USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards 2026.
The votes are in. For 2026, Koloa Landing Resort at Poipu has been recognized by USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards across three categories — the only resort in Hawaii to hold all three titles in the same year.
Koloa Landing was named the best family resort in the country by USA TODAY 10 Best readers and if you've spent time here with your family, you know why the votes came in the way they did. Three resort pools, including a 350,000-gallon main pool with water slides, swim-through waterfalls, and a grotto. A 6,100-square-foot lagoon pool built for kids. A putting green, volleyball court, and complimentary s'mores at night. Multi-bedroom villas with full kitchens so the whole family has room to spread out, cook together, and feel at home. And then there's Kauai itself. Kauai is the right island for families. The North Shore's Napali Coast, the canyon views of Waimea, the calm swimming beaches of Poipu just minutes from our front door the island rewards every age and every pace.
When people ask where to take their family in Hawaii, the answer keeps coming back to Koloa Landing.
Celebrate With the Family
Book six nights and give your family a full week in Kauai. Every reservation includes:
$300 resort credit to use toward poolside dining at our chef-driven grill beach gear rentals, or groceries at our on-site market to cook meals in your villa kitchen Six nights. A full week.
The resort America just voted best for families.
Hawaii has no shortage of extraordinary resorts. Being named the best among all of them across every island is not something we take lightly. Koloa Landing sits on 25 acres of lush tropical landscape in the heart of Kauai's sunny South Shore. Moments from world-famous Poipu Beach 3 and The Shops at Kukuiula, the resort is positioned at one of the island's most desirable addresses. Spacious studios and multi-bedroom villas with full kitchens and private lanais. A 4,000-square-foot spa. A celebrity chef-driven poolside grill. Three resort pools. And the kind of warm island hospitality that keeps guests coming back year after year.
Seven years. That is how long USA TODAY 10Best readers have recognized our pool as one of the best in America. We held the No. 1 position for six of those years from 2020 through 2025. In 2026, we came in at No. 2. A 350,000-gallon main pool with water slides, a swim-through waterfall, a grotto, and an infinity edge overlooking the South Shore. A family lagoon. A tranquil adults-only retreat. There is nothing else quite like it on Kauai.