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Mauna Kea Beach Hotel in Kamuela, Hawaii |
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Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Dr
Kamuela, Hawaii 96743
Call Expedia at: 1-800-551-2409 |
| Luxury Kohala Coast golf beach resort with recreation Located 40 minutes north of Kailua-Kona on a white-sand beach, this 1965 hotel has an open-air lobby with seven-story palm trees. The 310 guestrooms have terrazzo tile floors, teakwood furnishings, furnished lanais, and original watercolor art. Guests can tee off over an ocean inlet, view 1,600 pieces of Pacific and Asian art, or watch manta rays feeding at night.
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Amenities | Recreation | Features | Reviews
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Amenities
The resort's helipad is used by helicopters offering private aerial tours of the Big Island. The concierge can also help guests arrange activities such as parasailing or bicycle tours on the island. Lifeguards are on duty at the hotel's white-sand crescent beach, and snorkel gear, kayaks, boogie boards, and sailboats are available for rent. Hotel founder Laurance S. Rockefeller's private collection of 1,600 Pacific and Asian artworks and artifacts is displayed throughout the hotel. A brochure is available for self-guided art tours; docent-guided tours of art and gardens are also offered weekly. A salon offers hair styling, pedicures, and manicures, as well as massage treatments given in tents on the beach or in guestrooms. The fitness center with cable TV has self-service complimentary coffee. Coin-operated laundry facilities are also available. One evening each week, guests can join astronomers to view constellations through an 11-inch lens telescope. At Manta Ray Point, manta rays dine at night on small fish attracted by a spotlight, as hotel guests watch. For children age 5–12, half-day or full-day activities are available seven days a week, with a 50 percent discount May 1 to September 30.
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Recreation
Mauna Kea's coastal golf course, built on black lava rock, includes a third hole where golfers tee off over an ocean inlet. A lifeguard is on duty at the hotel's white-sand beach, and guests can rent snorkel gear, kayaks, boogie boards, and sailboats. Guests can also swim in the large freshwater pool with a whirlpool spa tub. Of 13 tennis courts, 11 are oceanside. Tennis clinics, round robin play, aqua fit, and yoga classes are offered throughout the week (fee). The fitness center has cable TV and includes a weight room, treadmills, stationary bicycles, elliptical machines, and circuit training. The resort's helipad is used by helicopters offering private aerial tours of the Big Island. Complimentary activities each week include a golf clinic and a couples putting contest; hula dance and ti-leaf skirt-making classes; and tours of Mauna Kea's Pacific and Asian art collection and gardens. Guests can also help prepare the imu (underground oven), where a pig is roasted for a weekly lu'au. The hotel offers Hawaiian craft lessons in making miniature bowls (umeke) and decorative flowers (fee). One night a week, astronomers with an 11-inch lens telescope offer guided constellation viewing (fee). At no additional cost, guests can take advantage of all recreation at the resort's next-door companion hotel, the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, including a golf course designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay and summertime "Dive In" poolside movies. The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
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Features
What to expect: Inspired by its environment, the hotel set architectural trends when opened by businessman and conservationist Laurance S. Rockefeller in 1965. Its open-air, blue-tiled entryway has sand-colored concrete and seven-story palm trees. Staff and guests here include multiple generations of families. Amenity highlights: Mauna Kea's golf course is built over black lava rock, and golfers can still tee off over an ocean inlet at the third hole. Public spaces feature 1,600 Pacific and Asian artworks from founder Laurance Rockefeller's private collection—including one of only three known 7th-century pink granite Buddhas from India. Lifeguards watch swimmers, snorkelers, and sailors at the hotel's beautiful, white-sand crescent beach, and the large pool has an ocean view. Guests can choose from excursions, craft classes, lu'aus, and many recreational activities. Insider tip: Mauna Kea guests enjoy the amenities of the resort's companion, the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, which includes a golf course designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay. A shuttle between Mauna Kea's hotel, oceanfront tennis courts, and golf course; and Hapuna Beach's lobby, golf clubhouse, and fitness center departs every 20 minutes.
The Pavilion at Manta Ray Point - Architecture is inspired by 18th-century Buddhist temples. Two large bronze Japanese koi and a 9-foot diameter Japanese bronze bowl filled with small fish and water lilies sit at its southern entrance. The dining room has hardwood floors and glass doors that open to additional lanai seating. Breakfast service includes an á la carte menu, Continental, or full buffet. The gourmet dinner menu features native Hawaiian ingredients and such dishes as Big Island ahi sashimi, Waimea tomato and sweet Maui onion salad, and macadamia nut-crusted prawns with grilled pineapple rice and chili butter sauce.
