Aloha!
The 'Nice, Big House is a private 3 bedroom /1.5 bath fully furnished town house w/ 4 beds (3 beds downstairs and 1 on the 3rd floor) which is part of a larger building with two private studios attached. This 'unique' design allows us to rent it for less and helps ensure our guests privacy. We have been renting this home for 10 years now and most customers really enjoy their stay. You may be surprised at some very famous people who have stayed here including performers from Cirque Du Soleil.
When you rent this home - all linen, kitchen utensils, bath tissue, 3 TV’s w/ Netflix, Roku, landline phone, and Wi-Fi are provided at no extra cost. It has a wonderful distant ocean view and it's less than 10 minutes from the Kalapana Lava fields, 20 minutes to Pohoiki and 3 minutes to Kehena Beach. Due to the recent eruption, Puna now has several black sand beaches ( Kehena, Pohoiki, Mackenzie Beach and sea caves, Kaimu and Kapoho beaches. Some hiking required to Mackenzie and Kapoho Beaches. All beaches in Puna are black sand w/ rock. Kehena and Pohoiki are the best beaches and are nearby.
Nice, Big House has been the home to visitors around the world for about 10 years now and many return to this wonderful and well kept home.
It's a wonderful place to stay if you want to be centered in the Puna District of Hawaii (Kalapana), which is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
This is a sunny spot of the island where there is less rain! Although it rains much less down here, our area remains green and beautiful.
Many people come to Puna to visit Volcano National Park - home of Kilauea and the periodic lava flows and beaches.
There are also Hawaiian jungles, tropical rain forests, beautiful coastal views, thermal ponds at Pohoiki, surfing/ snorkeling, whale watching due to migration to warm Hawaiian waters during winter months.
You can often see them from land swimming off our beautiful coast and at the Kehena Beach view point.
Many of my tenants tell me that they were able to swim w/ dolphins and you can too.
For those of you who are seeking night time entertainment, check out 'Uncles Outdoor Hawaii Bar' if you want to sip a beer, listen to live Hawaiian music, eat great food and enjoy a farmers market at the same time.
Kilauea Volcano is just a 45-60 minute drive.
In addition, the KaMauna Caves are on the way where you can walk through huge lava tubes.
The unit is situated in a safe, quiet & friendly Hawaiian neighborhood off Kalapana-Kapoho Rd.
This 3 BR / 1.5 BATH house & loft w/ an ocean view and within walking distance to a park situated on the coast w/ a spectacular ocean view, and Kehena Black Sand Beach.
There is a lot to see on our side of the island: 4-5 beaches, lava fields, fishing areas, Akaka, Kahuna and Rainbow Falls, Boiling Pots, hiking, Farmers Market (1/2 block away), Space Community Arts Center, Keck Observatory, Kilauea , Uncles Bamboo Tiki Bar w/ live music, cafes, food markets, Volcanoes Nat'l Park, Kamauna Caves and so much more.
My mission is to make sure that you have what you need to make your visit a happy, and memorable experience ! This is a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Many people come to Kalapana to 'get away from it all and breath clean air, eat great food, soak up the sunshine, exercise, commune with nature, and meet some wonderful people. So come and find out 'what the aloha spirit really is'. We invite you to come to one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Other accomodations are available as well, please inquire for details about our completely private studios attached to house on the side of building and Oceanfront cottages that are near by.
PLEASE NOTE - there is NO POOL at this house. Ocean is walking distance - an easy 10 short blocks down the street.
You will love this beautiful house in coastal Puna.
Registration Number: GE-042-418-7904-01, TA-042-418-7904-01
Rose B.
March 2024
We enjoyed this property while visiting our son . There was plenty of room for our family to be together. The location enabled us to go to the beach and hot ponds . It was a pleasurable experience. Thank you Andre and Susan for sharing your home with us .
Stewart M.
January 2023
Information from host was very helpful.
Amanda T.
August 2022
Beauty surrounds this house. The hosts are friendly and accommodating, and the house is big. We enjoyed our stay.
Carissa B.
July 2022
My family of 4 had a wonderful stay for two nights at this property. The home was spacious and well-stocked, and the location was perfect for exploring the Kalapana/Pahoa/Pohoiki area. Check in was a breeze, and communication from the owners was extremely helpful. We would definitely stay here again!
