Home near Volcano National Park, Hilo, Lower Puna with Kehena Black Sand Beach

You will be staying in a traditional style Hawaiian home built off the ground on post and peer for improved airflow and privacy. While traditional in construction, the home reflects a midcentury influence with open concept great room with the stepdown sunken living room, dining room, and kitchen all in one and exposed vaulted wood ceiling throughout.Large primary bedroom boast a generous king size bed and private en-suite three quarters bathroom with shower, double closet, television with Chromecast, and a work station. Fiber optic WIFI and printer available on premises. The primary bedrooms balcony overlooks the Sunken lower garden with terraced lava stone walls, exposed lava flows, and tropical fruit trees and exotic foliage.The secondary bedroom has memory foam full size bed and large closet. The spacious second bath has a full sized bathtub and shelving with complementary toiletries, hairdryer, and beach towels.The sunken living room has seating for 6 with sleeper sofa, which opens to full size bed for two, television with Roku, and oversized windows with views of the tropical gardens, are ideal for reading, watching tv, hanging out, and entertaining.The kitchen is part of the open concept great room with the Livingroom, dining room, and kitchen all in one. The kitchen offers full size refrigerator, electric range, double sink, microwave, toaster oven, coffee station, fully stocked with pots, pans, utensils, and dished. The oversize multiple purpose carport typifies old Hawaii outdoor living doubling as parking, dining, hanging out, and laundry with dining table for 6, washer and dryer station, and clothes line. Laundry soap and clothes pins provided. Home updated with new paint, doors, hardware, flooring, lighting, and fans.Guest access:The guest have exclusive use of the home in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Country living central to Hilo, Volcano National Park, and Lower Puna. Coqui frogs sing you to sleep. Great home base for adventure or work from home with high speed fiberoptic WiFi. Washer/dryer, television/Netflix, no a/c, Property has avocado, tangerine, limes, lemons, jabuticaba, grumichama, mangos, mountain apple, breadfruit, lilikoi, pineapple, papaya, coconut, tropical plants. Hosts live at secluded end of property.Host/Home owner lives in separate home secluded at rear of property accessed by shared driveway one one acre. Landscaping provides privacy giving the impression of being in a tropical rainforest and obscures views of other homes from within the home.The Big Island of Hawaii is rural with a variety of life styles from apartment dwellers in the towns of Hilo and Kailua-Kona, to suburbs, and farmstead. Across the board you will find the people of Hawaii focus on Ohana (family) and quality of life reflected in leisure activity. Much natural beauty abounds from lush jungles and pine forests, to vast open deserts. Something for ever person and mood.As a caretaker of this beautiful island, the host invites guest to recycle and contribute food waist to create compost rich soil for organic farming. It is voluntary not required. Home furnishings and accessories are chosen for their environmental impact, sourced locally rather than purchasing third world mass produced goods distributed through national retail chains.

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total).

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Located in the heart of Keaau, this holiday home is 2.8 mi (4.5 km) from Hobby Garden Hawaii and within 9 miles (15 km) of HiÊ»iaka’s Healing Hawaiian Herb Garden and Fuku-Bonsai Cultural Center. Pahoa Museum and Kilauea Caverns of Fire are also within 9 miles (15 km).