Iris and Robert are some of the most amazing people we’ve ever met! They are so welcoming, friendly, and helpful. We cannot say enough good things about them and their home, but we will try! We stayed from Dec. 1-9, 2017 and it was like a home away from home! As our first Air BnB experience, Iris and Robert set the bar of expectations so very, very high! Their home was perfect and pristinely clean. We had so much space to come home to relax in and the bed…. Holy cow…. Sooo comfortable! We loved falling asleep to the Coqui frogs as well! The location was perfect as well! The Kapoho Tide Pools, Champagne Pond, Ahalanui Warm Spring, Isaac Hale Beach Park, and MacKenzie State Park are about 20 minutes up the road. We visited all of those places and they were all worth seeing. We spent many mornings/afternoons snorkeling at the tide pools with the snorkeling gear Iris and Robert so kindly provide! FYI: We left two brand new pairs of water shoes behind hoping future travelers would get use out of them! Kehena Black sand beach is maybe .5 miles down the road and is breathtakingly beautiful! We also spent a great deal of time here relaxing, swimming, and snorkeling as the water is crystal clear most days! That is only the beginning of some of the wonderful things to do right near their home! You also have Uncle Robert’s market on Wednesday nights which is a local hot spot and tons of fun and you can hike to the lava, which is a short drive. Hilo is maybe 30-40 minutes away and there are three different waterfalls you can go see (Rainbow Falls, Waiale Falls, and Pe’epe’e Falls) near there! There was also a really awesome lava tube close to the waterfalls called Kaumana Cave. If you want to explore the cave, bring good flashlights! Definitely use Iris and Robert’s wealth of knowledge and tips and they provide a wonderful guide book that will help you locate all of these sites! If you make it to the Kona side we would definitely recommend trying to find Kikaua and Kuki’o beach. They are absolutely stunning and not overly crowded as they are on “private property.” One thing to note, we avoided the beaches on the weekends, especially on the Pahoa side as there are only a few beaches for the locals to use! Overall, our stay was beyond amazing and Iris and Robert are definitely a key part of that! We would 100% love to come back and would definitely stay with them again. Their attention to detail is incredible. They provide a fantastic back pack, flashlights, ponchos, maps, snorkel gear, boogie boards, bikes, and the list goes on! They had bug spray and sunscreen, which we also left some more of, and it seems they have thought of just about everything! A wind storm happened and knocked out the internet and hot water heater for a day...