My fellow reviewers have captured the experience very well but I'd like to add my tips. We first visited Mauna Kea several years back in the first part of April. Saddle Road was all it had been built up to be! Whoa, what a ride. There was still a fair amount of snow on the mountain which helped give contrast... more

Before traveling to mauna kea, I extensively read the online forums here at tripadvisor and looked around at the various online web site with information regarding mauna kea. Some say that it is suicide to drive to the top without a 4 wheel drive vehicle, others say that a 2 wheel drive car can handle the drive to the summit... more

You can do it by your own. This mountain trail fits perfectly a day hike adventure. It start in the Visitor Centre, where we should fill the form to the rangers, registering our leaving and then walk up, until the summit. It is an hard trail, that depends a lot on the weather conditions. In our day, it was perfect,... more

We accessed Mauna Kea from the Kona side. This meant going on the infamous Saddle road. The road starts off in bad shape but it's legend isn't as bad as it's cracked up to be. In fact, the road is no worse than a poor surfaced city street. Keep the speed down and you'll be fine. There's a couple roller... more

We rented a truck from Harper's and drove to the very top and watched the sunset, wrapped in blankets in the back of the truck. IT was a surreal experience to sit there high above the clouds with our family snuggled together and watched this hour long event. then after the sun was completely down and the stars came out....we... more

This was once in the life time experience.But you need to be aware of luck of oxygene. In fact, one gentleman in his 60's got quite sick and needed oxygen mask. I also felt light headed and nausea for a while. Besides that, it was fantastic. When you go to the top of the mountain(14000 feet above the sea level),... more

Our sunset and stargazing trip up the 14,000ft mountain of Mauna Kea was breathtaking. Mauna Kea is snow capped year round, and even has ski/snowboard slopes, we could see the ski tracks as we ascended. The temperatures at altitude on our trip were about 5 degrees below freezing. Not to be worried, our outfitter had cozy down winter parkas and... more

富士山より高い山に登り、満天の星を見るという目的でハワイ島に行きました。 私達はツアーに参加して、バンで行ったのですが... more

ハワイ島へ行った１番の目的がマナウケアのサンセット＆星空鑑賞でした。 期待通り、とっても良かったです。 基本的に... more