick trip to Honolulu for a week for my seventy fourth birthday. I normally travel solo but would love to have a fun travel buddy. I haven't found one yet. I took my long time girlfriend with me. She lives in LA California and I am in Maryland now.... and we have very different travel styles. I get up early and see as much as I possibly can see and enjoy everything that's available and she likes to sleep in and then she likes to lay around and watch TV in the room so we are enjoying our vacations in totally different styles. I'd like to book the Pride of America trip for next year when I turn 75. And if I find a fun travel buddy between now and then that would be great otherwise I would travel solo. I worked on the road for about twenty years driving all across the country flying in and out of states and then driving across the states doing military healthcare briefings. I'm used to being alone on the road but always meeting wonderful people along the way. I will definitely reach out to you and hopefully you will be available to help assist with booking if that is what you do. Again I really admire the work that you do on your videos. It is such a great help to get an idea ahead of time before going in to areas so you have an idea of what you're doing and you have definitely provided that. Enjoy your travels and I will continue to watch... probably binge watch at this point all of your travel videos!! Safe travels
Another great and informative video. Heading on this cruise in October and looking forward to a good time.
Thanks so much for watching Paul! I hope you have a great cruise!
Kona looks like a great place to visit! Sounds like having a car rental in most of these ports is a good idea.
Yes, after doing some of the excursions and visiting the islands, I highly recommend renting cars on the various islands. I think it gives you the most amount of flexibility and you can really explore what the islands have to offer!
Thanks for the video! Do you remember how long it took you to get to the pier from the tender? Wondering if I can make an 8:30am excursion that isn't offered by POA.
Hi there! I would allow at least 20 mins for the tender time. The tender leave in the mornings once they are full and some of them first thing are quite full with NCL’s own tour groups. They also do typically have a couple more tenders running first thing in the morning, as most people want to depart the ship as soon as it’s cleared.
Is that how all the excursions start out in meeting somewhere on the ship before going ashore? My mom & I will be sailing later this year 2023. Usually when I did excursions they would have you meet in a certain location on the port before leaving. Granted these were with Royal & Carnival years prior. This will be my first time with NCL, and first time in Hawaii all together.
Thanks for watching! Yes, typically the meeting points are initially on the ship, then in certain ports, again once you get off the ship there is another meeting point for excursions.
How much were the excursions you took
The costs of the excursions range between $79 USD per person to $139 USD per person for the ones we did.