We throughly enjoyed our stay. This place was very cute, especially we enjoyed the shower. Check in was easy, location was great & bed was comfy. I would cherish sleeping with background rainforest noise (birds chirping etc.) and sitting outside with my wife. There is lovely backyard garden.
If you don’t like rainforest noise, they have white noise machine as well.
Place doesn’t have AC(correctly mentioned in listing) so we were concerned (especially because we first visited Kona which was quite hot), but temp was much lower in this area. Fan & open windows were quite sufficient to cool down the room.
It is 20 min from Hilo, so not bad at all. It is very close to Umauma and Akaka falls. You can walk to Hakalau beach park from this place. Moreover by staying in Hakalau you will be in center of attractions in north and south. Also, You will get a great value because this place is (kind of) in rainforest with a great sea view.
We liked the neighborhood (very safe and friendly people). Karla has prepared really nice list of local attractions (great thing is they are grouped in north & south). I would definitely recommend your place and will return if I am ever back.