Keaau Place — Hotel in Hawaii

It is very easy to feel completely at home here. Every amenity you are used to is available, ranging from a fully equipped kitchen and a washing machine (with soap!) to a pair of umbrellas that came in extremely handy during what was apparently the wettest season of the year.||||Ideal place for a base HQ -- about 20 min to Hilo, 40 min to Volcanoes NP, an hour to Mauna Kea. Perfect place to relax people, in a semi-isolated suburban setting. Ideal for 1 or 2 people plus a kid.||||Some logistical notes:||-- Check in time is 2pm. My flight was due to land early, so I called the caretakers and they managed to get the suite ready by 11:30. (I hadn't realized what a massive effort it must have taken them to do that until I got there and saw the place -- it was astonishingly spic and span.)||-- Check out (by 10am) couldn't be easier -- you just leave.||-- Both Apple and Google maps give you perfect directions, which I was (needlessly) worried about in case I had to get there late at night. Easy to get to, easy to recognize when you get there (there's a green reflective road sign at the front of the driveway), and the directions they send you by email are quite comprehensive.||-- The room lock is via a passcode which is sent to you a few days ahead of arrival. You punch in the numbers, which unlocks the deadbolt. Twist it open, then the door knob, and you are in. Locking it is a similar process -- hit the "space bar" key, which activates the deadbolt, turn it, give it a few seconds to deactivate, and that's it.||-- There is parking for two large car/SUVs or three compacts to the left side of the driveway, ample for the two suites that are on the property.||-- Wifi was easy to connect to, and was quite fast.||-- There is plenty of utensils and "emergency" rations in the kitchen, but you may want to lay in your own supplies of coffee and...

After a month at sea in a steel bunk, and a night in an airport hotel in Honolulu, I arrived at Keeau Place. It's roomy, close to Hawaii Volcanoes N.P., the windows opened to let the breeze through, and it was quiet. And I could cook in the full kitchen, look at the forest from the roomy back porch, and be still after a long research cruise and flying for days at a time. |Keeau Place is just down the road from the grocery and a few restaurants in Keeau, and I've never felt at home so fast outside of backwoods New Mexico. |Next to the door were a couple of adjustable walking sticks. I figured they were there because I'd need them, and I did--on the Kilauea trails and on the slopes of Mauna Loa where the road is cut by the flows of 2018. |Keeau Place is ideal if you're kind of quiet and introspective, if you want to go somewhere without thundering traffic and blinking lights. I frequently think of my 2 nights there and feel like I should come back to...

Cozy place to stay. This place was nice and relaxing. It had almost everything you could need. It's location seemed a bit far from most tourists attractions but we managed. (Ended up putting 1,200 miles on our rental jeep)

The pillows we comfy but the bed was a bit lopsided and we slept at the opposite side of the headboard because of this. No oven but the unit did have a hotplate, microwave, full fridge & freezer, toaster oven, purified water spout, washer, dryer, private parking area, personal bathroom, air-conditioning (which worked well), travel brochures, indoor & outdoor dining areas, smart tv (with Roku), loveseat, etc. It really had almost everything you could need. The only things that were missing for us- box fan for noise while sleeping, full body mirror, and blackout curtains on all windows. Other than that we had...