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Hotel overview
Discover a luxurious Hawaii resort inspired by Culture, Well-Being and Genuine Aloha. From Mauna Kea's winter snow-capped mountaintop to the flowing lava of Kilauea Volcano to tropical rainforests and a teeming undersea world, the Big Island of Hawaii has much to offer the spirited traveler.
Vacation at Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, a 32-acre luxury oceanfront Hawaii hotel and resort along the beautiful Kohala Coast and enjoy a sugar-white sandy lagoon and aquamarine waters, a year-round children's program, golf, tennis, six restaurants, and outstanding service.
Featuring a wide range of exceptional dining options, including a casual deli, wonderful breakfast restaurant with a daily buffet, oceanfront dining with the freshest island specialties, and a robatayaki style and sushi restaurant, this Kohala Coast resort puts the island's best dining right at your doorstep. Enjoy the Kohala Coast sunset, delicious offerings, and romantic fine dining in Hawaii at the AAA Four Diamond award-winning Brown's Beach House, or dip your toes in the sand for a more casual family dining experience at Hale Kai Restaurant.
Share robata on the terrace or order handcrafted stand-outs like sea urchin eggs, octopus and abalone at the 14-seat sushi bar over artisan cocktails at Binchotan: Bar + Grill and indulge in a hearty, extensive a la carte breakfast menu at Orchid Court filled with classic dishes, Hawaiian go-tos, fresh pastries, and seasonal fresh fruit. End the day with a tropical libation, beautiful Kohala Coast sunsets and live music at Luana Lounge.
Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii's award-winning, Spa Without Walls lets you enjoy the splendor of Hawaii's tropical climate with eight private outdoor waterfall hale (huts), six rejuvenating ocean-side hale and four indoor treatment rooms. With the soothing sounds of water, the pleasant ocean breezes, and the floral scent that fills the air on the Big Island, experience unparalleled luxury as our spa treatments integrate Hawaii's natural therapeutic environment and ancient healing arts into every experience at our Hawaii hotel day spa. This luxurious spa extends to a full salon and 24-hour fitness center with a 10,000-square-foot oceanfront swimming pool and world-class tennis courts.
At the beach, be sure to meet the native Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles that bask on the shoreline every afternoon. The Hui Holokai Beach Club Ambassadors not only cater to the beach comforts of guests by setting up chairs and cabanas with towels and ice water, checking out beach equipment and suggesting sunscreen, but the real fun begins when they share their knowledge of Hawaii Island's rich cultural heritage as well as their own Hawaiian legacies mixed alongside.
This luxury resort also offers a 36-hole golf course, memorable weddings, great shopping, and many more activities to keep you busy during your stay in the beautiful Kohala Coast.
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General policies & fine print
Holiday cancel penalty applies when any portion of reservation falls under holiday period, including all stay-throughs.
Minimum night stay requirements may apply to your reservation.
A major credit card imprint is required upon check-in with the front desk before signing privileges on incidentals will be extended. At the time of check-in, the front desk will also pre-authorize the credit card for incidentals based on the length of stay.
Convention attendees cannot book this property for their convention stay, they must book through the proper convention source. Convention attendees that violate this policy will be responsible for paying any higher rates and may not be eligible for any promotional offerings.
Room taxes are included in vacation price.
Room requests are not guaranteed and are based upon availability at check-in.
Resort Fee - A mandatory hotel-imposed fee is charged and collected by the hotel either at check-in or check-out.
Hotel Mandatory hotel-imposed resort fee inclusions:
- Wellness classes. Weekly wellness activity calendar available at fairmontorchid.com
- Shuttle bus service within the Mauna Lani Resort.
- Golf Valet. Handling and storage of personal golf clubs during your stay.
- Branded reusable water bottle for each registered guest per stay, to be filled at purified water stations located throughout the resort.
- Coffee and tea service in the lobby between 5:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. (New)
- Hawaiian Cultural Classes & Resort Activities. Weekly activity schedule available at fairmontorchid.com.
- RunGo guided tours. (NEW)
- Lei greeting upon arrival.
- Snorkel equipment rental for one hour (available to each guest, per day—resort use only). Guests who purchase Fun & Sun passes may sign out snorkel equipment multiple times per day.
- Pool amenities (sunscreen, water, and fruit service).
- Washer and dryer usage, including product. (NEW)
- 45-minute photo session with Pacific Dream Photography. Reservations required. Photos available for purchase.
