We had a lovely time at Rene and Bill’s home. We loved coming home from our day trips to the manicured tropical garden and have our evening tea on the lanai. The home itself has all the amenities we needed for our vacation. There were also freshly cut flowers and local snacks provided, which we appreciated.
There is an A/C in the living room to help cool the house when we came back from our day trips. At night we slept with the windows open and usually had a nice breeze and the relaxing sounds of the Coqui frogs. The neighborhood is pretty quiet. This truly felt like a jungle escape.
The home is close to a few attractions such as Lava tree and fissure 8, but for the most part we had to drive about an hour to get to our destination. This worked for us, but if you want to be able to hop over to take some pictures of the volcano at night after the crowds are gone, you should probably stay at Volcano, not out here.
Rene and Bill are available via AirBnB messaging, but because they are overseas, they have local contacts you can contact for a more immediate response. There was a power outage when we were there and the local contact (Lani) helped us resolve some beeping from the alarm panel once the power came back on.
Rene and Bill’s place was a great place for us to relax while exploring the windward side of Hawai’i island.