Mana Holidays from NZ$3,573

3.5 This places is beautiful but a bit out of the way and expensive. The staff over all was pretty friendly with the exception of security. ( I left my card at the bar and it went missing when i tried to get it back. Security didnt seem all that interested in my missing debit card. That kinda soured the trip for me.) Also there were some suprise charges when i checked out.

The staff is always extremely warm and friendly, and they went out of their way to make sure my family and I had a great vacation. The kiddos found a coconut on one of our adventures and brought it back to the hotel wanting to crack it open - turns out the landscaping team not only obliged but they even brought a brand new fresh coconut guessing the kids didn’t get a fresh pick. Turns out they were right and the replacement coconut turned out better than the original and the kids got to check another thing off their bucket list - drink from a fresh coconut! We ended our stay with a snorkel swim with a green sea turtle which was one of MY bucket list items! The Fairmont Orchid really lives up to the positive reviews and next time we plan a trip to the Big Island, the Orchid will be top of the list.

Beautiful place for gateway

Plan to walk a lot. The tram service is rough and is either broken or just takes forever to show up. The food is overpriced and very generic. Beautiful property but won’t stay again.

Lovely place to stay. It had everything we needed. Staff was great!