Great place to stay near Beach 69, A-bay, and Hapuna Park. You're within 20 minutes of 2 of the best beaches and snorkeling, and walking distance from a third. There a restaurant next door and two shopping centers within a 2 minute drive, including a food store, restaurants, clothes (if you forget towels sandals or a bathing suit), a gas station, and even motorcyle/slingshot rental place. Washer/dryer in the condo is a great addition. 4 towels, a beach bag, umbrellas and a few other beach items are at the ready. FYI Costco in kona usually has Snorkel masks/flipper combos, luau shirts, towels, etc if you want to buy things on the island and not travel with them. I recommend doing a Mauna Kea summit tour with Hawaii Forest and Trail, and a helicopter tour of the island with Mauna Loa Helicopters. There's a Luau just down the road, buy tickets in advance for all those activities!