Our family have just had the most amazing time staying on the South Kohola coast, which was made all the better by our decision to stay at Shane and Danni's place. It may be a cliche, but for us their place truly was "a home away from home"! Their home is spotlessly clean, spacious, cool and airy and located in a very quiet and lovely neighbourhood that has wonderful views up to Mauna Kea and down to the ocean. My kids loved the pool table and the huge array of books to read in the evenings. Shane and Budddy gave us lots of great info on all the big island has to offer, and we were thrilled with their recommendations. They even offered to loan us cold weather gear for our trip up Mauna Kea, and Buddy invited my kids over to join him and his friends to play laser tag (sorry, Ryan was sick that evening, but Neve had a blast!). We made great use of the body boards, snorkels and other beach gear that Shane provided. Our local recommendations are Maunakea beach, beach 69 (great for snorkelling), stargazing at Mauna Kea and beautiful Waipi'o valley (not exactly local but not that far and not to be missed!). Thank you Shane, Danni and Buddy for making our stay so wonderful, we can't wait to come back.