After hosting the Bachelor for 19 seasons, Chris Harrison knows a thing or two about good TV. In fact, the 43-year-old star, who announced his split from wife Gwen Jones in May 2012 after 18 years and two children together, has even entertained the notion of having his ex-wife star as the next Bachelorette.
Manta Snorkel. 1  Major airports are in Kailua-Kona (KOA) and Hilo (ITO) â¦ Kona is where most tourists stay, but Hilo is the county seat. 2  Population â 186,700. 3  It is the by far the largest island in the Hawaiian chain.  Honolulu isnât on the Big Island â¦ itâs on Oahu.
Locations & History. The dive site â Manta Village â is located near the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa (formerly Kona Surf Hotel) in Keauhou on the West Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.â Manta Village â is the original site where everything started back in the early 70's, when the Kona Surf Hotel opened.n May 2000, the Kona Surf Hotel was closed and the lights were turned off. The Manta Rays stopped frequenting the area until the resort re-opened as the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa in October 2004.