Perfect for your Honeymoon, Wedding Anniversary, Birthday celebration - Romantic Onomea ! 10min north of Hilo. Majestic Royal Palm trees line our quiet one-lane road. We are a private 5 acre botanical estate alive with birds & flowers. Lomilomi Hawaiian Massage for our Guests at the Lomi Cabana in our beautiful garden. 20min gorgeous nature walk down our road to Onomea Bay, Donkey Trail Hike, Botanic Gardens and popular Scenic Route. We have a few Airbnb Listings. This is *Guest Suite 'EKOLU*. Onomea Guest Suite 'EKOLU is an airy, well-lit, luxurious delight. Exquisite ocean & garden views with its own private entrance & lanai. King bed with crisp, white linens. Bathtub with rejuvenating jets, bath salts, bubble bath. The Guest Suite is sparkling clean, fresh & stylish with a quiet peacefulness. •Our guests so enjoy being here on these 5 acres and mention that staying at Onomea is a highlight of their visit to Hawai'i Island. •The Guest Suite itself shares a wall with the main house yet is immensely private. After parking, guests enter through a white pergola gate and walk past a koi pond to the Guest Suite. The Guest Suite has expansive ocean & landscaped garden views. •Inside the Guest Suite: Everything you need to feel cozy, pampered and comfortable is right here: Cookies, snacks, treats & soft drinks for your welcome. A Keurig coffee maker & delicious assortment of coffees/Hawaiian teas for your Hawai'i wake-up beverage. A microwave. A mini refrigerator. Crockery, cutlery & glassware. Large Brita water filter jug in the refrigerator. •Sleep Time & Shower Time: The luxurious & comfortable king bed is adorned with fresh-smelling, crisp-white, high quality 100% cotton linen. Private Bathroom: Soft, fluffy white towels, wash cloths and refreshing toiletries for your shower time. The airy, spacious bathroom has a Shower and His & Her basins. Unwind in the wonderful bath tub with rejuvenating jets. Lavender/Eucalyptus Bubble bath & Bath Salts are provided. Complete with a 'Her Majesty' wooden bath rack for your IPad/good book placement, a glass of wine & treats. Bliss ! •Beach Time: Beach towels are provided with a cooler bag & cooler blocks. An early morning short walk down our road to the ocean to explore beautiful Onomea Bay & the Botanic Gardens is recommended. Our guests enjoy this short walk. •The View: The Guest Suite has a sweeping landcaped garden view towards the ocean & Onomea Bay. Numerous bird feeders in the garden cater to the Northern Cardinals, Red-Crested Cardinals, Java Finches, golden Saffron Finches, Nutmeg Mannikins, White Eyed finches, Yellow-Fronted Canaries, Waxbills, Zebra Doves, Every morning at sunrise flocks of white Egret birds fly gracefully over the property from the ocean direction. Fragrant trees & bushes: magnolia, plumeria, puakenikeni, pikake, honeysuckle, numerous cattleya orchids, ginger & gardenias. •Also in view is the Koi fish pond & its delightful small waterfall. •Outdoor Time: Private lanai with ocean view, overlooking the front lawn. The lanai has a bistro table & chairs and two armchairs with a coffee table. This is a perfect place for sunrises and to watch the flocks of white birds fly over the gardens after sunrise. •Onomea Sugar Plantation History: The property & its surrounds has a wonderful history from Hawaii's Sugar Plantation Days of yesteryear. Should this be of interest to you we are happy to talk story about its fascinating history and the vibrant daily life that took place here. ●Please note cooking is not permitted inside the Guest Suite. We try to keep the space feeling as fresh & clean as possible for you and future guests to enjoy. The microwave is available to heat up the ono/delicious local delicacies from nearby Downtown Hilo. Our guests also enjoy strolling around the Lili'uokalani Gardens in Hilo at sunset and then having their meals at the many restaurants in Hilo. ●Please note: We have cats. Outdoor, well-fed, friendly, peaceful cats. We have an Airbnb authorised Exemption and are unable to accommodate guests with service animals/esa as our priority is to look after the well-being & care of our rescue cat family. Māhalo for your understanding. *We have a Security Camera aimed towards our personal front door only. This is to monitor our Cat Family when we are traveling. 