It’s a different time for pristine Hanauma Bay. There are new rules and it is going to cost you more!
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The price for entry into the bay is robbery.
the money with 600 vicotors 5 days a week brings in $3,900,000. per year. Not counting parking fees. Someones going to get fat with that cash.
With the shut down, we saw the bay heal itself. That’s a good thing. So many people think that access to everything should be free. Well someone has to pick up all the trash that is left behind by visitors to the parks. I’ve seen so many beaches just littered with trash and cigarette butts is just a shame. People complain that everything is so expensive, well look around everything everywhere not just Hawaii is expensive.
I believe the bay is overrated anyway. Enjoyed booking a snorkel trip on Oahu much better!! Heck at this rate it will probably be cheaper!!
So, I was born at Tripler Army Hospital, Oahu, Hawaii. I left the islands when I was 5 years old in 1970. I have been back multiple times, but not anymore. They started slowly milking tourists. First, they started Charging to park at the hotels, $35 a day to park in a building that has been there for 40 years, and was always free. WOW. Then they started charging the silly resort fees at the hotels, another $30,$40, $100 a day, depending on where you stay. And now this garbage at the bay? I still remember when there was no silly center on top of the hill to watch the silly video. We used to park and walk down and snorkle all day, but I guess the times are changing, and they are going to continue to milk the tourists. Enjoy your spam and eggs!
I think it’s a bit misguided to conflate fees and charges levied by corporate entities like hotels – the vast majority of which are owned off-island and increasingly by foreign interests – with fees collected to maintain a natural resource like Haunama Bay (and Ke’e and Haleakala and other places that suffer huge environmental impacts from overuse). Those park fees directly support conservation of the public site for the benefit of all, unlike parking and resort fees, which are private profit.
I commented earlier about the bay but after reading about complaints on how hawaii is so expensive to visit. Hawaii has always been special and commensurates a price. Just because airlines are whoring their airfares doesn’t mean hotels and local exhibitions will do the same. Hawaii wants to attract a higher dollar clientele like they did in the 70’s & 80’s not the low end people. Face it, low end people don’t spend money. High end clientele do spend money. Sorry if this rubs folks the wrong way but it’s pretty much true. Tourists that say they won’t come back – we will never run out of tourists coming to Hawaii, so if you don’t, that’s ok too.
Yeah, keep those “low-end” people away from the islands. By the low end, I guess you mean those folks that change the oil on your car, tow it when it broke down, or install a new roof on your”high end” house. Low-end people are what make the world go round. They deserve vacations in Hawaii too.
Mic drop…spot on dude!
Limiting the amount of people is a good start and the admission fee is reasonable. Perhaps dedicate a Saturday or Sunday to locals – no tourist integration. Locals work all week, tourists here on vacation they can go any day. Just know any decision, people will always complain because it’s self motivated – do the right thing for the park and secondly the residents. Maybe your example of taking the high road will lead others to do the same thing.
If we arrive at 6 am, are we able to park and walk to the bay? It used to be you could do so. Thank you
Hi Windy.
We don’t know but don’t think so. Perhaps someone will give us a hand.
Aloha.
Will not visit. Out of control Thanks but no thanks.
I will not be supporting the overcharging in Hawaii! I love the people of Hawaii but not the politicians who support visitors and locals on going price gouging. My family will not be returning to the islands until things like this stop. I wish you all the best and hope Hawaiian citizens stand up to government over reach. Aloha
Hawaii continues to shoot itself in the foot. They whine and complain about everything from no tourists, to too many tourists. Now they are implementing outrageous fees on tourists, the very people which allow them to stay in business. Coconut Willy is right, what visiting family of 4 is going to pay $100 just to snorkel at Haunauma Bay, and possibly another $80 to rent snorkel gear for THE DAY? There are lots of other places that tourists can go to snorkel that don’t require ANY fees. Kauai, Maui, and the Big Island are just as ridiculous with their fees to go to Haena & Ke’e Beach, Haleakala, and Volcanoes National Park. They are too stupid to realize that they are destroying their bread & butter – tourism.
No, overuse is “during the bread and butter:” the natural beauty and resources of the island that made tourism a no-brainer industry in the first place.