FAQs

We are right in the Volcano Village which is the nearest town to the national park, 3 miles to the park entrance.

Officially, you are allowed to drive only a 4 wheel drive up or down there, but occasionally people may attempt to climb with an all wheel drive.

You will need to have a rental car to get to our place or to get around the area as there is nopublic transportation available. A taxi cab will charge you minimum $100 from the Hilo Airport to Lotus Garden Cottages. During the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival in April, you may want to make a rental car reservation way ahead of the time.

Yes, we do.

Yes, we have a few available free of charge.

No, as a bed and breakfast, we are not allowed to have our guests to cook in their rooms.

Yes, normally they are for the house use only, but if you are staying an extended period of time, we may allow bed and breakfast guests to use them.

No, air conditioning is not necessary since it is cool throughout the year. The cottages are located at four thousand feet above sea level on the mountain side.

Our Hula Moon Cottage has a king bed plus a futon couch which can sleep young children up to teenagers. Our maximum occupancy for adult guests is two per room. Other rooms can accept one additional minor guest, and we can provide an air mattress for a small fee.

If your flight arrives late in the day, you may arrive here past 6 p.m. and request for a self check-in instructions. If you desire an early check in before 3 p.m., you may pre-arrange it with the innkeeper.

The drive to our bed and breakfast will be a minimum two and a half hours, plus any stop for sightseeing. The Saddle road may shorten it by twenty minutes but no sightseeing available there.

The bed and breakfast is forty minutes drive from that airport, or 30 miles.

Yes, we will be glad to assist you with your itinerary when you arrive.

No, it is elevated from the ground level and there are staircases to come up to lanai level.