Loki and Frank have a lovely guest house in Waimea — very comfortable in a beautiful garden and enclave with lovely views of Mauna Kea from just up the road. Makes for a great sunset arrival walk! Everything was just as advertised. And the fruit is delicious when in season. We’d absolutely return!
Waimea is such a cool town with a true sense of ongoing community and history, in a beautiful, more temperate climate. It’s just rainy enough to feel like you’re actually in the tropics but not so much as the towns to the east. Enjoy it! Make your way up past the Pololu mountains to Hawi and see the Kohala coast - a wonderful little day trip!