Planning your trip to Lanai, Hawaii

THE BEST WAY

From LAX to Lanai: American, Continental, Hawaiian and United have connecting service (change of plane). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $875.

WHERE TO STAY

Four Seasons Resort Lanai, the Lodge at Koele: 1 Keomoku Highway, Lanai City; (800) 321-4666 or (808) 565-4000, www.fourseasons.com. Luxurious rustic ambience, beautiful grounds, cool highlands location. Rooms, $295 to $595, suites from $695.

Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay: 1 Manele Bay Road, Lanai City; (800) 321-4666 or (808) 565-2000. www.fourseasons.com. Open architecture, tropical gardens, Asian art. On a cliff above Hulopoe Bay, which has great snorkeling. Rooms, $395 to $1,040, suites from $1,500.

Hotel Lanai: 828 Lanai Ave., Lanai City; (800) 795-7211, www.hotellanai.com. Old Hawaii charm in plantation-style establishment dating from 1923. Standard rooms and baths are small, rustic. From $139 to $209.

WHERE TO EAT

Both Four Seasons resorts offer multiple options, from island formal to casual, and there is a restaurant at the Hotel Lanai.

Pele’s Other Garden: 811 Houston St., (808) 565-9628. www.pelesothergarden.com. Funky cafe where the décor consists largely of license plates. Good pasta, pizza, salads, sandwiches. Lunch and dinner. Main dishes at dinner, $18 to $20.

Blue Ginger Cafe: 409 7th Ave., (808) 565-6363. Longtime local breakfast hangout, also serves lunch and early dinner. Salads, burgers, curry, saimin. Oilcloth-covered tables and ceiling fans. Inexpensive: $3.50 to $15.95.

THINGS TO DO

Trilogy Ocean Adventures: Sailing, diving, snorkeling, rafting; (888) 628-4800. www.visitlanai.net.

Lanai Surf School and Surf Safari, (808) 306-9837, www.lanaisurfsafari.com.

Expeditions daily passenger ferry service: (808) 661-3756 www.go-lanai.com. From Lanai to Lahaina, Maui. $25 each way for adults, $20 for children.

TO LEARN MORE Lanai Visitors Bureau, (808) 565-7600, www.visitlanai.net.