Big Island Vacations
Hotel Information: The hotel’s curved, slate-tiled lobby, renovated August 2008, provides open-air views of the adjacent Kohala Coast. Upon check-in, guests are greeted with cool towels and passion orange juice. Part of the 1,839-acre Mauna Kea Resort, the hotel primarily attracts leisure travelers with its Hapuna Beach location and proximity to championship golf.
Amenity highlights: Lavish breakfast buffets are served in an indoor-outdoor area, while lunch and dinner options include a seafood grill, a steakhouse and sushi bar, and a poolside bar. The beachfront hotel is adjacent to an 18-hole golf course and within a five-minute drive of another 18-hole course via complimentary scheduled shuttle. Other recreation facilities include a health spa, a fitness center with exercise classes (surcharge), and a freshwater freeform outdoor pool.
Insider tip: The Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel is a five-minute drive from Kawaihae Harbor, where the island’s provisions arrive in massive Matson containers on a daily barge. Beyond the harbor lies a secluded beach with a boat ramp where local paddlers launch their canoes at dawn and dusk.
Located in two ocean-view wings and one oceanfront tower, this Kamuela hotel’s 350 guestrooms all feature private, furnished lanais with garden, partial ocean, or full ocean views. Island decor includes white-louvered doors, light woods, and wicker and rattan furnishings.
Rooms have minibars, compact refrigerators, coffeemakers, video games (surcharge), and in-room safes. Amenities include complimentary premium channels, complimentary local calls, complimentary bottled water, and high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Bathrooms have granite vanities, separate glass shower stalls and marble tubs, telephones, bathrobes, and slippers.
