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All Reviews for Mauna Kea & Stargazing Tours in Big Island
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Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Great choice
Reviewed by: Kara
The Mauna Kea volcano tour is a great balance of nature, science, and culture.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/11/22 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/07/10 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Good experience
Reviewed by: Yoyo
Our guide was from Hawaii, born on Maui, and has been living on the Big Island for two years. He was handsome, had a great voice, and was genuinely kind. The weather wasn’t ideal — it was cloudy, though we did see the sea of clouds and a bit of sunlight breaking through. It still felt magical watching the sunset above the clouds, even without a clear sky. Unfortunately, we couldn’t see any stars that night, probably due to the season (I went in late October). But the next day, on another tour, I did see a sky full of stars — so it’s still possible! Be prepared for altitude sickness; I felt lightheaded at the summit and was glad we descended soon after sunset. Overall, it was a good experience despite the bumpy mountain road — and it felt great to have “checked off” the highest mountain in the world (from base to peak).
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/11/02 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/10/27 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Extremely memorable tour!
Reviewed by: KB
Our guide Wes was incredible! We learned so much and enjoyed the sunset and stargazing on Mauna Kea so much! Wes was knowledgeable, friendly, and patient. Thank you for an unforgettable experience!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/10/11 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/10/09 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
it was amazing
Reviewed by: Chuck
It was absolutely amazing. Our tour guide was so informative and polite it made the trip that much better.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/10/08 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/10/03 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
The tour was amazing
Reviewed by: Dave and Nancy
James, our guide, was very knowledgeable, funny and the added stories he told us were add treat. James made sure we got to see all the views on our way up the volcano. Seeing the views from the summit were amazing. And the star gazing after crazy. Again James showed us all the constellations that were in the sky. The tour also has a telescope were we got top see the moon up close. We even got to see Saturn
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/10/02 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/10/01 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Beautiful way to see the sunset.
Reviewed by: Brenda San Diego
This was our first time doing this excursion. It did not disappoint. Wes, our guide was so knowledgeable and very impressive with explaining things in English and Japanese. The views were breathtaking.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/09/24 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/09/18 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Otherworldly!
Reviewed by: C. Foerg
An amazing experience watching the sun set into the clouds at the summit of Mauna Kea, breath taking. Followed up with an evening of incredible stargazing, to hard to explain the beauty of it. James was an excellent tour guide diving into Hawaiian history, culture, and his knowledge of the observatories, their work and the constellations that we could see during our star gazing experience made the evening even better.
Warm Jackets are provided but bring a sweater as well.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/09/16 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/09/15 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
perfect experience
Reviewed by: Song Z
We enjoyed a perfect sunset and stargazing was cold, but worth it. The tour guide and driver were very good, professional and enthusiastic.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/09/04 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/08/29 |
Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm
Acceptable experience
Reviewed by: Shenyi & Yan
The good: Black Sand Beach and Volcanoes National Park are as good as they can be. Halema'uma'u Crater is amazing.
The average: The Coffee Farm we visited is a small one. We saw the coffee plants, but didn't see much about how the coffee is produced as the machines are taken apart and stored. Food is ok-ish, lunch is fast-food bento, dinner is at a small restaurant.
The unfortunate: We didn't see any star due to the cloudy weather. If you want to do stargazing, join a stargazing group as they will have better planning and equipment.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/09/02 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/08/29 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Einzigartiges Erlebnis
Reviewed by: Mieli
Viel Zeit auf dem Gipfrl vor Sonnenuntergang, um alles anzuschauen, toller Sternenhimmel mit Erklärungen, sehr gute Organisation , super Guide, James
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/08/20 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/08/18 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Great memories were made!
Reviewed by: TL
Tour guide was informative. Ride was comfortable. BLT bacon was really good. Veggie burger was more filling than the BLT. Stargazing was minimal due to full moon but fun. Best not to go during around full moon time. Download a star app like Night Sky to help enhance the experience. Dress for cold wind. You are going to want to take a lot of pictures so if if your hands get cold easily, bring mitts!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/08/09 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/08/06 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Excellent Tour Guide, Some disappointment
Reviewed by: L&H
No doubt of the beauty of Hawaii and God’s Creation. Tour Guide (Francis) was excellent…knowledgeable, fun and caring (we had one participant having trouble with altitude so had to return to welcome center taking about 1 hour of the group’s time to go back and travel back up, however, care extended by Francis is to be commended).
Disappointed in that part of the tour was to look through a telescope (explicitly listed as part of the tour) but that did not happen. Vans were “dated” but did the job. Overpriced in our opinion of what the experience provided.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/08/07 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/08/02 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Terrific trip up the volcano!
