SuperCharge your Big Island of Hawaii Vacation Planning; Hawaii Big Island Revealed Review
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If you are planning a trip to the Big Island I highly recommend you get the book Hawaii the Big Island Revealed
I have lived in Hawaii for well over a decade, I’ve done just about every activity and hike I care to do, and I still refer to this book when someone asks me something I’m not sure about or just don’t know. I have each one they wrote. I don’t know who the authors are personally, but I have talked with many businesses and hear how they have been ’shopped’ by the authors.
The authors don’t put their pictures on the book and they don’t talk about who they are. When they go to research an activity or hotel they don’t try to get a free room or good service, they try to be treated like anybody else so they can give honest, accurate reports on just about everything there is to do on every island. They are even funny. And they are, really, brutally honest. If something is a dump they call it a dump. If something really rung their bells, you can tell.
The book is broken down well in categories like Activities and Adventures and Beaches and also by location. The index is very thorough. There are lots of spectacular pictures and area maps and complete driving directions. AND, maybe best of all, they provide aerial pictures of the hotels showing how close (or not) the hotel is to the ocean and which building is which (so you can request what building you want to have a room in).
Get the book, you will not regret it. Hawaii the Big Island Revealed
Lover’s Paradise Suite Bed and Breakfast in Hawaiian Paradise Park - Brochure
The Lover’s Paradise Suite is a rather new bed and breakfast located on Makuu Drive in Hawaiian Paradise Park, an up-an-coming, huge subdivision in Puna on the Big Island. I drive past the Suite on the way to my son’s school. I watched it being built with interest, not knowing what it would be. It’s very nice to look at, and currently surrounded by HPP jungle on all sides. I don’t think they have any neighbors right now. The pool is nice - big and well done.
Hawaiian Paradise Park is a quiet, residential subdivision, 20 miles from Hilo, and almost 40 miles from the volcano. It is hot here, and a decent central location for Volcano, Hilo, and lower Puna attractions like Ahalanui Warm Ponds and Pahoa. The Suite is on 10th St, I believe, and that is probably about a mile straight down Makuu to the ocean, but there is no ocean access really. It’s mostly cliffs.
The brochure says the entire suite includes 4 rooms, there is a swimming pool and large pool deck and gazebo, plus a BBQ and picnic available. A lover’s package (honeymooners, anniversary couples, or others, I guess) is available. A continental breakfast is served daily, and a personalized concierge service is offered. The pool includes volleyball, basketball, and snorkel equipment.
About a mile from where this rental is, you’ll find the ocean. Here’s some things to do at the ocean in Hawaiian Paradise Park