Beautiful view, welcome breezes sounds of birds, frogs and waves is what you can expect at Lisa’s place. This home is about 25 minutes from conveniences like Safeway, Target and Walmart. Keep this distance in mind if it’s important for you to have these things closer. Even so, the sights on the Hilo side are plentiful and our family of 4 (parents and two teens) had no problem at all satisfying our curiosities using this house as our base camp. In four days we experienced zip lining, HI Tropical Botanical Garden, Hilo Farmers Market, Akaka Falls, Rainbow Falls, Uncle Robert’s Wednesday night event in Kalapana, plenty of walkable old lava fields, helicopter over the current lava flow in addition to lots of good food; all of this from Lisa’s house. We recommend her home as an excellent value. Thank you Lisa! We had a great time on the Hilo side!