It’s normally pitch black outside when Jonathan Sprague gets up for a hunting day on the Hawaiian island Lanai. He then fills his thermos with coffee and heads out the door to his truck for a 45 ...

A ferry makes the hourlong crossing several times a day from Lahaina Harbor, Maui, to Manele Harbor, Lanai ($60 round-trip per person on Expeditions, [800] 695-2624).

Visiting the island of Lanai feels different from visiting the other Hawaiian Islands. Not just because it’s smaller and there are fewer people on it, but because a billionaire owns most of it ...

On Lanai, an island paradise unscathed by urban annoyances like traffic lights, residents' lives are largely dependent on whoever owns 98 percent of the island's 141 square miles.

Oracle billionaire co-founder Larry Ellison bought Lanai in 2012 and moved there during the pandemic. Since then, he’s made the island more hospitable to the super rich than the residents who ...

On Lanai, it’s not unheard of to have to stop in the road as an entire herd of axis deer crosses. Here, 25,000 to 30,000 of them roam wild on land without predators.

Lanai, a tiny Hawaiian island that feels more like a distant planet than part of the United States, has become a favorite vacation spot for the elite. With its rust-colored volcanic soil, ...

Council Member Riki Hokama, who holds the Lanai residency seat, expressed “extreme disappointment” with state efforts to screen arrivals for COVID-19 at Manele Small Boat Harbor — “the ...

In Lanai City itself, we learned all about the island’s history at the not-for-profit Lanai Culture & Heritage Center, which was founded in 2007. And we enjoyed dinners at the Blue Ginger Café ...

Lanai’s 30th annual Pineapple Festival attracted visitors, ... Now, each year, old and new generations gather to celebrate a heritage that continues to make an impact on the island to this day.

Who owns Lanai? Lanai is not a company, but rather a Hawaiian island. As of recent, Oracle Corporation’s co-founder Larry Ellison owns around 98% of the island, having purchased it in 2012 from ...

Sensei operates just 20 minutes away from Ellison’s beach resort, Four Seasons Resort Lanai, but its customer is more representative of the island’s new direction.Sensei is adults-only and ...