Manta Rays in Kona, Hawaii: Meet the Gentle Giants of the Kona Coast
Imagine floating on the surface of the Pacific Ocean after sunset. The water beneath you glows. Then a dark shape emerges from the blue. It grows larger. Closer. Suddenly, an enormous manta ray sweeps beneath you with its mouth open, feeding on microscopic plankton before banking gracefully away. Welcome to one of Kona’s most extraordinary […]
Manta Village Kona: The Accidental Discovery That Became a World-Famous Manta Ray Experience
Some of Hawaii’s greatest experiences were never planned. Manta Village, just offshore from Keauhou Bay on the Kona Coast of Hawaii Island, is one of them. Today, visitors travel from around the world to float beneath the stars while enormous reef manta rays glide, turn and somersault through illuminated water below them. But the […]
What to Expect on a Manta Ray Night Tour at Manta Village, Kona Hawaii
If you’ve booked a manta ray tour in Kona — or you’re about to — here is exactly what happens from the moment you arrive at the dock to the moment you’re back on shore with hot cocoa and a story. Before You Arrive Sign your digital waiver online before you come. You’ll receive a […]
How Kona’s Manta Ray Snorkel Tour Was Born
How Kona’s Manta Ray Snorkel Tour Was Born Manta ray snorkeling at Manta Village off Keauhou Bay in Kailua-Kona began as a scuba-only activity. The modern commercial surface-snorkel format — where groups of non-certified guests float face-down at the surface holding a lighted Manta Flotation Device while manta rays feed below them — was pioneered […]
What Is It Like to Swim with Manta Rays at Night in Kona
Nobody tells you it’s quiet. That’s the first thing. You’re lying horizontal on the surface of the ocean at night, the light board glowing beneath you, and it’s completely quiet except for the gentle sound of your own breathing through the snorkel. And then, out of the darkness below, something the size of a dining […]
