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Hotel Information: Originally an exclusive club for affluent Japanese seeking a spacious, tranquil retreat, Diamond Resort spreads 18 four-unit buildings around its 15 acres, a population density of 10 guests per acre at most. Solitude (or near-solitude) and silence—except for birdsong and the sound of the mountain stream cascading down the resort's natural-contour hillside—are available everywhere. Even social life is as restrained as guests wish when they encounter one another at the resort's three restaurants, baths, swimming pool, library, or other public spaces.
Amenity highlights: Partially open to western views, separate men's and women's baths make it possible for guests to enjoy the sun melting into the ocean while they are submerged in a warm, flowing-water bath. Like everything else at Diamond Resort, the baths are spacious enough to suspend guests in silence. Room keycards, not fees and appointments, are all that's necessary to enter the baths and enjoy a sauna, a waterfall massage, and a thorough soaping and rinsing next to the bathing pool. Adjacent to the baths, the health spa offers hydrotherapy, men's and women's facials, various massages, and body scrubs/wraps. One level below the baths is a large swimming pool surrounded by a sundeck.
Insider tip: Isolated at the oceanside edge of an expansive lawn just inside the resort's entrance, a solitary pagoda-like gazebo with a jade-green wood-shingle roof provides as romantic a setting for viewing sunsets as can be found in Maui, and a perfect site for counting whales during the winter.
Rooms
This Japanese-style mountain retreat in Maui, Hawaii offers 72 deluxe rooms in 18 four-unit buildings, with expansive views of grounds, gardens, mountain streams, or the ocean from lanais. Multicolored bedspreads add a cheery accent to deliberately monochromatic decor in each one-bedroom unit. The thick carpets, high ceilings, walls, and furniture harmonize in soothing shades of cream, gray, and palest green. For fresh-air privacy, louvered wood screens can be unfolded between living/dining rooms and lanais instead of, or in addition to, sliding screen and glass doors. Windows also have louvered wood screens. All rooms at the Diamond Hawaii Resort and Spa have sliding wooden doors that separate bedrooms and living/dining areas.
Room Amenities
- Balcony
- Cable/satellite TV
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Kitchenette
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Voice mail
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Clock radio
- DVD/VCR
- Separate sitting area
- Internet access - high speed
- Internet access - wireless
- DVD player
- Non-smoking rooms
- Wheelchair accessible
- Internet access - complimentary
- Wake-up calls
- Sofa bed
Recreation
The resort's concierge arranges tee times at Wailea's three renowned golf courses, two other courses three miles south at Makena, and at any of the other dozen courses in South and West Maui. The concierge also books play at the 11-court Wailea Tennis Club a mile north of the resort, as well as snorkeling and scuba-diving trips to the nearby island of Molokini, celebrated for the water clarity within its crescent. The concierge can arrange tours, excursions, luaus, and other activities available anywhere on the island of Maui.
Diamond Hawaii Resort and Spa provides complimentary shuttle service to golf courses and other attractions— including beaches and the mall called The Shops at Wailea—throughout the exclusive Wailea community.
In South Maui, the recreational activities listed below are available.
- Hiking/biking trails
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Volleyball
- Personal watercraft
- Golfing
- Snorkeling
- Boating
- Fishing
- Tennis
- Horse riding/rental
- Swimming
Property Amenities
Designed as a mountain retreat in a tropical setting, the architecture of Diamond Hawaii Resort and Spa is eye-catching and spirit-lifting. The lobby building resembles a magnificent, wood-and-stone chalet with a focal point of a soaring, cone-shaped roof covered in jade-green Chinese tiles and supported by massive coral pillars. In the spacious, tastefully furnished interior rotunda formed by the roof, guests look up at a beamed-wood cone squared off and skylighted at the top, a space inspired by the inside of a Japanese umbrella. Brightening the main building are large, brightly colored, wall-mounted rugs woven in the styles of Spanish painters Joan Miro, Picasso, and Isabella.
Other notable features of this Maui resort include: the spacious, fully equipped fitness center offering expert personal training; a library of Japanese and English books; numerous sculptures, vases, and other art objects throughout the buildings and property; the large swimming pool where guests, after donning swimming suits, can take a plunge following indulgence in the baths; and the mountain stream, which begins outside the main building, tumbles over waterfalls, passes under bridges half concealed by lush tropical plantings, and flows through koi ponds while coursing down the resort's property and deepening the silence around it. The stream terminates in a large, lagoon-like koi-and-lily-pad pond, where guests' children enjoy feeding the fish.
- Spa services on site
- Multilingual staff
- Tour assistance
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- Library
- Parking (free)
- Babysitting or child care
- Laundry service
- Parking (valet)
- On-site car rental
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Audio-visual equipment
- 24-hour front desk
- Conference room(s)
- Number of rooms: 72
- Wheelchair accessible
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Fitness equipment
- Room service (limited hours)
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge desk
- Currency exchange
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service health spa
- Internet access in public areas - complimentary
- Internet access - wireless
- Patio
- Porter/bellhop
- Sauna
- Security guard
- Self parking
- Spa tub
- Swimming pool - children's
- Wedding services
Policies
Extra person charges may apply depending on hotel policy.
There are no room charges for children 12 and younger occupying the same room as their parents.
Rollaways and cribs may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required upon check-in for incidental charges.
All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in.
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is 12 PM
Dining
Restaurant Taiko - Long sushi bar. Western and Japanese fare served. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Menu includes filet mignon, lobster tail, herb-butter salmon, and Boursin-stuffed duck cotelette; tonkastsu and teriyaki chicken. Le Gunji - Intimate setting. Seats just eight diners around each of two elegant teppanyaki counters. Chefs prepare food with French flair while diners observe. Reservations required. Capische? - Small Italian restaurant; sweeping ocean view. Situated at end of hallway behind flagstone half-wall. A pianist plays nightly. |
Address
555 Kaukahi Street
Wailea (Maui), HI 96753
USA
Nearest major airport:
Kahului, Maui, HI (OGG-Kahului)
Area:
Wailea - Makena, Hawaii, United States of America
