Mauna Kea: Stargazing in Hawaii

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Aloha Festivals (0.00 km)

If you want to master the hula the Aloha Festival is one of the best places to learn. Aloha celebrates the cosmopolitan nature of Hawaiian life and...
Mauna Kea (0.41 km)

Mauna Kea, at 13,796 feet, is the tallest mountain in Hawaii and all of the Pacific Ocean. If measured from its base at the ocean’s floor, 16,000 feet...
Mauna Loa (38.78 km)

Mauna Loa (“Long Mountain”) is the world’s largest mountain in terms of volume – a whopping 40,000 cubic km! It last erupted in 1984. The slopes of...
Kazumura Cave (41.41 km)

Kazumura Cave is the world's longest lava tube with 65.5 km (40 miles) of passages mapped. It was created around 500 years ago by an especially large...
Olo'upena Falls (41.41 km)

A massive 900m waterfall, though thin on volume. Certainly one of the tallest in the world, if not the most impressive.
Under the water of AuAu Canyon (43.83 km)

A deep and beautiful dive where hammerheads power gracefully by, first below and then above you as you go lower and the blue of the water darkens to a...
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (50.80 km)

Yes, most people think about the beaches when visiting Hawaii, but the actively spitting giants in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park play as important a...
Kilauea (51.45 km)

Kilauea is sometimes called “the world’s most active volcano” due to its voluminous lava output, though visitors who hear this and expect to see...
Hualalai Sports Club & Spa (53.40 km)

A really exciting addition to the Four Seasons, having both a spa and fitness centre, one of Hawaii’s great relaxation centres. There is an open-air...
Spearfishing at Kona (58.57 km)

If it has ever crossed your mind that conventional fishing is a little unfair on the fish, then breath-hold spearfishing could make you feel better...