Our stay on the Big Island started and ended at the Paliuli Farm: just the way it should be. What a wonderful place. The hosts get to live on this beautiful coffee farm all the time. So great that they could share it with us for a few days. The grounds are a farm loaded with tropical fruit and trees. The day and night sounds of birds and frogs are exotic and soothing at the same time. It sits 1000 feet above the ocean but still close enough to see whale spouts. The cottage was very comfortable. We stayed in both the Jacaranda and the Plumeria rooms and found them both very comfortable. There is a nice shared bathroom and the shared kitchen is very well equipped. There is a large ocean view lanai next to the kitchen. We enjoyed our many conversations with our wonderful hosts very much. They both went out of their way to make our stay comfortable.