This Gallery just opened about 2 months ago. It is located in the Queen's MarketPlace in…read moreWaikoloa. This photo Gallery is very unique. The owner is a photographer who takes picture of the Milky way and the stars in the sky, as well as the Northern lights. The owner is knowledgeable and more than happy to share with his clients what he knows. Price is very reasonable. I highly recommend anyone to go and check out this Gallery.

Amazing family owned gallery supporting the most talented wood carvers. So many beautiful art works…read morelike turtles, tikis, hooks, whale tails, manta rays, etc.

I was so happy to have the help from Hula lamps of Hawaii. Winwisa went out of her way to send me…read morepictures of the lamp shades that were available so I could pick which ones worked for my project. She took videos and helps me immensely. If your looking for lamps or shades for your tropical decor this is the place to shop! The Hula Lamps are just beautiful made of brass I love mine. Thank you again Winwisa & Charles

This shop has the best selection of hula lamps anywhere! Wanwisa was extremely helpful in helping…read moreme select the perfect lamp and shade for my tiki bar. Her husband Charles is the artist, and does amazing work. I highly recommend this place if you are in the market to buy a high quality, beautiful hula lamp. Big mahalo to Charles and Wanwisa, great stuff!!!

Beautiful jewelry selection from a local artist. The owner was very kind and went above and beyond…read moreto help my mother and I pick out a necklace. I couldn't find the style I wanted, so the owner coordinated with the artist to design something I wanted. It was worth the money and I have worn it everyday since buying it. Great quality for what I paid for!

On our first visit out to the Big Island, my wife and I stumbled across this gem of an art gallery…read more Malani was a great help and was a pleasure to work with. In the end, we purchased a few pieces of work by Alex Gupton. If you haven't heard of him before....google him. The pieces of work showcased at the store are great. Originally Malani had told us it would take 4-6 weeks before we would have the pieces shipped to us. Lucky us, they arrived only 1 week later. Malani went above and beyond with her customer service! Aloha

Hidden gem for hawaiiana collectables!! Reasonably priced. Purchased a ring- the particular day…read morethey were only accepting cash, otherwise I would have bought a few more items. I will be sure to return!

Great shop!! Historical house which adds to visit. Multiple vendors. All items nicely displayed…read more Good prices for vintage and collectible pieces.

This was a great way to spend a couple of hours. The owner is very knowledgeable and friendly. Plan…read moreon being educated about the plants around you before you start your self guided tour. We had no mosquitos during our visit. There are a lot of beautiful statues to see. Peacocks and wild turkeys were fun to visit. There is also a large tortoise. The place is a bit overgrown. Make sure you wear good walking shoes. There are several semi steep hills and some areas are rocky. We bought water but you can buy some there. Cost $13.00 per person, worth the time and money.

A nice little diversion. Gardens are well put together and maintained even though they are on the…read moredriest part of the island. Owner was there to greet us and provided a great overview of the flora and fauna of the garden and of the area. There are other bigger gardens on the island, but the 1x1 education from the owner was worth the price of admission. You can tell she loves her gardens and is passionate about what she does. Excellent views of the west coast from the guest center and interesting sculptures enhance the grounds. The stone circle was a nice touch too, especially since the day we went was the equanox. Overall a nice place to go spend a relaxing morning and learn something new.

We visited Hawaii for our 2018 summer family vacation and we started on the Big Island…read more We started our last full day with a lava boat tour that started at 4am in Hilo and returned to the dock at 7am. We enjoyed a relaxed ride back to Kona via Highway 19. Before the trip, and once we arrived, I thought about visiting the telescopes atop Manua Kea, but realized that there were too many clouds, too few hours in the day, and sadly too little interest among the other three family family members, so he was OK not going. Then, as we drove home, we passed the Keck Observatory Visitor Center, in Waimea, and I quickly made a u-turn. I asked my wife and sone to let our daughter and me go in for just 5-7 minutes. Somehow that turned into 40 minutes, because it is pretty awesome! The docents are fun and engaging and insightful. We learned how they use adaptive optics to help ground-based see better, to see with clarity approaching that of the Hubble Space Telescope... they use a laser to measure distortions of the optics by the air in the sky and then apply that same math to "un-do" the distortion and make images of deep space objects more clear (this wording is all mine, not a quote from Keck). We also learned that the Keck Observatory has: ⁃ discovered over 100 exoplanets and has recently helped to classify different types of exoplanets ⁃ seen through the gas cloud at the center of our Milky Way and see the stars swirling around the black hole - http://www.keckobservatory.org/g-objects/ ⁃ helped discover dark matter ⁃ discovered the moon Dysnomia, around Eris, which is further from the sun than Pluto and bigger than Pluto, and which helped change the class of planet for Pluto (note... Pluto is still a type of a planet and deserving of that status; planets come in different kinds, just like stars do, and the demotion in 2006 was in part due to someone having personal dislike of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto) ⁃ the Keck I and Keck II telescopes, which have 36 6-foot hexagonal mirrors and sit atop Mauna Kea, make two 10-meter (30-foot) telescopes We had great visit and hope we can have more time to visit on our next trip!

We noticed the Keck Observatory Visitor Center as we were making a u-turn to get back onto highway…read more19. We went in, me just hoping for a restroom, that need satisfied we ended up spending over an hour learning about the Keck Observatory and their mirrors up on Mauna Kea. Jane was a wealth of knowledge and very enthusiastic about the work done up on the mountain. Usually one can look out from the glass front doors and see the observatories on top of Mauna Kea but it was very overcast while we were there, possibly due to the volcanic activity down south at Kilauea. I got the coolest souvenir there, a beach towel of the observatory and stars. I'll be the envy of all the ladies in the locker room at my gym.

Cathy has a wide variety of crystals and really good prices. She has some HUGE crystals, she has…read morethe Biggest Crystal in Hawaii! I make the trip from Kona Town to Honoka'a just to stop at Cathy's.

I just saw the biggest crystal in Hawaii. Great place. Cathy is super nice. They have lots of cool…read moretrinkets.