We stayed at Kai’s place for 3 days and 4 nights. We arrived Saturday late night and our GPS took us down quite a windy road all the way to the ocean. It was a little hard to find in the dark, but we figured it out based on Kai’s directions that we received by email. The location of Hale Kai is amazing- the whole neighborhood is abundant with tropical trees, nice houses and many animals and birds. It takes a few minutes to walk to the Manini beach, where we went swimming, snorkeling and paddle boarding. It is also only 10 minutes drive to the famous hike to Captain Cook monument. If you’re into hiking and exploring wilderness, you should do it!
The house itself was clean, cosy and comfortable. We highly enjoyed our stay there. It is an A-frame shaped studio which has everything we needed. What we personally liked the most was the kitchen. Being vegan it was really important for us to be able to make our own food and enjoy Hawaiind fruits and vegetables. We went to a local farmer’s market on Sunday morning which is also only 10-15 min drive from Hale Kai.
Kai was an amazing host because he was very responsive to all our needs and gave us all the information we needed. On Monday night we got to all hang out at Humpy’s listening to his girlfriend Kimberly June perform life. It was such a pleasure.
We highly recommend everyone who comes to the Kona side of the island to stay with Kai and explore the local area. It is impossible not to fall in love with.