We had an excellent lodge experience at Arnott's. Eva and Annette went out of their way to help whenever they could. The location wasn't great for easy access to town but was really great for easy access to the beach park and good snorkelling (Ella got to hang with the turtles!) The free bus into Hilo was only a 30 second walk away and thet made up for the fact that town wasn't clase by. We took one of the in-house tours up to the volcano and it was excellent with Mike the guide giving us plenty of information and bubbling over with enthuisiasm for Hawaii, the environment and it's people. I would go back to Arnott's again and would recommend it to friends. It is a classic backpackers and we wish them well for the future.
P>S> We have never stayed anywhere else where the lodge put on a free pizza and beer meal! Mahalo and Aloha.
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