You can't beat this location. We requested a cottage with a bath tub and incidentally it had a view of the ocean. That was a nice surprise to wake up to. It was cottage #1 :-)
I think due to covid and the time of year there didn't seem to be much going on as far as yoga and activities on the campus, but the location was very close to Pahoa, which had some yummy places (Kleo's & Tin Shack) to eat and close to Volcano Park (eat at Thai Thai) and Hilo (botanical gardens there was mind blowing!). Right down the road on Saturday there was a cool farmers market at Uncle Roberts.
The pool and hot tub were very nice to relax to after a long day of exploring and the coffee at the gift shop was delicious. They open at 8am so if you're having jet lag and waking up early bring your own tea or coffee. The shop had nice gifts and snacks. The campus also had a FREE shop where I scored lotion.
The cottage itself was beautiful and clean, but come prepared. There was fridge, safe and microwave, two plastic cups, fans, sheets and towels. There was no cutlery or toiletries. No TV.
The Wifi did not work in the cottage, only at the pool and the gift shop, which is not a bad thing. I read so many books!
If you are planning on checking in after the shop closes (after 6pm) make sure you have all your check in info with you. We did not have the late check in info when we left Kona and by the time we got it we had no service so once we arrived everything was closed, there was a gate and we didn't have the password to open the date and we didn't know the wifi password so we couldn't check out airBnB info. Luckily a nice person was in the shop after hours and opened it up for us late to check us in. She was so nice and helpful! Thank God she was there otherwise we may have had to sleep in our car!
We would definitely stay here again. Great area, nice people, good vibe. Oh and there are wild pigs running around which was trippy and exciting. We also saw a Hawaiian hawk on the campus, too!