Kathryn started hosting the second we booked her place, sending tons of great information about the island, the unit, the volcano, and even the Hawai'ian language. She was flexible about our check-in time, which ended up being rather late. In fact, when I finally got cell signal back around 8:30pm to tell her we were finally on our way, she asked if we'd eaten and advised us to get a bite before driving up to Volcano. She suggested we go see the Kilauea lava lake that night too, since the level was unusually high and could actually be seen from the viewpoint. If she hadn't said something, we would have missed a killer sight. When we finally met her the morning we checked out, we had a nice chat and once again she gave us great advice, steering us toward Sunday brunch at Kilauea Lodge. You can tell Kathryn is really passionate about Hawai'i.
The unit was as clean and beautiful as advertised, and we woke up both mornings to soothing jungle sounds. A really unique place to stay while visiting Volcanoes National Park.