LUXURY ESTATE, OCEAN VIEWS, WATERFALL, UTTER PRIVACY ON 20 ACRES

Near swimming/surfing beaches, National Parks, volcano watching, snorkeling reefs, botanical gardens, mountains, hiking - everything wonderful about the Big Island.

The climate at Kapehu Retreat House is perfect. Situated at 800 feet elevation, the air is cooler than at the beach or in Hilo town: upper 70's during the day and upper 60's at night, all times of the year.

Despite being on the rainy side of the island, mosquitos are rare at Kapehu Retreat House, because the eucalyptus groves on either side of the property emit a fragrance that is a natural mosquito repellant.

Amenities provided: The spacious home is fully furnished. The fully equipped kitchen has ocean views, granite counters, gas range, large refrigerator with ice maker and cold water, microwave, blender, toaster, coffee maker - everything you need to cook your gourmet meals. The indoor dining room has a beautiful mango wood table and 8 mango wood chairs, and on the grand lanai the large outdoor dining table has 8 chairs. The living room has a fireplace for those rare chilly evenings. The marble-floored laundry room is equipped with a front-loading washer and dryer. You can park two cars on the carport to keep out of the sun and rain.

The large house has 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms, a half-bath plus an outdoor shower, and sleeps up to 10 maximum.

The separate cottage can be rented along with the main house to have another bedroom plus a queen-size sofa bed in the living room, so it sleeps 4. There is one full bathroom plus a half bath adjoining the bedroom. There is also a full kitchen and a lanai, and it's all designed in the same beautiful style as the large house. Both buildings can be rented to accommodate up to 14 guests maximum.

Hawaii transient accommodations tax ID #: W48882576-01

WARNING! There are fraudsters who pose as owners of vacation rentals, who find ways to intercept email inquiries on sites such as HomeAway. They typically ask you to wire transfer money to their bank. For this reason, we do not accept bank wire transfers. Thus, if anyone asks you to wire transfer money to them as a deposit on the Kapehu Retreat House, don't trust them -- report them to the police. Be suspicious of anyone who asks for 100% of the rental payment at the time you reserve the rental. That is not the common practice for vacation rentals. Scammers, however, will rush you and will offer incentives to get you to pay the entire rental amount in advance. Never send credit card information via email. Only give your credit card information over the phone to the actual owner, or enter the information into a guaranteed secure site. (The owners of the Kapehu Retreat House don't at this time have a secure site for credit card payments, so the only way to make a deposit or rental payment by credit card is over the phone to the owner.) Finally, never give a payment to someone who refuses to tell you the tax ID# of their rental business. Our Hawaii tax ID# is W48882576-01.