If you are here to enjoy nature (which you should be since you are staying on Big island / Hawaii island), this place basically enhances everything about enjoying the nature. As you can probably read from the description of the place, it is located in the middle of the rainforest. It is at least 20 min away from the gas station / small convenience store, and probably around 30 min away from the grocery store.
You will basically tell that you are in a remote area once you start driving the unpaved road to get to the place.
However, as you are far away from basically everything, you get to truly enjoy nature. Especially, inside his purposely built home with big windows and nice little touches all around inside the house. It is really pretty and beautifully staged. I can tell how much effort Joshua put in to perfect the place.
Until now, I only thought there were two types of Airbnb properties:
- Owner wants to utilize his place to make quick bucks (usually on the cheaper side, basically just usable and not so clean)
- Owner is more serious with the Airbnb business and probably manages multiple properties for Airbnb (Feels more like a hotel, well cleaned through cleaning services)
But after visiting Joshua's place, I see that this is a new type of property: the owner loves his place and wants to share his work with other people.
This was truly one of the very few unique experiences that I've had, and really wish there were more listings like this near my hometown so I can visit more often.
Also as it is in a very remote area, the place is very well stocked.