KONA CLIFF HOUSE:
I have some favorites about this place Kona Cliff House perched far up on a Hawaii hillside overlooking a long 180 degree wide coastline gentling off into the distant blue horizon. These favorites grew on me during my four days stay with my girlfriend. The kitchen is a jewel of reflective surfaces including a big generous stainless steel fridge to keep your fresh papayas and perfectly cold beverages. There is a desk to work or journal at. The bed is super comfortable and with all the louvres and screened sliding doors open all night and the ceiling fan on low, you get that uninterrupted all night soothing white noise of the waves below all along the coast. Best sleep inducer in the world. Another favorite is the long “African” veranda stretching from one side of the Kona Cliff House to the other facing the ocean. This veranda space is perfect to completely relax with the view which, for me was good from sunrise to sunset, the ocean clouds changing all day long. And the breeze. And the surrounding quiet. And each sunset is different each evening.
Cliff House is a luxurious easing into relaxation and meditation, a retreat on a steep mountain side covered in flowering trees and shrubs. And for those of you who like meditation, serenity, being surrounded by the beauty and sounds of Nature, this is a quiet gem. You’ve found it. The next favorite for me is the myriad birds of many species singing all around me in the morning. I have rarely heard so many birds, like various heartbeats in an asymmetrical chorus singing, cooing, chirping and twittering! Beautiful and alive. Birds are fewer and fewer it seems on our world (I travel a lot) and so this is a treat. Another thing I really enjoyed was the long staircase all lit up at night it’s whole ascending length from garage to veranda. A light switch at one end and at the other, so super easy to switch on and off at night.
Everybody has their own preferred menu of what they love in a vacation BNB. So I expect what I emphasize here will resonate wonderfully with some and maybe not with others. So this review is part of the rainbow of description and those of you who read this will know you have found the place for not only enjoying yourself but for true healing as well. For me Nature, beauty, breezes, comfort, privacy, cleanliness and an uncluttered meditative atmosphere is what I want. And a breathtaking view... So on the spectrum of what I want in a BNB in the Hawaiian islands, this is a perfect gem for coming back in alignment with Nature at its best and with myself. Nature is the great unwinder, unraveler, and inviting all of us who are open to it, to come to a place of being at home with ourselves, finally relaxed, feeling quietly good inside and once again becoming aware of all that we have to be grateful for. Kona Cliff House is that invitation to that inner and outer balance and contentment if that is what you are looking or longing for. And then all around you are the many “things to do” on the Big Island. We toured around spontaneously, did the eating adventure, enjoyed the shopping for the perfect little items, and let the flow take us there all over the Big Islands 5 micro climates... Enjoy! Aloha. Mahalo.