We stayed 4 days, using the Hideaway as our base camp to explore Hilo, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and the entire southeast and southwest coasts of the island.

It was a new experience for us to be living in a house that only has screened windows, no window glass, (except the bedroom). We really were "in the rain forest". Even in late October, and even when it was raining outside, the cottage was very comfortable.

The cottage is clean, and well equipped. We didn't do any cooking because we loved the restaurants in the cute little town of Pahoa, but we could have. We used the beach towels, beach mats, and snorkel equipment and appreciated not needing to rent things.

The carport was nice to be able to get ourselves and our stuff into and out of the car on 2 rainy evenings.

Connie and Andrew met us on the first evening to give us keys and provide information. We were out exploring, and just kept them informed about our arrival time as our day and evening proceeded. They were very flexible, and friendly. We didn't need anything after that, but they were available by phone if we had.

Yes there are mosquitos, and coqi frogs. We were careful to not let mosquitos into the house, and closing the bedroom window and doors muffled the frog chirps for sleeping.