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The guest house is located in a small, quiet, seaside community, not far from the Cape Kumakahi lighthouse, at the easternmost point of the Big Island. It is a very comfortable, totally private, 2-story 1500 sq. ft. home with large lanais adjoining both the kitchen and the master bedroom on the 2nd floor and is located in a park-like setting with many palm trees and tropical plantings and 2 ponds. The house lanais overhang a large crystal-clear tidal-controlled thermal swimming and fish pond (usually about 88 degrees Fahrenheit) with colorful reef fish in front of the house and a dock for relaxing and sunbathing. The kitchen is fully equipped including, granite counter tops, refrigerator-freezer, microwave oven, Jenn-Air radient electric cooktop, regular and espresso coffee makers with a coffee grinder, blender, a wide assortment of pots and pans, and an outdoor barbecue.
It's a four minute walk down the street to the ocean to the best swimming entry into the famous Wai’ Opae fish preserve tidal ponds (about ½ mile long and several hundred feet wide) which offer the safest swimming and unrivaled scenic snorkeling in east Hawaii. The large interconnected ponds are separated from the open ocean by a reef and are always calm even when the sea beyond the reef is wild (see picture of Wai’ Opae tide ponds in the early morning below).
The weather along this coast is by far the sunniest and least rainy in east Hawaii. This part of the Big Island is still rural so one isn’t bothered by scores of tourists . . . if you are looking for tranquillity this is one of the best areas for a stay in the island chain. |
