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Old Feb 17, 2011, 8:12 pm
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rtom
 
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Originally Posted by rtom
I'm starting to think about renting a car for a trip to the Big Island in August.

In 2006 we were careful to rent from a company that allows driving on the saddle road, and we took advantage of that to park at the 9000-ft visitor center at Mauna Kea and then hike up to the top.

I'd like to be able to do this again, but I can't remember which rental car company we used, and things may have changed since 2006 anyway.

So, does anybody knpw for sure which companies are currently allowing driving on the saddle road?

Thanks for any advice.

OK, I will start checking out KOA-based agencies one by one to answer my own question and I will post results in the hope this will be of use to others.

First out of the gate: a friendly Alamo rep called the KOA office and verified that saddle road driving is OK with Alamo.
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