this place was lovely- the views are AMAZING. i had a pueo (hawaiian owl) visit me TWICE (and i only stayed 3 nights).
i will say it is 30 minutes from main captain cook and 35 from kealakekua bay. there are really no restaurants nearby so you either have to stay in town for dinner or you have to cook at home (and bring all the groceries with you). i was not aware it was so far away from coffee shops/dinner/etc... but the views and private beach are amazing!
make sure you rent snorkel gear- i had thought the beach gear included this but it did not (my oversight). you can snorkel at the private beach and i saw a giant rainbow parrot fish! quite amazing.
there are many stairs to climb! i was prepared for this but did not realize there was no a/c to cool down after. yet i went to beach for cold dip and all was good. only time i wanted a/c was after bringing bags up so it was totally fine
super comfy bed, great kitchen. could use a blender :)
you have to dump your own garbage - which i was not aware in this area of hawaii they do not have garbage service. the local place was not open the day i was leaving- only open tues/thurs/sat i believe (i could have days wrong) and i was flying out Friday morning. the sweet neighbor offered to drop it for me which was so kind. i do feel for a $185 cleaning fee they can have the housekeeper drop the garbage instead of ask us to and charge us if we do not (just my 2 cents)
definitely a beautiful place for a retreat and/or romantic getaway and overall i did enjoy staying here and would come back with less luggage (i was on island for 3 weeks so had a fair amount of stuff to carry up) and would spend some time here relaxing and not driving around and sometime closer to town to do all the things <3
i will say seeing a pueo (Hawaiian owl) was a highlight of my trip and i don't know if i would have seen it had i stayed closer to busy town. between that and the sunset and quiet & peace of this place - it was a lovely birthday retreat.