Our blue ginger cottage was one of the most prettiest places that we stayed in so far. There are skylights and at night you will hear the frogs and rain outside. We enjoyed picking the fruit outside and I got some nice photos in the area. Don't expect to have good internet here since you're in the rainforest. Kalapana is really close, it helped a lot because we were so tired from hiking to the lava flow. Volcanoes national park is about 45 min away, Hilo is 30 min away, and pahoa village is close by where you can go to the restaurants and some shops. Overall we really enjoyed our stay at the puna rainforest retreat.