At Kuki'o today the pattern of family gatherings continues. One can share in a long history that encompasses evenings by campfire, playing music and talking story among family, eating the day's catch after the boats have been hauled onshore at sunset, or sipping a cool drink with friends in the shade of a deep lanai at Hu'ehu'e Ranch. Casual traditions of beach camp-outs, upland treks, or day-long fishing trips find form today as Kukio's beach and canoe club, trail rides, and activities centered around the anchialine ponds.

The dramatic landscape of Kuki'o, the biting blue of the ocean, the rugged lava fields, the sweet breeze that blows over upper grasslands remains unchanged and Kuki'o is a living space where the boundaries between outdoors and in become blurred.

Families have access to what this landscape has always provided: the opportunity to let your snorkeler's fins slip soundlessly below the surface of a glassy-flat sunrise sea; the chance to paddle a kayak steadily, exploring every gap in the black shoreline with patient curiosity; a quiet moment on the beach to contemplate the beauty of the calm horizon. Farther upland, you can ride on horseback through pastureland, breathing the cooler, crisp air at this higher elevation.

The natural beauty of Kuki'o continues to calm and inspire in a world whose pace has grown ever faster. The sweep of dark, rugged earth running to a flat expanse of blue conveys a sense of eternal peace, a tranquility still reflected in the lifestyle of the place. And as Springer notes, "That expansiveness, I think is part of the experience that makes the visit to this place unique. But it also enriches and provides therapy for those of us that spend far too much of our lives looking at a view plane that is the arm's length between our eyes and the keyboard and a liquid crystal display."