If you are looking for a nice countryside getaway, this is the place! I'm a country boy who has been living in the big city for several years now and it was a literal breath of fresh air to get back out to nature and unplug for a few days. My friends and I had several things planned for our weekend trip to the neighbor island, however, we ended up scraping some of those plans in order to just stay at the house, relax and talk story as friends. There are several amenities on the property but we put the hot tub and pool table to the most use.
The location was perfect for our needs being midway between Kilauea (erupting volcano) and Hilo in the Mountain View area, which was central to about 90% of the things we did do. Thankfully we were close enough the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park that it made a night trek to the park to see the erupting lava very convenient and let us go out a little later and still get home fairly early. We were able to check off a big item from our bucket list this trip!
Nani and Joe (and Ka La) were excellent hosts and very friendly and helpful. Nani's fresh banana bread and lilikoi butter were amazing and I hope that I get the chance to try it again. The dog was very friendly and very well behaved the entire time we were there. The home is down an unpaved road a bit, so having a crossover vehicle or higher clearance vehicle is recommended, but not necessary. Other than having to slow down, it wasn't really a hinderance.
I will keep this booking in mind for future getaways if staying in the same area! Mahalo nui loa Nani and Joe!