Reviewed by: MC
We had a fantastic time on the nighttime stargazing and sunset tour with James! We learned so much and had a memorable night - the sandwiches, sunset and stars were top notch!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/08/03 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/07/30 |
Mauna Kea Evening Stargazing & Daytime Solar Viewing Tour with Dinner
Good guide but fell slightly short of expectations
Reviewed by: Mama Bear
I was disappointed with this tour for lack of hospitality, communication and false advertising. The tour guide is not an astronomer or someone who writes articles for astronomy mazagines or even a local Hawaiian. They are very knowledgeable, patient and friendly guides but also lack communication with the tour company. For instance, we had 10 people in our tour and they were told only 6 so he wasn’t prepared with enough hot chocolate or parkas. It may also be the reason he didn’t offer snacks or water to anyone and tried to get more people to drink coffee at 9 pm! I was also disappointed that we didn’t go to the Kona coffee farm as advertised in the itinerary and confirmed when they called. You also have to select your meal prior to arrival or seeing the options which is undesirable. Finally, when they called to confirm they told me not to bring anything - no water, jacket, hiking boots etc since all would be provided and tennis shoes were enough. First off, I came prepared with everything in my luggage but since they said not to bring a big bag or too many items we were underprepared. My son was freezing because the parkas are huge and they were passed out but left for people to get when they were freezing. Our tennis were covered in dirt and sand because we stopped at a beach and walked the sand. I would have to be informed in advance that we’re going to a beach and not the coffee farm and to have proper attire. The stargazing was nice and we saw a lot of stars and constellations but it was not pleasant because of the lack of preparation. I do not recommend this tour. If you book, don’t listen to their advice and come prepared with attire, water and snacks on top of the exorbitant price you pay. Or you could ask to go with the tour that matches the advertisement but I tried that already. Heed the warning. I didn’t and while we don’t regret it we regret the company.
All of the above. Confirm, confirm, confirm!
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| Packages: | From Kona & Waikoloa - Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Weather: | Rainy |
| Posted on: | 2025/08/01 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/07/31 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Pictures don’t do justice!
Reviewed by: Johnsons
Such an amazing experience! Pictures don’t do justice of being up so high above the clouds. The sunset was gorgeous, the sandwich was good, the stars were incredible!
Shoyo was very kind and took great pictures!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/07/30 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/07/28 |
Mauna Kea Evening Stargazing & Daytime Solar Viewing Tour with Dinner
Magical stargazing tour!
Reviewed by: Steph
We are a family of 4 with 2 teenagers, we had a great time with our guide at the stargazing tour. Our highlights were the lava caves, watching the sunset as well as stargazing. The sky was unbelievable and we learned a ton with our very knowledgeable guide.
Highly recommend.
I would skip the boiling pots when water level is low as there is nothing to see.
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| Packages: | From Hilo - Rainbow Falls, Kaumana Caves, Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/07/20 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/07/18 |
Mauna Kea Summit Adventures Sunset & Stargazing Guided Tour with Transportation
Need to know basis
Reviewed by: DanMar
Just got back from our tour, but if you're questioning of splurging, take these into consideration: these are based on my experience tonight.
1) liking the convenience of a tour guide driving to the summit. But if the sunset view is what you’re after- you can drive to the summit yourself. Everyone follows the rule of leaving the observatory after sunset. Totally understandable. STUNNNNING views. Keep in mind it’s gravel paved and quite treacherous at night- but doable.
2) huge upset: if stargazing is what you’re after- like me. I was disappointed that they only show THREE views through telescope. Three. That’s it. First was a cluster of random stars. Second, after math of a super nova. Third was millions of stars what believed to be pulled in by a black hole. Amazing stuff, but that’s all you get. I was reading other previous reviews and they seem to enjoy more bang for their buck. The tour guide did go over the constellations using a laser and showed some stars in the sky without needing the telescope- but if you’re wanting to see planets, stars up close, we were limited to three.
3) food was okay- salty lasagna. Just save some few bucks and bring your own food.
4) bundle up-long sleeve and pants, close toe shoes is a must. It gets cold at night. They do offer parkas and gloves.
Would I want to do this again? Not after tonight. It was overpriced for what they offer.
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| Packages: | Mauna Kea Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Dinner |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/07/15 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/07/14 |
Mauna Kea Evening Stargazing & Daytime Solar Viewing Tour with Dinner
Stargazing
Reviewed by: Duncan Miller
Sam was fantastic - really gave us all an exceptional tour of the night sky and was very knowledgable and great with the kids too!
