Raul and Stefanie’s guest house is perfect in every way; open, spacious, clean, secure, comfy, and has everything you need!
We started our exploration of the Big Island on the East side to visit Volcanoes National Park and the waterfalls/beaches/lava tubes in and around the Hilo. This guest house was the perfect location. We spent one full day exploring the National Park and the next day hitting the waterfalls, lava tube, and Carlsmith/Richardson beach Parks in Hilo. We checked out early the following morning and made our way back to the Kona side traveling down the southern side hitting the black sand Punalu’u beach and then Papakolea, the green sand beach.
The guesthouse was super clean and had all the comforts of home. We fully enjoyed the use of the kitchen, washer/dryer, and relaxing on the couch and chair in the evenings. The bathroom was very well equipped with a very nice shower head with plenty of water pressure, dispensers for shampoo, conditioner, and body wash as well. Rail and Stefanie even provided two loofahs that were tucked in with the super plush bath towels.
The bathroom toilet is also equipped with a bidet seat. It was my first experience with one and it was easy to figure out how to operate. Let’s just say I’ll be looking into installing one when I get back home ☺️. If that’s not your thing, you can just go ahead and take care of business as usual and completely ignore the features.
Getting in and out of the property was a breeze, the coded door lock was convenient and the clicker for the security gate at the front of the driveway we kept in the car made coming and going quick and efficient.
If you’re looking for things to do, places to go, or what to eat, I really recommend taking a look at the property guestbook Raul and Stefanie put together. In addition to house info, they included a very comprehensive list of local sites, activities, shops, and restaurants in the area. At least 90% of our itinerary was in the guestbook.
We thoroughly enjoyed staying here and it will certainly be a place to remember; easily one of the best places we’ve stayed in so we hope to return again in the future!