A great location for Volcano National Park - not even a 5 min drive and an easy walk along the hard shoulder of the highway if you don’t have a car (and feel safe to do so). In addition - really easy to walk into the main village for various food and drink options. We drove to Mauna Kea in 1hr 20 (to the visitors centre) and down to Black Sand Beach in about 40 mins. We’ve stayed in Hilo previously but from now on we will stay in Volcano for this side of the island. The washing machine was a god send. Even though there was a dryer - we dried our clothes outside in no time as we were blessed with sunny weather.