ISLAND HISTORY: The haunted Hale Nani Hotel at Po‘ipu, Kaua‘i

ISLAND HISTORY: The haunted Hale Nani Hotel at Po‘ipu, Kaua‘i

Kaua‘i’s haunted Hale Nani Hotel once stood on Nahuma‘alo Point, across from Koloa Landing in Po‘ipu. Its former location is now the site, since 1988, of the Whalers Cove Resort. Throughout its 18 years of existence, from 1964 until 1982, when it was destroyed by Hurricane Iwa, the Hale Nani Hotel (known also as the Seven Seas Hotel from its opening in 1964 until 1967, and later, the Po‘ipu Villas Resort from 1978 until 1982) was the source of m…