We stayed here for the second week of our honeymoon and it was such a great, stylish, and super clean space! We previously stayed on Oahu and it was a pleasant relief to be a few degrees cooler in the evenings since volcano is a higher elevation, but being some long cover ups or a robe if you get chilly :) we originally booked thinking Volcano would be a great location to explore the volcano National Park - this was closed due to activity but we still found plenty to do and were helped by Shannon’s recommendations. Big island still isn’t all that big so there is no issue doing day trips to the other side of the island from Volcano 😊 our top recommendations would be stargazing on Mauna Kea, snorkelling with mantas and a helicopter tour over the rift zone, and snorkelling at at Two Step (we saw a turtle both days!)! Volcano farmers market is also cute and super welcoming to tourists.
Shannon was a great, super responsive host who is nearby to quickly fix any issues but totally respected our privacy. She was also very assuring over messages before our trip when I was worried about the volcano and earthquakes. The place is completely safe, not far from where earthquakes are happening regularly - you can feel them but they are very slight and the cottage feels very safe. From someone who was previously worried I can say it was nothing to worry about, if anything it was exciting to experience our first (low magnitude) earthquakes! Thank you!!🤙