Name: Kapoho Paradise Found
Address: 14-5031 Waio Pae road, The Big Island (Hawaii island), Hawaii, Kapoho, Kapoho, Kapoho, 96778, United States of America
Rating: 9

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This place is wonderful. Not fancy but clean and comfortable, we recommend it to any one who is in the area looking for a relaxing, reasonably priced place to stay or is going on a lava boat tour and doesn't want to have a super long drive before or after their trip. 
We're staying on the Kona side this vacation and had booked an early sunrise lava boat tour (5:00am!) Rather than drive over and spend big bucks at a Hilo hotel, we opted for the Kaphoa Village Inn, stopping off in Volcano to catch the sunset on the way. 
Owner Chris graciously met us at 8:30pm to give us our room key to our two room suite. The building reminds me of an older colonial space... multiple rooms all with screened windows, doors to outside walkways that lead to a shared kitchen space and tin roofed covered deck area with table and chairs. Marble counters complement the rusty but totally functional fridge. There's coffee, wifi, what more do you need?
The shared bathrooms are down the central deck, very clean, modern tile, ample towels and space. Seems like a great place to rent out with a group of friends!
Kapoho area is very lush and tropical. Rich with frog song at night, narrow roads and dark as the dickens, too. Look closely between mile marker 6&7 on highway 132 for a small sign on the left (coming downhill) side of the road. We missed it first time around. 
Bottom line, lava boat tours launch from Isaac Hale Beach Park literally 10 minutes down the road. Made our morning start all that less stressful knowing we were right there. 
Recommend this place for convenience, rustic atmosphere and ambience. Take time to chat with your inn-mates. Ours were from Melbourne and Quebec. Lovely!

Rustic and charming in a local way

Exactly what we needed. Our host cheerfully supported our very late arrival, lights were on, units breezy, 5 minutes from Isaac hale marina. Close to delicious chef- grown restaurants in pahoa. 
We stayed one night before our lava boat trip. 

Perfect lodging for our trip

The four of us (two couples) spent one night here before a 4:30 am lava boat tour departure.  It is located in a "jungle" and convenient to the meeting point at Isaac Hale Beach Park.  The inn has six bedrooms, some with sitting rooms.  There is a kitchen and 2.5 bathrooms.  We had room 1 and 5 and we were the only guests, thank goodness.  The rooms are clean with no AC or TV and only body wash as an amenity (i.e., no hairdryer, shampoo, etc.).  Our bed was the most comfortable one I have slept in for quite a while.  All rooms open onto an open air deck and have ceiling fans and sliding doors (the screens which are extremely noisy to slide).  The deck is nice except for the mosquitoes.  Bring spray!  The inn is on a water catchment system. The water pump is extremely loud, especially for room 5 and if someone is using water, a second person cannot.  There was hot water but it took a while to come on and didn't seem to last for four showers. While it was a decent place to stay, it would not be comfortable for a long stay or with people you did not know.  Our room was about $57/night.

OK for one night with an early morning start

I'm a resident of the Big Island so I know places in lower Puna are hard to find. There are attractions down there, but few places to stay. So I was surprised when I found this place. It's great! I can't believe people aren't flocking here. There is nothing wrong at all. Clean, cool room. A quite courtyard to read and relax. Clean kitchen and bathrooms. UNBELIEVABLE price. Chris is a super nice guy. Stay at this place, but keep it secret shhh!

Secret awesome place to stay. Dont tell anyone

We planned a three-week stay on The Big Island, (November 2015) one week was a workshop in Pahoa sandwiched between two weeks of sightseeing. We took a few nights to stay on the other side of the island south of Kona in Captain Cook at an old Japanese hotel, Manago, but came back to Kapoho for the remainder of our stay. Kapoho is secluded from the road by thick fruit and flowering trees, bushes, grasses and coconut trees, beautiful. It's quiet from road noise. We were typically the only guests out of six rooms total. There is a large kitchen with full size stove/oven and refrigerator, but woefully understocked. If you plan on making serious meals (and not just bringing home take out or heating up a pizza) you'll want to specify your needs to the owner before coming. We stayed in room 0, which has an extended sitting room with a couch. There is another suite like this at the far end of the building, then smaller rooms in between. The bathrooms (2 full 1 half) are updated with newer sinks, baths, toilets and there is a laundry room that has modern appliances which is very handy for extended stays. We bought some groceries to make our breakfasts (toast, nut butter, coffee, butter, salt) but usually ate out. There's health food store in Pahoa that has a buffet, and Thai, Mexican, Pele's Kitchen (yummy breakfasts) and there is a luscious gourmet bakery with gluten free choices. Kapoho Inn is not far from Uncle Roberts (a must, on Wednesday evenings, for local crafts, one-of-a-kind gifts and live Hawaiian entertainment, with a bar, desserts, a small grocery, and a plethora of local food stands). The Inn is also not far from anything in Puna, Kalani retreat center, Polstar Yogic community, tide pools, thermal pools, some surfing and big wave swimming, Lava Tree Park, and Volcano National Park. Within a half hour you can be in Hilo, check out Conscious Culture Cafe & Big Island Booch bar, the Tropical Botanical Garden on Old Mamalahoa Way then travel over to Akaka Falls State Park then keep going to Waipio Valley lookout. On our tour, the Bamboo Restaurant in Hawi was excellent and authentic. But I digress, my point is that Kapoho Village Inn was perfect for us to use as our 'base camp'. There are no TVs in the rooms and if you have Verison cell coverage, it doesn't work at this location so no hot-spotting either. We did get a great signal at The Lava Tree State Park down the road as the nearest place. The owner, Chris, said Verison was coming soon, maybe by the time we visit again ;) This inn is also exposed to the elements in that, while all the rooms are enclosed, the roof is open between the kitchen, bathrooms and the guest rooms. The building shares one foundation, just not one complete roof. So if you are sensitive to mosquitoes, you'll find a few in the bath but otherwise not a bother. There is no air conditioning. The open roof and buildings allows for nice breezes to run through. The stars are fantastic. There are ceiling fans in all rooms even over the outside dining area. It rains a LOT, bring raincoat and umbrella. Pack your hat and mittens too in case you get a chance to go up to the observatory near Hilo. Also the owner Chris is extremely helpful; all the beds have pillow tops so they are uber comfy, it's a safe location, all the other guests, were lovely, US, Canadian, Hawaiian; pick up a cheap snorkel mask and tube, those come in handy. Also a yoga mat is handy to have if you like stretching out on the floor or a deck in the sun. Nice cotton sheets, really nice cotton quilt and thick cotton towels are provided. 

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