Summer on Kauai 2024!
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Kauai beckons…days are getting longer and it’s now the perfect time to savor our amazing home! Come jump in with Kauai Style Vacations! We’ll drive you up Waimea canyon to Koke’e overlook, find the best shaved ice and fish tacos in town, set you up with a private surf instructor and get that next to impossible reservation into our delicious eateries. ( I know all the managers…we all surf together!) It’s my pleasure to share my endless experiences having been raised within this lush environment. We know where the safest shorelines are for the keiki, where and when to head to the other side of the island, what places are best avoided and why…been there done all that! As an ex hawaii fire fighter and EMT, i’m always keenly aware of everyones safety first and foremost. Thus the reasons why you should hire me to help you! Fun safe memories created. Thats my main reason to continue my thriving island business. Email, call or come visit me in person anytime! I answer all questions no matter how basic or silly they may sound. We’re all tourists and visitors somewhere! You just happen to be coming to my island of “know how”!
Although his pictures adorn large canvases in his office in Hanalei and smaller versions are for sale on tours of the nearby taro farm, it doesn’t seem like Kauai jack-of-all-trades Mike Lyons actually has time to take photos.
The former property manager of the largest home on the Garden Island—one rented by Jennifer Aniston, Matt Damon, and Hollywood executives, among others—and a frequent liaison with movie crews, Lyons has long been Kauai’s go-to guy for exclusive experiences that draw on his island heritage and wide-ranging work history.
His father, grandparents and great-grandmother, a Native Hawaiian, are from Kauai; Lyons was born on Oahu, graduated from Punahou (a year ahead of President Obama) and returned to Kauai 10 years ago. Along the way he became a certified lomilomi masseur, worked as an emergency medical technician and firefighter for Maui County, served as a lifeguard on Oahu, assisted Roy Yamaguchi in opening his first three restaurants in the islands, and helped launch SpaBar in San Francisco. Since moving back to Kauai, Lyons has taught surfing, led zipline tours, acted as first mate on a Na Pali cruise, and worked in guest services, along with facilitating production of movies such as “Just Go With It” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
Two years ago, he opened his own concierge business “to kokua (help) and kahiau (offer selfless generosity to) guests wanting hands on safe and fun adventures here with me as their guide,” Lyons said. An avid outdoorsman, Lyons leads hikes and camps, surfs and snorkels with guests in his favorite, often hidden places; he also arranges catering from a network of personal chefs and coordinates private sessions of yoga and Pilates with local experts. After so many clients asked him for help finding beachfront cottages and hideaways, he also got his real estate license — “only to rent, not to sell the ‘āina,” noted Lyons, who also only works with properties licensed as vacation rentals.
Kauai Style is the name of both his vacation rental and concierge services company, based out of the Kauai Tropical Properties office in Hanalei. It’s not far from the taro patches of Hanalei Valley, where some of his most striking photos have been taken, including one from last November that features three of Hawaii’s state bird, the endangered nene, in wetlands that mirror the fog and green mountains above.