We loved our 9 day stay at the Rainforest Yellow Hibiscus cottage!

My wife and I stayed with our two teenagers and we found the accommodations to be compact (for what was essentially four adults), but perfectly livable.

The site itself is in a beautiful part of Hawaii's rain forest. It is remote from vehicular traffic, and very calm and peaceful. The ocean is just visible in the distance, and it is a short drive to the various beaches and other coastal activities. It is really is a very green and beautiful part of the world. It's also convenient to the trail head for the lava viewing from the ongoing Kilauea activity (which we did not get to see on this trip).

The climate (mid-August) ranged between the mid-70's to the mid-80's. The cottages do not have air conditioning, but it is not needed, simply keeping the screened windows open is sufficient to keep the internal temperatures down. Yes, it does rain in the rain forest. It rained pretty much every night, and we loved it!

Wi-Fi is provided, but it is worth pointing out that all four cottages share the Wi-Fi connection, and there is a daily quota in place at the ISP (so this is not the place to stream Netflix movies). There is plenty of bandwidth available for regular internet use, checking email, general web browsing, etc. We found that mobile phone coverage is pretty minimal at the property, something to keep in mind (it did not really bother us, the provided Wi-Fi was sufficient for our needs).

The location is a few miles from the town of Pahoa. Pahoa features a collection of funky clothes stores, book stores, coffee shops and eateries, with a more modern section on the far edge of town with a Longs Drugs, Ace Hardware gas station and super market. The main high street has a charming, wild west/frontier town looking main shopping drag. Here you'll find Sirius Coffee (independent coffee store and cyber cafe), Luquin's Mexican bar and grill, Kaleo's seafood bar and grill and more. We had good luck in each of these establishments, and made return to trips to each.

Our teens made friends with Oskar the cat, who was as friendly as advertised.

Overall, we were very impressed. The cottages are well equipped and maintained and we totally enjoyed our stay. Looking forward to the next visit!