Jeremy R.
July 2022
Very accommodating
Jessica P.
May 2022
We enjoyed this house. It is really unusual in a good way. The whole area is very earthy and unique. This house fit the 5 of us easily and has what you need. We drank the water through a Britta, but they suggest you don’t. Keep that in mind if you are worried about it.
The thermal pools are a variety of hot temperatures. They would be more fun when it is cool out. We happened to go when it was hot. The views from MacKenzie State Park are amazing, and the beach nearby has a little bit of a steep hike down (we didn’t have trouble) and clothing optional…keep that in mind.
Overall, the space is great. The covered porch is wonderful in the morning. The hosts were helpful as well.
Stefanie W.
February 2022
The house was very nice! Communication with Andre and Susan was returned immediately. Loved listening to the animals through the night. Thank you for sharing your home with us!!
Elizabeth M.
December 2021
This great property was home base for our recent week in Hawaii. The house itself is lovely and open, with lots of room for our family of 4. We loved having breakfast on the lanai, and popping down the street (10mins) to sit in the ocean thermal pools at Isaac Hale in the mornings.
It is a ways outside of Hilo, so if you’re looking for something close to it all, this is not it - but we found it just as easy to travel into Hilo, the volcano national park, and even Kona on various day trips. Then to come home to our space and have a home-cooked meal. Would highly recommend staying here if you’re looking for peace and relaxation during your Hawaiian stay.
Peggy W.
October 2021
Very good
Melinda M.
June 2021
Thank you!
July 2011
I had a wonderful time here. This is a lovely house, clean and attractive, with lots of extras. Andre is just downright sweet and was very helpful to me. I will stay here every time i get the chance!
July 2011
We stayed at Coconut Palms and had such a wonderful vacation. And it was so clean, which is very important to me. The building is just a year old so everything is in great condition. It had a full kitchen, fridge, sink, dining room and all. I would love to have this as my home all year round.
Kehena beach is so close so we spent a few days suntanning and swimming there. One morning (go early) there was a pod of dolphins we swam with..that was a big wow for us. Kehena is black sand from the lava and so pretty.
Andre, the owner, made all the difference as he is so helpful and really cares that we have a good vacation. I find this to be very unusual as most vacation rentals managers don't really care.
The lookout bedroom (3rd floor) is amazing with all the windows and a 360 degree view, so when you come with family be sure to get dibs on this room!
Another day we went to the Kapoho tide pools and snorkeled..another wow place. The fish and coral is so pretty. We loved what a great location Coconut Palms is to everything we wanted to do. Another day we went to the Uncle Roberts' Awa bar (local hawaiian family) and listened to hawaiian music and one lady even got up and did some hula that was so enchanting, from here we walked out to a brand new black sand beach as he lava created it just a few years ago.
Be sure to be there on a Saturday morning if you can as we walked not a block to a local farmers market at a place called Space...how charming and we even had our breakfast there...be sure to ask Andre about it. Well, I just had to share all this with everyone as reviews help me so much to choose good places to stay. Thank you Andre.
June 2011
Andre was extremely accomodating. We had a booked at a hotel in Hilo, only to find out that is was not such a nice place to stay. I contacted Andre at 7pm and on the same night, we were arrived to this rental. We booked the two studios as the 3 bedroom was taken. None the less, we spent two nights here. The beds were comfortable. Lynn was very informative about things to do. They have information for local services like a personal chef, massuse, or tour guide available at the rental. We had a great time while we were there, and were much more comfortable staying here than the place we had originally booked in Hilo. The prices are unheard of. Our stay was very reasonably priced. A word about Hawaii... there are bugs and they are to be expected. If the lights are on, they will come. Lynn was nice enough to warn us about this. We quickly understood what she was talking about. If you are afraid of bugs, this is not the place for you. We were not expecting the bugs so it was a bit of a surprise for us, but we dealt with it by keeping the doors shut and the screened windows open. The rental itself, is clean and modern and comfortable. The beds were comfortable. We would stay here again. We had a great time. Thanks Andre & Lynn.
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