🦁♡ •For Your Well Being: Rejuvenating Lomilomi Hawaiian Massage appointments are available to our guests in the mornings for an extra fee. For Individual or Couples Appointments. The Lomi Cabana is in the garden, surrounded by birdsong and waterfall sounds. Please book your appointments at least two weeks in advance of your stay. Due to our other work commitments we are unable to accept last-minute booking requests. **Please Note**: We have a few Onomea Airbnb Listings: Onomea Studio 'EKAHI, Onomea Studio 'ELUA, and Onomea Guest Suite 'EKAHI & 'ELUA. *This Listing is for Onomea Guest Suite 'EKOLU. We take great care in making sure our guests have a peaceful, restorative & memorable stay. Guests have access to the Guest Suite 'Ekolu private lanai, the Koi fish pond area & the large, sweeping garden with ocean view; complete with its comfortable Adirondack lounger chairs. Perfect for sunrises. We live on site and know how precious it is for you to have peace & privacy. Guest Suite 'Ekolu shares a wall with the main house but is still immensely private. We are available via Airbnb messaging should you need anything to make your stay more comfortable and we are happy to send you recommendations on local places to visit and where to get ono/delicious food. Our respective work commitments keep us busy so should we see you we will wave a happy hello to make sure you feel warmly welcomed. We live in Onomea -which in the Hawaiian language means 'best/delicious place'. Onomea is between Papaikou and Pepeekeo and a 10 minute drive from Hilo. Here is a list of places and the approximate driving times to get to there from where we are: Hilo International Airport 11 miles - 18 min. Downtown/old style Hilo 7 miles - 10 min. Coffee shops, restaurants, the old Palace Theater, book stores with wonderful books on Hawaiian culture & history. Antiques stores, museums, local art galleries. Hilo Farmers Market, Kula Shave Ice ! Downtown Hilo is old style Hawai'i. Lili'uokalani Park & Gardens 8.3 miles - 13 min. 24 acres of Japanese gardens built in 1917-1919 and said to be the largest such gardens outside of Japan. Honoli'i Beach Park 5.2 miles -8 min. Best surf spot in Hilo. Hawaii Tropical Botanic Gardens 1 mile - 4 min. Sit on a bench in this tropical garden and look onto Onomea Bay. Imagine the ships of yesteryear loaded with sugar from the mill. Wonderful walk & waterfall. Akaka Falls 8.4 miles - 15 min. 442ft of cascading water. The easy 0.4 mile loop footpath is amongst lush tropical vegetation. Carlsmith Beach Park & Richardson's Beach Park 11 miles - 18 min. Clear, aqua ocean water. Protected & safe area to swim. Many resident turtles. Further afield: Mauna Kea mountain - Visitor Information Station 57 miles - 1 hr 30 min. Is accessible to normal 2 wheel drive. Above the Visitor Information Station a 4-wheel drive vehicle is required. Mauna Kea is a sacred Hawaiian site. Beautiful sunsets to the west and full moon rises in the east. Incredible night skies for stargazing. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 37 miles - 51 min. Hikes, Nahuku/Thurston Lava Tube, Petroglyphs, Halema'uma'u crater, steam vents. Waialea Beach. 61 miles - 1 hr 20 min. This shaded white sand beach is a popular snorkeling spot It's also known as Beach 69 because this was the number of the telephone pole at the turn. Aim to be there at low tide. You will need to hire a car to explore the awesome wonders of 'Moku o Keawe' - Hawai'i Island. 🪷MASSAGE THERAPY in The Lomi Cabana : Rejuvenating Lomilomi Hawaiian Massage appointments are available to our guests at the on site Lomi Cabana. This service is an extra & separate fee from your Airbnb accommodation reservation and is to be paid on site after your treatment. ●Two appointment times are available in the mornings for Individual or Couples Massage. Please contact us via Airbnb Messaging to make your massage appointments at least 2 weeks in advance of your stay. Due to our other work commitments we are unable to accept last-minute Massage appointment requests. 🌿