Welcome to Mauna Kea!

Mauna Kea is the destination resort boasting the best beaches on Hawaii Island. 

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• • Both Mauna Kea and Hapuna Beaches have been awarded “Best Beach”.
  • Mauna Kea is the first resort on the Kohala Coast and was envisioned by Lawrence S. Rockefeller in the early 1960's.
  • The resort has 2 luxury hotels; The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort.

THE LIFESTYLE:

• • Mauna Kea is “Old Hawaii”.
  • There is a timeless quality to the architecture, an appeal to the old growth vegetation on the sloping entry to the resort.  

UNEXPECTED APPEAL:

• • The cult-like wearing of Mauna Kea logo wear.
  • Swim to the floating raft.
  • Frederico’s (affectionately referred to as “Freddie’s”) which are a concoction of fruit juices, rum and Jack Daniels.

THE MARKET:

• • The resort offers homes of varying price points.
  • From Oceanfront estates in The Bluffs (which rarely become available) to the new beachside Hapuna Residences to the highly coveted Villas at Mauna Kea.

YOU’LL FALL IN LOVE WITH:

• • Amenities that include 2 world class golf courses, seaside tennis and ocean front dining.
  • Watching the gentle manta rays in the evening where they appear as if on queue.
  • The kauna’oa (for which the bay is named) is the orange hairlike plant entangled with the beach vines.