The Resort Experience Fee will not include overnight valet or self-parking. Nightly parking charges will be:
Self-Parking: $38.00 plus tax
Valet-Parking: $45.00 plus tax
Ratings & reviews
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6094 reviews
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Jan 16, 2025Best Beach on the island
This is the third beach we visited on our trip. We found out about it from our waitress. This is the best beach I have been to in the island. Although we did not stay at the resort, the grounds and beach are amazing. There is free parking on a paved road nearby. Snorkeling here is also good. Would highly recommend!
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Jan 15, 2025
Great staff!
The Fairmont Kona Orchid is one of my favorite destinations. Not only is the location beautiful, but the staff makes you feel like you are a valued guest in every department. Kenny and Paul in valet service took great care of me. Kaleigh, Thea, Darla, Samuel and Aileen helped make my stay comfortable providing excellent customer service. I want to especially thank Lynn in reception for going above and beyond in helping with my room issues. Lynn worked magic and I am grateful for her amazing hospitality. Thanks again Fairmont staff! I highly recommend visiting this top-notch property!
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Jan 08, 2025
Enjoyed the relaxation and beauty of the Fairmont and the wonderful people that work there.
Our Family of 8 ranging from 91 years to 13 really enjoyed our stay. At the beach Chelsea, Aaron, Jayden and the recreation crew set us up in the perfect location and provided snorkel gear and towels. Hale Kai servers/service was outstanding and the food was an hit with everyone. Our rooms were incredible! The beds and pillows super comfortable!
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Jan 07, 2025Family Fun for 3 Generations
We had the good fortune to make this trip with our son's family over the New Year's holiday. Everyone had a good time at the beach, pool and surrounding adventures. The Big Island has the most to do of any of the islands. We particularly enjoyed seeing the erupting volcano which put on a good show while we were there. Star gazing was fun as was snorkeling with manta rays. The rooms were very nice - spacious with good views. They do need more drawer space if you are staying more than 2 or 3 days. The hotel is very big so there is a lot of walking particularly from the north tower. I'd suggest staying at the south tower nearer the beach and on the south side of the building to avoid all day sun. The bathrooms need towel bars near the sink and toilet exhaust fans but otherwise were fine. The biggest plus was that the restaurants were very good if a bit expensive. Even so the wine choices were fine for the price unlike our dinner at Mana Lani's Canoe House which were ridiculous. All our meals were delicious and varied enough for teenage boys. The boys also loved the beach area viewing fish, swimming in the surf and paddle boarding. Service was very good and universally friendly. It is a well run place and in good condition.
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Jan 04, 2025
Beautiful property, great service, frustrating room
We went over the Christmas holiday. Overall we really enjoyed our trip - was very good but not perfect. Pros: beautiful property, gorgeous landscaping, kept very clean, exceptionally friendly and helpful staff, great pool, fun extra activities on property. The young guys who ran the activities were terrific (kudos to the two guys at beach shack, and the main bartender). Hotel left everyone little gift bags on Christmas, which was a really nice touch. Easy parking, great location near shopping and many restaurants. Attracts nice family oriented clientele. Great service at pool. Epic sunsets, free bike and snorkel rentals, swimming with turtles!! Small private beach completely swimmable regardless of tide level. (Note for those comparing properties: Fairmont has more pool and less beach than neighboring hotel Mauna Lani. But the Fairmont beach was big enough for the number of guests.) Cons: The room. We stayed in north tower section (2000s). Two elevators, one out of service during busiest week of the year = annoyingly long waits (we were there a full week and it was out the whole time). Room had significant drawbacks. There were no drawers for clothes! Hanging space only. Terrible design: the dresser in the room has one drawer occupied by Nespresso and electric kettle, another drawer taken up entirely by coffee capsules and tea, another for wineglasses and another for dishes and ice bucket. These have built-in sections so you really can't take the stuff out and use them for clothes. In the middle is a refrigerator (that was very useful). Literally the entire dresser was used for things that could have easily gone on the top. As a result, for a family spending a week in a room, with nowhere to put underwear, socks, pjs, bathing suits etc. things got messy quickly and we were constantly looking for things. Bathroom: nowhere to hang towels; needs overall updating. Food: On-site deli and cafe food overpriced and mediocre at best. We utilized the nearby supermarket heavily for breakfast and lunch (which is why the room fridge very useful). Food at nearby Mauna Lani is also expensive, but much better quality. Small complaint: There was zero lighting in the stairs on the path behind our room. Totally dark section of the path. (This is the path behind north tower, not far from the tennis courts.) We used our phones to walk the dark stretch when we walked down to the pool/ lawn area at night, but for elderly people it could be dangerous. All in all I enjoyed the stay very much but for what we paid I think next time I would try another resort or rental where I can unpack our undies and socks! It sounds trivial but with kids it becomes yet another obstacle to getting out the door when you can't find what you need.