Volcano Hale — Attraction in Hawaii

I spent three nights in the Volcano Hale in May, for some hiking and general touristing in the Natl. Park.. I was extremely happy in Volcano Hale! It is a large house, built 1912 and very well kept. There are 5 guest rooms, three full bathrooms, a kitchen with stove, microwave, fridge/freezer and some pots/pants/plates/cups etc. and a very large common area. All is shared (not the rooms of course) and all is very nice and clean. Nicely decorated, too (the piano is only decorative which may be for the better :)). I was in room 311, at the top floor and the view through the windows into the rainforest is spectacular||This is all no-contact and it worked well. Instructions were sent in time and easy to follow. ||Some tips: ||1) I came from the Kona coast and was surprised how cool, no, cold it was in the rainforest! I was quite cold the first night. I emailed the owners (management?) the next morning and they told me where to find another blanket, and also how to use the heater in the room. I had seen it but did not want to use it without explicit permission. After that, the next two nights were great.||2) Food: ||The bad news: Avoid the Kilauea General Store! I paid $10.- for a loaf (16oz) of standard sliced bread, and another $10.- for a small piece (8oz) of Kraft cheese. Either of them would have been $1.50 in a regular supermarket which of course does not exist up there. I noticed that the store does not have any price tags on their merchandise. Now you know why!||The good news: Just go Thai all the way! There are 3 Thai places in Volcano Village. One is a sit-down restaurant (Thai Thai) where I got dinner the first night. Excellent food (I lived many years in So Cal and believe that I know a little about Thai restaurants) and a fair price: less than $30.- for a portion that would be enough for two, or in my case for dinner and breakfast the next morning. The other two are food trucks. I went to Tuk Tuk Thai food truck, at the end of Old Volcano Drive, and it was so good I went back the next day (my last). Excellent quality again, very friendly, and about half the price. Didn't have a chance to try the other food truck.||I will for sure go back to Volcano Hale the next time I'll be...

I spent three nights in the Volcano Hale in May, for some hiking and general touristing in the Natl. Park.. I was extremely happy in Volcano Hale! It is a large house, built 1912 and very well kept. There are 5 guest rooms, three full bathrooms, a kitchen with stove, microwave, fridge/freezer and some pots/pants/plates/cups etc. and a very large common area. All is shared (not the rooms of course) and all is very nice and clean. Nicely decorated, too (the piano is only decorative which may be for the better :)). I was in room 311, at the top floor and the view through the windows into the rainforest is spectacular||This is all no-contact and it worked well. Instructions were sent in time and easy to follow. ||Some tips: ||1) I came from the Kona coast and was surprised how cool, no, cold it was in the rainforest! I was quite cold the first night. I emailed the owners (management?) the next morning and they told me where to find another blanket, and also how to use the heater in the room. I had seen it but did not want to use it without explicit permission. After that, the next two nights were great.||2) Food: ||The bad news: Avoid the Kilauea General Store! I paid $10.- for a loaf (16oz) of standard sliced bread, and another $10.- for a small piece (8oz) of Kraft cheese. Either of them would have been $1.50 in a regular supermarket which of course does not exist up there. I noticed that the store does not have any price tags on their merchandise. Now you know why!||The good news: Just go Thai all the way! There are 3 Thai places in Volcano Village. One is a sit-down restaurant (Thai Thai) where I got dinner the first night. Excellent food (I lived many years in So Cal and believe that I know a little about Thai restaurants) and a fair price: less than $30.- for a portion that would be enough for two, or in my case for dinner and breakfast the next morning. The other two are food trucks. I went to Tuk Tuk Thai food truck, at the end of Old Volcano Drive, and it was so good I went back the next day (my last). Excellent quality again, very friendly, and about half the price. Didn't have a chance to try the other food truck.||I will for sure go back to Volcano Hale the next time I'll be...

We stayed here for three nights. This was the most affordable option I found on the Big Island and it was amazing for us. There’s parking in front of the house by the road for about 6-7 cars. Theres 2-3 rooms downstairs and one bathroom, 2 rooms and a bathroom on the main floor with the kitchen and two rooms up stairs, one of which was ours. We had a nice comfortable room with TV, dehumidifier, drawer to put stuff in and a nice queen bed. Our room had a view of the rainforest and sounds of birds. There’s one bathroom up stairs, so basically you share with the person(s) in the room next to yours. If you want, you can use the other two bathrooms as well. Our neighbor was a quiet nice lady from California. We met a Korean family and a couple from Italy as well. The kitchen, refrigerator and dining table is shared amongst all the guests in the house. Kitchen has mostly all the amenities you need- toaster, microwave, grill, fridge, sink to wash your dishes in and drying rack, utensils and cooking tools. The only thing they could use is an oven. They had a toaster oven on the first day of our stay and then it disappeared. Not sure if it was a guests in the house or if it stopped working. This accommodation worked out great for us but I could see it going horrible if the other guests were horrible (loud, hogged the kitchen, ate your food, brought messy kids). We got lucky. Most of us tend to ourselves and cleaned up after ourselves, making sure to take our towels and personal items from the shared bathrooms, etc. Everyone we stayed with was respectful. We as a couple are actively exploring the area most of the day when we travel so we usually just need a space to sleep and shower. Restaurant prices can break your bank (as we do like to support locals), so eating out all day every day wasn’t feasible for us. We found good deals in Hilo at the local farmers market and a local supermarket nearby. Cooking eggs and rice for breakfast to start out our day and ending the night with homemade tacos or fresh local vegetable stir fry made for an excellent day! So If you are active adventures like we are, we highly...