The jungle and area surrounding this space is beautiful. It speaks for itself, it’s a gorgeous natural space. It’s off the grid completely so, the positive for me was the low carbon footprint for our stay. This Airbnb is all about the natural space, 100%.
This Airbnb is extremely far from Kona (and pretty far from Hilo, too) so it’s a long travel day once you finally arrive. Arriving in the dark is a challenge. It’s easy to miss the post. Try to arrive while it’s still light out because it felt dangerous to drive at night in the rain in this area.
Views are beautiful. The shower water got nice and hot for us. Thank god, because we would have froze without it.
The glaring issue with this space is, it was freezing. I could see my breath every morning and woke up throughout the night shivering. Because of the glass, there is zero insulation. There was no heat, no space heater, no extra blankets, no extra pillows. It was colder than it normally gets, below 45 degrees at night when we stayed. My partner and I almost froze. It was really unfortunate. We wore several layers and still almost froze. I cried.
You need to offer your guests more for this high cost. More toilet paper, towels, pillows, blankets, and a space heater. Even “glamping” tents have the capability to offer small space heaters. This space isn’t livable otherwise.
I will stay somewhere else next time I visit. At least we were able to laugh about our red noses and seeing our breath in the morning. We joked that the guest guide/pamphlet should have just read “good luck.”
Thanks for the memories.