At the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, man has enhanced what nature has so generously provided. The white crescent beach is still as pure as the day when Hawaiian royalty first discovered it. Flowering trees still fill the air with sweet scents. Woven into this natural mosaic is a renowned hotel of 310 rooms where guests enjoy an intimate experience of paradise. A soothing koi pond meanders through the hotel's inner atrium.
Walkways surrounded by mature gardens lead to bluffs overlooking the sea.
And priceless works of art enhance every hallway and open space. The Mauna Kea Resort was the vision and dream of respected hotelier Laurance S. Rockefeller more than 30 years ago. In what proved to be one of the most visionary decisions in the history of modern tourism, he chose a patch of black lava in an inaccessible area with two beautiful beaches to create a work of art that gave the Big Island of Hawaii a resort destination of legendary proportions. The first step in making Rockefeller's dream a reality was the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Rockefeller completed his dream with the addition of the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, which opened in 1994 within walking distance from the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.