If you are going to stay near Hilo, stay at Hale Palma. It is your own separate house with a lot of privacy, including a beautiful garden which blocks the view of the host's house. It felt like we had our own private villa with no neighbors. Besides that, it is incredibly clean, bug free, and new. Charles and Kathy gave us several recommendations of things to do which saved us money and made our experiences on this side of the island much better. There are many more positives I could write about, but instead I will just say that our experience could not have been better.