Custom Cedar Home - Pool - Partial Ocean View - Gated Community

• Guestbook Comment

  Guestbook Comment

  • Guest Bill McGovern
  • Date of stay 09/01/07
  • Review Submitted 09/22/07
  What a great escape! If you love to be near the water and love to snorkel and explore, come on and stay at this wonderful house. The best snorkeling on the Big Island is here with the Champagne Pond two blocks away and a view from the deck like nothing other in the early morning and at night. Stars for days and days to be a star in this great retreat. If you like remote, this is for you. Pahoa, which is about 20 mins away has some great restaurants and a cash only market and a great natural foods store. This place is changing like crazy, so get there before the natural life is all lost. Last 'real' Hawaii is here. The conservation area, which is a short walk or drive, is spectacular with snorkeling pools of splendor. Coral and sealife everywhere. Watch the tides so you know when to see the sea turtles in the Champagne Pond. They come and go with the high tide. You'll sleep like a baby here, with the winds and rain that happen to pass in the evening and early morning. Too splendid for your get away. Enjoy.

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• Perfect Location

  Perfect Location

  • Guest Harry
  • Date of stay 01/09/13
  • Review Submitted 05/15/13
  The house is in the perfect spot to enjoy the wonderful Champaign Pond, located a short 5 minute walk away. This location allows you to easily enjoy all that the Kapoho area has to offer, geothermal heated ponds, tidepools for snorkeling and the ocean right down the street. The house has beautiful grounds, lushly landscaped and has an incredible view from the deck. It even has its own natural hot pond to splash around in. Paula, the owner is one of the most accommodating people I've ever met. She tries to make sure that everything goes smoothly. We really enjoyed our stay.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, adventure seekers, families with teenagers, families with young children.

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• Kapoho area is nice!

  Kapoho area is nice!

  • Guest Ayako T.
  • Date of stay 05/04/12
  • Review Submitted 05/14/12
  My husband and I stayed at the Cedar home in May 2012. We had a very good time in Kapoho! I have visited to Honolulu many times, but it is my first time to stay in Big Island. This area is very different from Oahu. The natural scenery is unique and wonderful!! The champagne pond is nearby. It is very unique spot!(^^) You can hear sound of champagne bubble. All Tide pool is warm and very clear, so we enjoyed snorkel and swim. We are from Japan, and I can’t speak English well. But Paula is very kind and provide intelligible informations for me. I appreciate her support. Unfortunately, I missed the turtles. We will be back to Kapoho in the future!! A and T

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• A comfortable relaxing vacation spot

  A comfortable relaxing vacation spot

  • Guest lakeside family
  • Date of stay 09/19/11
  • Review Submitted 10/12/11
  Three generations of my family just returned from a stay in Hawaii. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. The house was comfortable and its location in walking distance to the warm pond was great. The neighborhood is quiet and pleasant, a great place for a walk. The kids enjoyed chasing the geckos, toads and anoles, and we all enjoyed the chorus of frogs and toads to sing us to sleep. The occasional rain squall passing through was just right, long enough to provide a change of mood and cool things down but not so long as to ruin any plans. We all hope to return.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, adventure seekers, families with teenagers, families with young children.

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• Great place - the lush & quite area of Kapoho-Hilo

  Great place - the lush & quite area of Kapoho-Hilo

  • Guest vvv
  • Date of stay 03/28/09
  • Review Submitted 10/11/09
  We stayed at the Cedar home in March 2009 during my kids spring break and enjoy the lush, not crowd side of Kapoho-Hilo area. Definitely need a car to get around because of the remoteness, but very near the ocean. Cooked meals mostly at the house. Champagne pond is a great place for 1st time snorkelers and kids. Not a sandy pond area, but walking distance from the house. Even got to see a turtle there. The conservation marine area a short 10 minutes drive was magnificent and going there during low tide is much different than going during high tide. Within ~40 minutes from the volcano and not too far to watch the volcano erupt in the evening into the ocean. Explored the Hilo area waterfalls, town and restaurants. Great place to relax and enjoy the lush tropical area. Paula was very helpful too & very responsive.

