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H awaii" author James Michener once described himself a "neso- maniac," i.e., one who is "mad about islands." He's not alone. If you count yourself among the ranks of those who love discovering new islands, consider moving Lanai — one of the smallest and least-visited of the main Hawaiian archipelago—to the top of your must-visit list. Here, you can get lost on remote trails that lead to deserted beaches, ride horses along green mountain ridges, straddle pulse-raising UTVs through red-dirt fields once filled with pineapple, and get excited about the resident pod of wild spinner dolphins that come every morning to the warm Pacific waters of Hulopoe Bay. Or, you can get lost in luxury at the oceanside Four Seasons Resort Lanai, where daily life might include a sunrise walk on the beach, an anti-gravity yoga session, lollygagging by a meandering pool, indulging in a pineapple- honey scrub at the resort's divine spa, and perhaps a leisurely afternoon tour of the shops and art galleries of Lanai City, a 15-minute shuttle ride up the hill from the hotel. For those so inclined, there is also one of the most picturesque golf cours- es you'll ever play: the 18-hole, Jack Nicklaus-designed Manele Golf Course, perched on tall sea cliffs above the Pacific with broad ocean views from every postcard-worthy hole. Lanai's modern history dates back to 1854, when a group of Mormon missionaries established a small town in the upcountry—today's Lanai City—and constructed a rough road down to Manele Harbor. In the early 1920s, the first experiments with growing pineapple were conducted on Lanai and, seeing the success of the crop, an enterprising FOUR SEASONS RESORT LANAI L a n a i , H a w a i i B Y G E O R G E F U L L E R D E S T I N A T I O N S C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • H O L I D A Y 2 0 1 8 181 Photos: Courtesy of Four Seasons Resort Lanai "