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Captain Cook

🏨 Where to stay

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Manago Hotel

Manago Hotel

★★★☆☆Budget

Captain Cook

Living Big Island history since 1917 — the pork chops at the on-site restaurant are a 75-year institution. Extremely simple rooms. Best choice for budget travelers basing near south Kona snorkeling (Two Step, City of Refuge).

🍽️ Where to eat

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Moderate

The Coffee Shack

Captain Cook

The Coffee Shack (Captain Cook, on Hwy 11) — breakfast and lunch with one of the best views of any restaurant in Hawaii: a cliff-edge terrace looking directly down over Captain Cook Bay from 1,200 feet. Eggs, sandwiches, and genuinely good coffee from the farms below. Closed Wednesdays. ~15 min from Kealakekua Bay.

Café / breakfast & lunch100% Kona coffee and homemade bread

📅 Events

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2026-01-01

New Year's Day Virtual Run - Hilo (Big Island)

2026-01-03

Quadrantid meteor shower (peak)

The Quadrantids are one of the year's strongest meteor showers, with a brief, sharp peak in early January that can produce 40 or more meteors per hour under dark skies. Because Hawaiʻi has some of the clearest, darkest skies in the U.S., the islands are a superb place to watch. Look in the hours before dawn, away from town lights — a high-elevation spot or a dark leeward beach is ideal. No telescope needed; just let your eyes adjust for 20 minutes.

2026-01-18

Playtri Hawaii Camp

2026-02-28

Big Island Road Runners Waikaumalo Fun Run

2026-03-29

HATA 5K Fun Run

2026-04-04

43rd Annual Mac-a-thon

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