Great location for people who plan to experience various activities in the Big Island within a short period -- snorkeling, hiking, or sampling the 100% Kona coffee (good coffee, but certainly one of the most expensive coffees in the World). Visitors can even do a short early morning snorkeling in the Kailua Bay and then go to one of Hawaii's best snorkeling spots in the Kealakekua Bay near Captain Cook monument (plus a moderate hike along the Kona coffee coast slope), and yet, still have time to do six-mile round trip hiking to the Papakolea Green Sand Beach (unique geologic oddity), all within one day. Erika’s place has a reserved parking and all the cooking stuff and ingredients, and it is so close to the downtown, where visitors can taste local Hawaiian food EVERY evening. We were fortunate enough, when we were there, to take the Kokua Kailua Village stroll on a Sunday afternoon, and to participate in a true ‘Hawaiian Bazaar’ in the Historic Downtown Core of Kailua Kona.