Manago Hotel ... (South Kona)
Phone: 808-323-2642
mail@managohotel.com

Koa Wood Hale Inn
Phone: 808-329-9663
koawoodhale@yahoo.com

Hostel style accommodation and Camping on the Big Island.

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The Big Island has two sides, The Hilo side, where we are located and the Kona side over 120 miles(200km) away. Both Hilo and Kona now have direct mainland flights...Hilo through Continental/United out of SanFrancisco and LA, Kona from many mainland places on many Airlines. To get to Hilo and all the "Green" activities without a long drive or bus ride get these direct flights.

Hilo is the Eco Tour center for Volcanoes National Park and its active Lava flows, Mauna Kea Mountain with the worlds largest Telescopes and incredible views and hikes, all the Valleys and waterfalls, Punaluu Black sand Beach with its Turtles and Puna with its warm springs and great tropical scenery, are on the Hilo side, the things for which the Big Island is famous.

Arnotts is minutes from Hilo Airport, which has reliable taxi service. We have $1 County bus service(Except on Sunday) at the corner and $7 a day bikes so you can get around to town, shopping or beaches. Kona Airport is 10 miles from town and Koa Wood Hale (formerly Patey's), and 20 miles from budget priced Manago Hotel. Koa Wood Hale Hostel is on the hill above McDonald's, its URL changes, so Google it up...there are a ton of references. For regular Hotel accommodation in Kona we recommend two older Hotels right in Kona Uncle Billy's and the King Kamehameha Hotel at Kona Pier. None have a shuttle.

Your best bet by far, if you are a backpacker on a budget, and are looking for camping or dormitory accommodation, is to fly in to Hilo from Oahu (Waikiki) or Maui , catch a taxi or walk less than a mile to first traffic light, turn right walk about 200 yards (to where bus can stop) and flag down hourly (last bus 4:00pm) "Keaukaha" bus to our Lodge and plan to do the Lava Hike and the Mauna Kea Summit and Star show. Use our bikes to check out the town, then network with other travelers or ask us questions and get set up sharing rental cars or the $1 daily bus system. If your flight lands late in Kona, you need to get to Koa Wood Hale as the once a day bus (except Sunday) to Hilo leaves at 6:30am. There is a network of good campgrounds around the Island including our tenting area at the Lodge (there is no free or county camping anywhere near Hilo).

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