Batik - This fine-dining restaurant features European and Asian cuisine. The glass-enclosed dining room offers garden and ocean views. Specialty dishes include shrimp, lobster, or chicken served in spicy Thai or Batik's signature east Indian curry. Meals conclude with the delivery of bonbons atop a vented container of dry ice, which flows over tables like lava from an erupting volcano. In the cocktail lounge, a pianist performs nightly. Dinner reservations are recommended. 19th Hole - Open for casual lunch in Mauna Kea's golf clubhouse. The menu includes American salads, burgers, and hot dogs, as well as sushi, sashimi, katsu-donburi, and saimin. Hau Tree - This oceanfront restaurant serves lunch salads and sandwiches, ice cream, cookies, and drinks to hotel guests in swim and beachwear. One night each weekend, a "clambake" seafood buffet dinner features live Hawaiian entertainment. Clambake menu includes grilled fresh catch, Manila clams, Washington state mussels, Keahole lobster, and New England clam chowder. Lu'au - A once-weekly buffet feast is served outdoors in traditional Hawaiian style, with Hawaiian music and dancing. The morning of the event, hotel guests can help prepare the imu (underground oven) to roast kalua pig. Terrace Restaurant - This open-air restaurant serves a full Sunday brunch buffet. Copper Bar - Cocktails are served day and night.
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Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Reviews
| Traveler Ratings Summary for Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
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Overall: 4.80 |
Service
4.90 |
Condition
4.30 |
Cleanliness
4.60 |
Comfort
4.80 |
Recommend
100 % |
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| Best beach on the planet. |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| This is a terrific, luxurious, and family friendly resort. The beach is spectacular. Guest services are wonderful. We've been three times over the last 6 years and will go back again.
Reviewed by traveler from Thousand Oaks, CA on August 30, 2006 |
| Best beach on the Island!! |
Overall: 4 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
4 |
Comfort
4 |
Recommend
Yes |
| We visited a number of sights around the island, and this hotel is by far one of the best. It has a wonderful beach with good snorkeling. It is very quiet with beautiful scenery. The restaurants were a little pricey, but it was only a 20 minute drive into Kona. I would definitely go back!!
Reviewed by traveler from Oklahoma on July 19, 2006 |
| Would be our first choice to stay going back!! |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| What a lovely hotel. The staff was pleasant, and always there to accomodate your needs. The entire experience was wonderful and relaxing.
Reviewed by traveler from Moreno Valley, CA on July 13, 2006 |
| A little dated, but otherwise wonderful |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| This vacation was our most relaxing yet. Although the hotel's architecture is very 1960's "modern" (exposed concrete, straight lines), the integration of the lush tropical landscaping with the interior was fantastic. Gives a real sense of bringing the outside inside due to the open design of the public areas, and the fragrances from the plumeria trees filled the whole place. Also, we loved the sliding glass doors in our room, which took up one whole wall. Dinner at the Pavillion was mediocre, although the breakfast buffet was good. The tennis center was a high point, with the courts overlooking the lagoon. The service was excellent as well. All in all, a great vacation!
Reviewed by traveler from Sacramento, CA on July 7, 2006 |
| A Classic revisited |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| The Mauna Kea is a classic hotel that we have revisited many times. It had been six years since we were here and we were not disappointed again. While some updating in the original wing should be done, our beach front room was spacious and clean. We were treated to the sounds of the ocean every day and night. The beach bar and staff are fantastic and the beach is truly one of the best in the world.
Reviewed by traveler from Park City on May 20, 2006 |
| Just what we were hoping for. |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
4 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| We were looking for a quiet,relaxed atmosphere and that is just what we found. The Mauna Kea is a beautiful and dignified resort without being ostentatious. Breakfast at the Pavillion and our time spent laying on the fantastic beach and swimming were the highlights of our trip. In fact if you are visiting the Big Island and wanting to spend time on the beach (especially swimming) this is the only place we would stay.
Reviewed by traveler from Boulder, Montana on February 8, 2006 |
| Loved it, can't wait to return |
Overall: 5 |
Service
4 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| While people who are fond of luxurious excess might find the Mauna Kea a bit spare, it was exactly what we wanted. The location is perfect - weather, views, and beach cannot be beat. The rooms are on the small side, but Asian-influenced and very comfortable. Ours had a great mattress and a pretty porch - we loved letting the breeze blow through our room. The staff was lovely (although they couldn't help us find breakfast at 6am) and the food - while pricy - was excellent.
Reviewed by traveler from Madison, WI on January 30, 2006 |
| Best hotel ever |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| This is the place to stay. clean, comfy and very friendly.
Reviewed by traveler from Boston on December 21, 2005 |
| Very nice grounds |
Overall: 4 |
Service
5 |
Condition
3 |
Cleanliness
3 |
Comfort
4 |
Recommend
Yes |
| The beach and grounds were spectacular. Nice quiet cove with beach. Great snorkeling right off the beach. Saw one Manta Ray at nigh under the lights off the point. Great place for quiet relaxing time. If you want night life you won't find it here. Not too many dining choices on site, the food was very good but kind of pricey.
Reviewed by traveler from Austin, TX on October 5, 2005 |
| Best Hotel on the Island |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| We enjoyed our stay so much we are planning on when we can return. The room was a little outdated but with maid service 2x a day we felt well taken care of. Mauna Kea had the best beach on the island. We went to look at other hotels and found we had picked the best. The staff were wonderful. You must have dinner at the Batik. It was a great meal along with a wonderful view.
Reviewed by traveler from Oceanside, Ca on September 25, 2005 |
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