If you’re looking to truly “get away” and immerse yourself in a lush tropical hideout where the sights, sounds, and smells of the island will envelop you from dawn till dusk and back again, this is it – congrats! Now book it before it’s gone.
If, on the other hand, you’d rather keep the natural world a safe distance away while you snooze on a pillow top mattress with the AC set to precisely 67 degrees – if it’s any warmer, you won’t get proper rest ahead of your carefully vetted and sequenced agenda – you may want to look for more traditional accommodations in Hilo or Kona.
Be mindful that, due to the 2018 lava flows, some roads are cut off and thus you may have to go the long way to reach certain attractions (e.g. Volcanoes Nat’l Park). Also, this being one of the more remote corners of the island, everything is a 30+ min drive away, so you’ll probably want to plan your excursions together for the whole day to avoid coming back and forth. But the nature in that neck of the woods — black sand beaches, tropical jungles, jagged sea cliffs — is spectacular, and the blurred line between outdoor/indoor at this “ohana” unit invite you to leave your other plans behind!