OHANA Hotels

OHANA is a brand of Outrigger Resorts and Hotels that offers non-beachfront properties at good price point.

Outrigger is a family-owned company, local to Hawaii, with over 50 properties in Hawaii, the South Pacific, and Australia. The OHANA brand has over a dozen properties on 3 Hawaiian islands (and two on Guam) ; most are on Oahu near Waikiki Beach.

Waikiki is lots of fun for families-- take a photo tour.

Book 5 nights or more at any Outrigger or OHANA hotel in Waikiki, and at check-in you'll receive a Catch A Wave voucher to choose from these activities:

• Surf Lesson and Surfboard Rental: 15-minute surf lesson on land plus 2-hr. surfboard rental; by Hans Hedemann Surf School (which teaches kids too.)
• Outrigger Canoe Ride
• Outrigger Catamaran Ride: 90-minutes to view Oahu's southern coast, and (possibly) spinner and bottlenose dolphins off Diamond Head, maybe even humpback whales during winter months.

There are typically a number of other promotions running at Outrigger and OHANA hotels and resorts: check the Outrigger Specials page, and the OHANA site's Specials page for promotions such as "First Nights Free".

• visit the Outrigger site
• visit the OHANA Hotels and Resorts site
• check visitors' comments for individual properties at Trip Advisor

This brief profile is meant to introduce these resorts to family vacationers; please note that the writer has not stayed at OHANA or Outrigger resorts, and always check property web sites for updates.

^{*photo courtesy of Outrigger Resorts}