Find The Best Family-Friendly Kauai Hotel or Resort

The traditions of the many cultures that make up life on Kauai center around ohana (family). Here, children are not only welcomed; they’re celebrated.

This unique corner of the tropics is a virtual playground for children. Family-oriented accommodations, activities and restaurants make family trips safe, easy, fun and economical.

Most of the major hotels and resorts on Kauai have programs for kids that include fun, educational activities like Hawaiian crafts and cultural activities, fishing, beach games, nature walks, surfing lessons, sand sculpture contests, coconut frond weaving, tide pool explorations, tours of historic sites, and fieldtrips led by local naturalists and other experts.

Here is our Kauai Hotel list of the best family-friendly hotels and resorts in Kauai:

Grand Hyatt Kauai Hotel
This Kauai Hotel is a deluxe Resort located on Keoneloa Bay. Ranked "#1 Resort on Kauai," listed on the "500 Best Hotels In The World" in Travel + Leisure Magazine and Fourth In Conde Nast Traveler for Top Pacific Rim Resorts, this Kauai Hotel is the ultimate Hawaiian Classic Getaway.

While up to three kids eighteen and younger can share a room with adults free of charge, it's the collection of swimming pools here -- freshwater and salt, with slides, waterfalls, and secret lagoons -- that makes this oceanfront Hyatt a real kids' paradise.

The Camp Hyatt program for kids ages 3-12 offers many activities including Koi Fish Feeding Frenzy, shell bracelet-making, Hula Lessons, lei-making, Parrot Talk, scavenger hunts, and other special activities. Plus, the Hyatt is one of the few hotels to offer "camp" in the evening, from 6 to 10pm. Babysitting and activities on weekend evenings give Mom and Dad some time alone. In summer and during the holiday season, there's Rock Hyatt, an activities room where teens can gather and play electronic games. Also in summer, Family Fun Theatre Nights show some of the more than 400 movies filmed on Kauai.

This Kauai Hotel treats each guest like a V.I.P., even the littlest ones! Through Keiki Aloha, their children's program, young guests, ages 5 through 12, can enjoy special excursions tailored to excite and delight the senses. Daily activities feature Hawaiian arts and crafts, movie nights and fun outings. It's a great way to make new friends from around the world.

This Kauai Hotel offers a fun, cultural and educational program (Keiki Aloha Kauai) for young guests of the Sheraton Kauai Resort from 3 to 12 years of age. Available for half or full day sessions Monday through Friday, year around. Activities include Arts & Crafts, Kite Flying, Lei Making, Board Games, Pool Play, Bamboo Pole Fishing, Hula & Ukulele Lessons, Sandcastle Building, Hawaiian Games & Crafts, Painting & Drawing, Hawaiian Legends, Storytelling. Plus, the property allows children under 12 to eat free in the Shell Restaurant when accompanied by an adult.

This Kauai Hotel continues to offer the popular family activity program, which features a weekly schedule of activities designed for guests of all ages. In addition to complimentary continental breakfast and a weekly sunset Mai Tai party, poolside of course, guests can participate in Hawaiian crafts such as lei-making and palm frond weaving (offered every weekday). A "Keiki Kamp"(kid's camp) is offered several days a week, with activities ranging from learning Hawaiian crafts, taking nature walks, playing games with our "camp counselor," and a kid's movie and pizza night so parents can have an evening for just themselves.

This well-landscaped Kauai Hotel sits on 10.5 acres in front of Waipouli Beach, next door to the Coconut Marketplace. It's centrally located for shops, restaurants, and great golfing, and is 10 minutes from Lihue Airport. The spacious guest rooms feature lanais; the oceanview and oceanfront rooms are decorated with custom-designed, hand-carved furniture from Indonesia.

All condo units are spacious, with full kitchens, daily maid service, and lanais. Kiahuna offers an activities program for children 5 to 12 during spring break, summer, and winter for $35 for a full day and $20 for a half day. The activities include everything from lagoon fishing to arts and crafts.