This charming, cosy, and exceptionally well equipped home is a place to retreat from the world and renew your soul. Submerse in the warmth of your private hot tub under a blanket of infinite stars or grill up dinner on the expansive deck with 180 degree view of the ocean, a perfect vantage point for seasonal breaching whales. Conveniently perched roughly midway between Hilo and Kona, this is a luxuriant base for visiting waterfalls, beaches, hikes, Mauna Kea summit, and Volcano National Park.

Aloha, I go by Joia and I am a naturalist, energy healer, photographer, and writer with a deep love for wilderness and a resonance with wild animals. Born in New Orleans, I grew up mostly in London and Paris. Seeking out some of the most remote places on Earth, I have worked with endangered Hawaiian monk seals on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, blue monkeys in Kenya, elephants in Sri Lanka, river dolphins in Cambodia, and dugongs in Australia. I am also a crew member aboard Hōkūle’a, a Polynesian voyaging canoe navigated by the stars. I have lived in three of the Hawaiian Islands over the past 18 years and am knowledgeable and passionate about Hawaiian culture and ecology. I am currently working on a memoir of poetry and imagery in hopes to help awaken humanity’s relationship to all life as sacred and interconnected.