This was a perfect location to stay in to explore the canyon. Waimea is a sleepy town, but we enjoyed the quietness. You can hear the ocean waves while you sleep. The beach down the street is perfect for sunsets and the grocery store and a great restaurant are at the other end of the street.
While you are staying at an inn, you don’t have a true inn feel, and is more like an air bnb. The check-in is a few blocks away and the common spaces of the inn are still owned by a local church.
For shave ice lovers, we fell in love with JoJo’s and went there every day of our three days there. Delicious!