wow, if I can pick one place to stay again it would be Kaeo & Karl eco hale in tropical forest. As a person that works in hospitality all my life I really appreciate all the details and little things that surprised us from day one until the last day of our stay. I am big nature lover and staying in a place like this was a dream, beautiful garden and song of the forest after it gets dark were experience for itself. If you want to see real Big Island and real Hawaii this is place for you to stay, we spend most of our time on South and East side of the Island and last day we visited Kona and I was so happy that I did not stay there because it had classic American tourist town vibe that you can find in Florida or anywhere else in continental US and that is not what you want from Hawaii. Also be sure to "pack light" for this Island and once you get here be sure to read article that is hanged on the back of the entrance door. This Island is really big as the name says and it can get you overwhelmed on day 1 with all the plans in your head, just go with the flow and let things to happen , take left instead of right and be adventurous. thank you Kaeo and Karl once again, we will never forget this experience and hopefully will be back soon with extra member of family 😀