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| Packages: | From Kona & Waikoloa - Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/07/15 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/07/13 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Really great tour and tour guide!
Reviewed by: Jonah
This was a great experience. Getting to see the observatories and look out over the clouds above everything on the Big Island was really amazing. Watching the sunset and then doing some star gazing was awesome. Very happy with everything.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Posted on: | 2025/06/22 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/06/20 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Pretty good
Reviewed by: Fei
The shuttle was late by 15min because of "an issue with some customers at the previous pickup location." I personally don't think the shuttle should wait if someone is late by more than 5min.
But James was a cool tour guide, told us a lot about the island and his personal experience/stories. A funny guy to talk to and helped take pictures, gave us sandwiches, served hot cocoa, and adjusted the telescope for us when someone wanted to look at a specific star
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Posted on: | 2025/06/12 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/06/10 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Guides
Reviewed by: BJJ
Francis was a very knowledgeable and talkative guide. Very much enjoyed our conversations!!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/06/09 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/06/07 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Exceptional experience , Wes was a great tour guide
Reviewed by: Abdul
Exceptional experience , Wes was a great tour guide
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/05/31 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/29 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Fun trip
Reviewed by: Mags
Awesome tour! James, our guide, was excellent! Appreciated his knowledge and enthusiasm! Highly recommend!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/05/29 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/27 |
Twilight Volcano Tour with Stargazing, Black Sand Beach & Coffee Farm
AMAZING EXPERIENCE 10/10
Reviewed by: Sarah 5-10-25
This tour was mind blowing especially because of tour guide Felix! He showed us all the best spots and gave so much interesting history and facts without making you want to fall asleep LOL. First time in Hawaii and I’m so grateful to have been on this excursion! Amazing food, views and so much more. Thank you wasabi tours and even bigger thank you to Felix!! ❤️❤️
This is an ALL day trip be prepared to have nothing else planned but a great time!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Weather: | Rainy |
| Posted on: | 2025/05/12 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/10 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Had a great time
Reviewed by: Kara
As older folks we were nervous about elevation, but this tour makes sure your comfortable and taken care of.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/05/07 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/05/01 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Mauna Kea is a Must!
Reviewed by: Jennifer
My husband and I had a tour with James through Hawaiian Eyes Tours and absolutely loved it!! The sunset was beautiful and the star gazing was such an eye opening experience! James was very knowledgeable about the sights and Hawaiian culture. Highly recommend!
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/04/27 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/04/23 |
Mauna Kea Evening Stargazing & Daytime Solar Viewing Tour with Dinner
Fabulous
Reviewed by: Kara
A great tour, worth the money as the staff details the conditions of the sky during your viewing.
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| Packages: | From Kona & Waikoloa - Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2025/03/27 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/03/16 |
Mauna Kea Evening Stargazing & Daytime Solar Viewing Tour with Dinner
Incredible
Reviewed by: The Bushnell family
One of the highlights of our trip! Sam was fantastic - incredibly knowledgeable and friendly. Not only were we awed by the universe, Sam helped us understand Hawaii as well. Keep up the great work.
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| Packages: | From Kona & Waikoloa - Solar Viewing & Stargazing with Dinner |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2025/03/26 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/03/24 |
Mauna Kea Stargazing Tour Experience with Free Professional Photos - Epic Tours
See you in the sky
Reviewed by: See you in the sky
This was an absolutely amazing experience and I highly recommend! The view is stunning- truly unbelievable. You feel as if you have been transported to another world.
Tips from someone who has been there-
Dress as if you are visiting a frozen tundra. Its cold.
Take someone you love with you so you have a witness to what you are seeing- this helps to ease your mind from thinking its a dream. You will be in disbelief of the awesome beauty.
Listen to a great song while you star gaze- here’s mine.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Z12ukmkHnMUcdcMr8nz3V?si=DG1Wjp0lQcKaP57JfB58mA
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| Packages: | Stargazing Tour - Starting times between 07:00 PM - 11:30 PM |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2025/03/15 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/02/22 |
Mauna Kea Summit Sunset & Stargazing Tour with Meal, Transportation & Guide
Great experience !!
Reviewed by: Quinn
Great experience overall, our guide James is very nice, he is knowledgeable and funny, definitely would recommend it to my friends
The mic connection be having issues sometimes.
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| Packages: | Standard Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Posted on: | 2025/02/27 |
| Activity Date: | 2025/02/25 |
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The only recommendation if you want to see the stars schedule your trip when the moon is near the ne