Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
Information & Amenities
Hotel Information: 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 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.
Property Amenities
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is located on the Big Island of Hawaii, 13 miles from the town of Waimea and 26 miles from Keahole-Kona International Airport.
This Hawaii resort features a helipad which is used by helicopters offering private aerial tours of the Big Island. The concierge also can help guests arrange activities such as parasailing or bicycle tours. Lifeguards are on duty at the hotel's white-sand crescent beach. 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 also are 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.
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Spa tub
- Spa services on site
- Concierge services
- Fitness equipment
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Coffee shop or café
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Parking (free)
- Self parking
- Parking (valet)
- On-site car rental
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Banquet facilities
- Conference room(s)
- Event catering
- Audio-visual equipment
- Business services
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Number of rooms: 310
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- Medical assistance available
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Hair salon
- Babysitting or child care
- Translation services
- Currency exchange
- Tour assistance
- Domestic help available
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning service
- Garden
- Patio
- Clubhouse
- Shoe shine
- Supervised child care/activities
Room Descriptions
The Mauna Kea has 310 guestrooms. All include teak built-in closet drawers and sliding closet and lanai doors. Louvered shutters, ceiling fans, and locking screened entries offer an alternative to air conditioning. Each room has postcard reproductions of an original watercolor on its walls. Additional room furnishings include teak writing desks and rattan chairs. Bathrooms have a second phone, Neutrogena toiletries, lace-edged shower caps, bathrobes, and slippers. All rooms at this Hawaii resort have lanais with a table, chairs, and lounge chairs.
Room Features
- Internet access - high speed
- Cable/satellite TV
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Balcony
- Ceiling fan
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Voice mail
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bottled water in room (complimentary)
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping
- Extra towels/bedding
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Bathroom telephone
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Window opens
- Clock radio
- Smoking rooms
- Non-smoking rooms
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Area Attractions
Waimea (Kamuela) - 13 miles
Hawi - 21 miles
Honokaa - 31 miles
Akaha Falls - 65 miles
Hilo - 72 miles
Keahole-Kona International Airport (KOA): Approximate driving time to the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is 40 minutes and distance is 26 miles.
Driving directions from Keahole-Kona International: Follow signs to take State Hwy 19 (Queen Kaahumanu Hwy) north for about 24 miles. Turn left on Rockefeller Rd and follow it to the hotel at Mauna Kea Beach Dr.
Getting there: A rental car is a good option from the airport, especially since many guests will want a car for sightseeing. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel can also arrange shuttle service for groups of two or more. Call before departure to make arrangements ($16–25 per person). All fees are subject to change without notice.
Getting around: A complimentary resort shuttle can take guests to a nearby sister hotel, the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel. There are many shopping, dining, and leisure opportunities at the resort, but for other destinations, a rental car is the best option.
Activities
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 (surcharge). One night a week, astronomers with an 11-inch lens telescope offer guided constellation viewing (surcharge).
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.
- Golfing
- Golf - driving range
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Snorkeling
- Surfing/boogie boarding
- Windsurfing
- Whale-watching
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Aerobics
- Hiking/biking trails
- Helicopter/airplane sightseeing
Restaurants & Bars
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. Restaurant will be closed for renovations August 28 - September 30, 2006.
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.
Location
62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Dr
Kamuela, HI 96743
USA
Nearest major airport:
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (Big) Island, HI (KOA-Keahole)
Area:
Kohala Coast - Waikoloa, Hawaii, United States of America
Important Information
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- Pets not allowed
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