  Recommended for: Families with teenagers, families with young children.

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• • Guest Mark & Kelly Richard
  • Date of stay 08/30/09
  • Review Submitted 08/30/09
  Our stay at the Cedar House for the windward portion of our visit to the Big Island exceeded our expectations. A very nice house, uniquely located, we were able to experience much of the windward side with ease, including Wiapi'o Valley and Volcanoes Ntl Park. The Champagne Pond was so unique, and made for great swimming a short walk from the house. We did swim with turtles there. It's close proximity to the lava flows allowed us to hike to them outside of the official viewing times, which provided for an up-close and memorable experience. The Kopoho tidal pools nearby are great for any age. If a unique Hawaiian experience is one's desire I would highly recommend a stay here.

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• Tropical Retreat

  Tropical Retreat

  • Guest R68
  • Date of stay 12/26/08
  • Review Submitted 01/08/09
  A wonderful, quiet location - waking up and going to sleep to the sound of the birds, the wind rustling the palm leaves and the waves lapping on the nearby beach was just what we needed to fully relax us. The scenery in the local area is like nothing we have ever seen before. The children enjoyed snorkelling in the local ponds, especially as they saw a good variety of marine life including turtles. Our three children did not miss their play station, computer games or TV, and we liked the fact that our cell phones rarely got a signal. The property is as described and is well maintained. The kitchen was well equipped and there is a good variety of books in the 'library'. A car is essential as the nearest town is about a 20 minute drive away, and Hilo is about a 40 minute drive. We made two trips to the Volcano National Park and the drive across Saddle Road between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa is well worth doing if only to experience the different climates between the East and West coasts. We also drove around the entire island, stopping off at various beaches along the way. Paula is a very friendly, caring person. She made us feel very welcome when we met her. All in all, if you are looking for a holiday where relaxation and a slow pace of life is the order of the day, then you can't go wrong with this place. We would wholeheartedly recommed this property. Our only regrets are that we were only here for 5 days, and that it is too far away from us when we return to England. Having said that, this Island is only holiday destination that we have been to that we were truly sorry to leave. We will be back at some point in the future.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, age 55+, families with teenagers, romantic getaway, families with young children.

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• • Guest Rick18
  • Date of stay 04/15/08
  • Review Submitted 04/15/08
  Fanstastic location with great access to the volcano, lava flows, black sand beach, wonderful Champaigne pond and geothermal tide pools. Kids really enjoyed staying here. Facility is clean and lots of accessories. Property has fruit trees and its own tide pool. Paula, our hostess, was very very helpful. We had 8 in our party and it worked out very well. Very fair price. Strongly recommended

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• Guestbook Comment

  Guestbook Comment

  • Guest Paul_HAC96362
  • Date of stay 07/01/07
  • Review Submitted 07/19/07
  A nice quiet home with lots to do nearby either at the Volcano or Hilo. Paula gives first rate service to make sure your stay is enjoyable.

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• Guestbook Comment

  Guestbook Comment

  • Guest Susan Hearn
  • Date of stay 05/01/06
  • Review Submitted 05/24/06
  We stayed at the Carefree Kapoho the last week of March 2006. We so much enjoyed the quiet, privacy, open space and cost of this rental. With two kids, we had privacy for us, and the two teenage boys had plenty of room to themselves as well. Would recommend to others, wholeheartedly. If you want to see the lava flows, do it at night. Is much nicer and probably cooler.

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Additional information about rental rates

Weekly rate, $725 for the first four persons, 12 or older, additional is $10 per person. Taxes, GE and TA, 13.25% apply and a $60.00 cleaning fee for those four days or less.

Fees:

• Tax Rate 13.25%

Cancellation policy:

We will email the rental agreement, which needs to be emailed back, and once received we will email you a confirmation. Mahalo!

100% refund if canceled at least 30 days before arrival date.