What a wonderful experience we had at Heidi's cottage! The cottage is located just a few minutes walk from the Manini Beach Park in a small and quiet neighborhood. The cottage is clean, has a well stocked kitchen (coffee beans and fresh fruit was provided by Heidi upon our arrival) with a gas stove and a microwave, very comfortable queen beds in the 2 bedrooms, a porch which overlooks the front yard (with a few chairs on the grass as well), a large walk-in shower with a window and a second bathroom with a toilet only. The cottage was perfect for our family of 3. We cooked several meals at the cottage and we used the small gas BBQ. The grocery stores in town are expensive but offer a good selection. We liked the KTA market the best. There are several fruit stands around; one is walkable on the left of the cottage, it offered delicious lemons and avocados (honor system) while we were there. We enjoyed the poke from Reel Aloha poke and fish co. and the fish tacos from Shaka Tacoz.
We were thrilled to find beach towels, beach chairs, an umbrella, coolers and snorkel gear with fins available for use. We spent most days hiking (The Captain Cook monument hike was a killer!) in the morning with beach time in the afternoon. Two step was a great place to snorkel. The water was a bit rough at Manini Beach Park during our days there but we did get to snorkel briefly.
We enjoyed many sunsets on the beach or at the boat launch and fell asleep listening to the coqui frogs.