Inside Kamala Harris's $1,300-a-night Hawaii hideaway where failed VP fled to lick her wounds after her election defeat

Kamala Harris has been spending clip successful paradise – but she'd acold alternatively beryllium successful the White House.

The failed statesmanlike campaigner is licking her electoral wounds successful true-blue Hawaii, watching sunsets that crook the water the colour of a strawberry milkshake.

But she and hubby Doug Emhoff have been laying debased astatine their $1,300-a-night edifice seldom venturing retired adjacent with their Secret Service item determination to support her.

Harris, 60, chose the Big Island for a six-day post-election R&R retreat aft her crushing November 5 defeat.

Residents spotted Air Force Two landing astatine Kona Airport connected the large land of Hawaii connected Tuesday evening and 'a thirty-car constabulary motorcade and helicopters' escorting her to the Mauna Kea edifice connected the northwest coast.

She was expected to permission Monday to caput backmost to Washington, D.C., wherever she inactive has enactment to bash arsenic the President of the Senate which is expected to walk overmuch of the remainder of its clip successful Democrat hands by confirming national judges.

Harris and Emhoff – who is besides 60 and precisely 1 week older than her – chose a 5,200 sq. ft, five-bedroom elite location owned by a scion of the Mondavi vino family.

According to an online rental listing, the vacation location 'includes 3 complimentary bottles of Mondavi household vino with each reservation' truthful the 2nd mates tin drown their sorrows from her catastrophe astatine the polls.

The mates volition surely beryllium discussing her governmental aboriginal aft she leaves her station connected January 20. 

The VP, however, is inactive keeping her governmental options open, specified arsenic a tally for California politician successful 2026 and  hasn't ruled retired different statesmanlike tally successful 2028, according to Politico. 

But with Republicans successful complaint of the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, and with small accidental that Democrats volition prime her for a 2nd statesmanlike nomination, that aboriginal is looking bleak.

Kamala remained wrong the ritzy compound for astir her full stay, with the location surrounded by astatine slightest 10 concealed work and constabulary vehicles.  

Though Hawaii is simply a bluish state, the VP whitethorn not person received the warmest invited from each the edifice guests had she ventured retired to its backstage formation – arsenic astatine slightest 2 were sporting reddish MAGA hats.

But Harris – a noted cook –  was apt well-satisfied conscionable enjoying the amenities successful the house, located connected the northwest country of the Big Island.

The location boasts a 'gourmet chef's kitchen' on with a excavation and blistery tub. 

It was bought for $5million successful 2006, and is present estimated to beryllium worthy $7.4million, according to Zillow.

It is owned by a spot for R. Michael Mondavi, lad of Robert Mondavi, 1 of the cardinal figures down Napa's emergence to fame arsenic a vino region. Federal Election Commission records amusement Mondavi, 81, has donated thousands of dollars to some Republican and Democratic candidates, but did not springiness to the Harris campaign.

He and his woman Isabel, 78, did not respond to DailyMail.com's petition for comment.

Their abrogation location sits connected a elevation overlooking the resort's play course, starring down to a backstage formation successful beforehand of the five-star Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.

Residents told DailyMail.com highlights of the determination see the burnished golden and heavy pinkish sunsets arsenic good arsenic romanticist strolls on the backstage formation to a viewing spot wherever manta rays congregate successful the shallows astatine dusk.

A six-night enactment astatine the abrogation rental is apt to person acceptable backmost Harris astatine slightest $13,500, according to estimates connected its website, which lists a nightly complaint of $1,268 earlier taxes and fees.

However, the booking is comparatively inexpensive compared to the adjacent edifice which charges upwards of $900 per nighttime for a modular room.

Harris is scheduled to instrumentality to Washington, DC connected Monday, her unit told NBC. 

The abrogation spot is booked retired done Wednesday, according to its website.

A root adjacent to the VP's extortion squad said agents person been connected precocious alert.

The FAA has imposed impermanent formation restrictions connected the country astir Mauna Kea.

Security is tight. On Saturday instrumentality enforcement were spotted connected the elevation supra the Mondavi property, moving anti-drone exertion from an unmarked SUV decked retired with radars and machine screens, powered by a generator.

At nighttime constabulary launched an astir 6ft quadcopter drone from a turnout connected the road other the abrogation home, monitoring the play people and surrounding country for threats.

Unmarked constabulary trucks circuited the resort's play people and a Secret Service serviceman successful a bulletproof vest sat sentry successful a reddish musculus car other the Mauna Kea's gated entrance.

At slightest six SUVs and a achromatic van with a outer crockery were stationed successful the driveway and extracurricular the Mondavi abrogation location during the week.

Harris's extortion squad acceptable up a achromatic structure arsenic a information checkpoint connected the backstage roadworthy to her vacation getaway, with a sniffer canine and officers who inspected resident's vehicles entering and exiting the cul-de-sac.

'They hunt your conveyance arsenic you travel successful and retired of the street. They popular your hood. It's what you'd expect,' said Patrick Jenkins, who owns a location connected the thoroughfare and whose location impermanent encountered the VP's Secret Service item connected Friday.

'It's a precise quiescent subdivision, 30 homes. We're not utilized to this benignant of thing. It's the archetypal clip we've had Secret Service connected our street!'

The VP's convoy to the airdrome connected Monday greeting was astatine slightest 22 cars long, with Secret Service achromatic Chevrolet Suburbans, unmarked musculus cars, a SWAT truck, occurrence truck, and chopper escort.

At 9:45am Kamala and Doug boarded Air Force Two astatine Kona International.

She wore a achromatic overgarment and achromatic pants, with her hairsbreadth successful a bun. The VP smiled and waved to her unit arsenic she walked aboard.

Doug followed with a achromatic polo garment and khaki pants.

The level took disconnected soon aft 10am.

Jenkins, 48, and his woman Kandi, 51, said the homes were 'nice, but not highly high-end'. 

'She's staying successful a comfy home, but I wouldn't telephone it a mansion oregon anything,' helium said. 'The homes were built successful the 80s.'

'It's bully but it's not the Four Seasons,' Kandi added. 'We're conscionable regular radical who person a abrogation location there.

'We're precise arrogant of her and we anticipation she enjoys the Mauna Kea. We anticipation she's getting remainder and relaxation with her friends and family.'

Patrick said the edifice had the champion formation connected the island, with calm water h2o 'great for boating', and was adjacent to sightseeing attractions specified arsenic the upland observatory and Mauna Kea volcano.

'My hunch is she's conscionable resting, she's not going to hike a volcano,' said Kandi. 'Hopefully she's sipping a Mai Tai.'

Colorado-based David Appel, 64, who owns the location adjacent door, said helium was unaware of Harris's visit.

In an interrogation with DailyMail.com Appel described the edifice arsenic 'peaceful, precise family-oriented, and beauteous but understated.'

He gave rave reviews of 'the magic of Hawaii' connected connection astatine the resort, including 'the beaches, wide bluish waters, the wildlife, the hiking, the golf, surfing and tennis' – Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff's favourite sport.

'But really, it's a spot to admit the earthy quality of the Big Island,' helium added. 

'Where other tin you spot beauteous fields of achromatic lava close adjacent to crystal bluish waters and thenar trees waving successful the wind?'