My husband and kids (age 16,13,and 11) kept saying they love the jungle bungalow. The bungalow is indeed in jungle , with all the lush and natures, yet very organized and mature neighbourhood
Location is very close to Hilo town, less than 10 min drive we will be in town center.
Laura house is super clean and decorated with styles, taste and thoughts(not like cheap or generic commercial decor) , we really feel we are in a magazine page.
Laura has whole house “equipped “ with amenities and way beyond. Eg: Hand-made soap, handmade spray, toys, cooler,snorkels, shopping bag, firstaid box, coffee and herbal tea, funny-face mask for pictures ... feels like she is preparing for her own children / grandchildren with the longing for their visits.
Laura prepared an exhaustedly-detailed binder with local informations, Resturant manu, her own descriptions and her map of the nearby places(eg, temperature of beach water) ......And she and Mike gave us many valuable advice during our stay.
Almost everyday, Mike and Laura will gave us some fruits from backyard or from market. Imagine you come
Back from your trip and a bowl of fresh fruits await you at the door, it made you feel you are not just traveling, rather you are visiting. They truly made us feeling at home.
We experienced “Hawaii missile warning “at bungalow. Laura and Mike are very calm, they instructed us to fill up that bath tub as much as we can, and get to their basement within 20min. Laura said many times : we stored food and water. We spent the 48 mins together, no one is panic.
I told my children many times, when Laura and Mike invited us to go down to their basement, they are not just provide a shelter, they are also planing to share the essentials(water and food) with us.
But pls don’t take it as I rated this house highly just because of their kindness of offering shelter. Their house is truly amazing, we slept in the half-open house with large area of screen, listening to the birds and frogs and brushed by the jungle breeze. All my rating are genuine. By telling this I just want you to know you are with good people.

The bungalow and its hosts formed a big part of our trip. We can image our children telling these to their children in the years to come.