We absolutely loved our stay at the Bird’s Nest! The house was spotless and self-check-in was easy. We were greeted with a bowl of locally grown fresh fruit and a beautiful flower arrangement on the balcony. We slept on a very comfortable king size mattress, enjoyed our morning coffee on the beautiful deck listening and watching the vast array of birds. We expected to deal with bugs because of the tropical environment but we never saw any during our entire stay inside or outside the house. The coqui frogs were also good neighbors as they liked to put on a “concert” in the evening which we thought sounded cool and then at some point after we had already fallen asleep, they would quiet down in the night and we really didn’t hear them in the morning or afternoon. We picked the bird’s nest because we wanted to experience the east side of the island and bird’s nest was perfect. Volcano National Park is only a thirty minute drive and the town of Hilo was 15-20 minutes. There’s also a couple of other smaller towns nearby. The hosts Khymberly and Josh truly care about their guests and it showed by all the little touches and excellent communication. We would definitely stay here again and hopefully we can.