Hello everyone, my wife and I are very excited to visit the island. We want to do the Mauna Kea summit with a rental 4x4 car instead of paying $300 each for the tour. I have tried Turo and not only fees are a bit higher but they do not allow their Jeeps to go up the mountain. Is there a rental car company that you have used before that can recommend? That would be very much appreciated.

We are also planning to visit Volcano NP and any hikes do you recommend?
TIA

Hi there ! Is there a way to visit MaunaKea without car ? We are two friends that don’t have car but we try to find a way to go there from Kona and buses don’t allow to do so

Ever since Ige announced The Thirty Meter Telescope’s construction would begin in July it has taken an even more prominent place in local media and local minds. Considering this recent influx of information I’m curious to know how your thoughts and opinions have changed, or haven’t.

The State of Hawaii government, Ige and the AG have far overstepped their legal authority, and Ige has probably broken federal law by ordering a fascist police action on federal lands.
https://www.doi.gov/hawaiian/hawaiian-home-lands-rulemaking

"... requires certain Federal laws, when applicable, are appropriately applied in land exchanges, including NEPA, National Historic Preservation Act, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA); and states that all land exchanges involving Hawaiian home lands are reviewed with the primary goal of protecting the interests of the Trust and its beneficiaries."

There is no legal description for the Mauna Kea Access road, because it was put in illegally (bulldozed first part of extremely culturally significant Humu'ula Trail), and it definitely is not a public road, since DHHL has no record of any authorization for the road or the right-of-way, which belongs to the Native Hawaiians, as defined by DHHL, 50% blood quantum.

Thirty Meter Telescope Corporation claims to be a non-profit private company. It has an American on the board but he is a minority holder. The majority holders are Chinese and Indian. Under US Tax Law, for a 501(c)(3): the board may not be majority-controlled by this affiliate foreign organization

This is the State of Hawaii allowing permanent excavation damage to Native Hawaiian cultural lands to a totally private entity that has foreign majority ownership, claiming the money that goes through it is tax exempt. Something stinks really bad here and it smells like UH-Manoa.