

Kailua Pier Tours and Tickets
Kailua Pier is the northern bookend to most of Kailua-Kona’s restaurants, shops and bars, a stretch of concrete wide enough to host four-lanes of traffic (if it wasn’t closed off to cars). The historic pier was first built as a downtown fishing dock in 1900 and utilized rocks from deconstructed Hawaiian palace and fort walls, but today few boats moor here. Instead, the pier is mostly used for large events and festivals including the annual Kona Ironman World Championships, which starts and finishes at the pier, and the Kona International Billfish Tournament whose daily catches of sometimes-massive fish species including Pacific blue marlin are weighed from pier-side scales for all to see.
On the pier’s northern side, a small beach fronting the King Kamehameha Marriott Hotel has public showers, restroom blocks and hosts community events such as the Kona International Surf Film Festival and the Kona Brewers’ Festival. Aside from the beach, the best vantage for
Ahu’ena Heiau, a still-revered thatch-roof temple dedicated to Lono and dating to the early 19th century, is from Kailua Pier. Some say the temple is just 1/3 of its original size when built by Island-uniting King Kamehameha I. Because it is believed the monarch also died here, the site and its tiny man-made island remain sacred and off-limits to the public, despite being on the National Register of Historic Landmarks.
Tours and Tickets to Experience Kailua Pier
You are viewing Virtual Experiences in Big Island of Hawaii. See more Virtual Experiences around the globe. 🌎
10 results

Big Island in a Day: Volcanoes, Waterfalls, Sightseeing, History

Whale Watch Excursion from the Big Island

Kona Shore Excursion: Wild Dolphin - Reefs -Sea Caves - (Small Group)

Deluxe Snorkel & Dolphin Watch Aboard a Luxury Catamaran from Kailua-Kona

Historical Dinner Cruise to Kealakekua Bay

Kona Haunted Hele ghost tour

Kona Walking Food Tour

Kona Shore Excursion: Hawaiian Sea Turtles , Historic Kona & Coffee

Kona Shore Excursion: Historical Kona Coffee and Sea Turtle

Big Island Circle Tour and Volcano: Coffee, Wine, Waterfalls and Hamakua Coast
- Hilo Cruise Port
- Kona (Kailua Bay) Cruise Port
- Kona (Kailua-Kona)
- Hulihee Palace
- Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
- Kahaluu Beach Park
- Mountain Thunder Coffee Plantation
- Keauhou Bay
- Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary
- Kekaha Kai State Park (Kona Coast State Park)
- Honokohau Harbor
- Kona Coffee Living History Farm
- Captain Cook Monument
- Kealakekua Bay
- Hualalai Volcano
- How to Get Off the Beaten Path on the Big Island of Hawaii
- How to Spend 3 Days on the Big Island
- How to Spend 1 Day on the Big Island
- Where to Stay on the Big Island of Hawaii
- Don't Miss These Must-Do Activities on the Big Island of Hawaii
- First-Timers Guide to the Big Island of Hawaii
- Things to Do on the Big Island of Hawaii This Summer