Travel Information Gemini North Hilo Base Facility
How to reach Gemini North Hilo Base Facility
To Gemini North Hilo Base Facility:
- Stay on the exit road from the airport until you view a traffic light.
- At the traffic light, turn LEFT onto Highway 11 also known as Kanoelehua Avenue.
- Stay on Highway 11, in the right-hand lane, proceed through three (3) stoplights, reaching a fork at Puainako Street (Prince Kuhio Plaza is on your left and Tesoro gas station on your right)
- At the light, bear to your RIGHT unto Puainako.
- Continue on Puainako for approximately 3 miles, until you reach Komohana Street at the top of the hill, where Puainako ends at a “T” intersection. Turn right.
- Stay in right-hand lane on Komohana Street until the University Park sign on your right. Turn RIGHT on Nowelo Street.
- Turn LEFT on A’ohoku Place. Gemini North Hilo Base Facility is the first building on your left.
Hilo, Hawai‘i
Accommodation Hilo
To Hotels on Banyan Drive:
- Exit airport, at traffic light turn RIGHT unto Hwy 11 (Kanoelehua Avenue), proceed through next traffic light; Kanoelehua ends, Banyan Drive begins.
- All hotels in Hilo are located on Banyan Drive.
Adrienne Notley (Visitor Support)
(808) 974-2582
anotley@gemini.edu
Bobbi Kikuchi (Sr. Travel Coordinator)
(808) 974-2509
bkikuchi@gemini.edu
Examples of hotels in Hilo
Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
www.castleresorts.com
71 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone: 808-935-9361
Corporate rate starting from $125 plus taxes. Contact Travel Coordinator for reservations. Standard Room King bed, No smoking.
Grand Naniloa Hotel
www.grandnaniloahilo.com
93 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone: 808-969-3333 Reservations: 1-866-238-4218
Request Gemini Corporate Rate Starting from $109 plus taxes
Hilo Seaside Hotel
http://www.hiloseasidehotel.com
126 Banyan Way, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone: 808-935-0821
Gemini Observatory Preferred Card Discount rates start from $69 + tax for Hilo
Dolphin Bay Hotel
http://www.dolphinbayhotel.com
333 Iliahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Hilo: 808-935-1466 Toll Free: 877-935-1466
Examples of hotels in Kona
Kona Seaside Hotel
http://www.konaseasidehotel.com
75-5646 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Phone: 808-329-2455 Toll Free: 800-560-5558 Gemini Observatory Preferred Card Discount rates start from $74 + tax for Kona
Royal Kona Resort
https://www.royalkona.com
75-5282 Alii Drive, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Phone: 808-329-3111
King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel
http://www.konabeachhotel.com/
75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Phone: 808-329-2911
Email: reservations@konabeachhotel.com
Examples of hotels in Honolulu
Honolulu Airport Hotel or Best Western Plaza Hotel
Phone: 800—800-3477
Corporate starting from $99 plus taxes. Contact Gemini Observatory for reservations.
NOTE: All hotel rates are subject to a 14.5% combined state and room tax.
Food Hilo
https://www.lovebigisland.com/hilo/restaurants-and-cafes/
Gabriela Randrup
(808) 974-2500
grandrup@gemini.edu