John: WELCOME BACK.
ISLAND OF HAWAI'I WEEK.
THE LAST DECADE, KILAUEA LODGE
PLACE.
Mikey: SPECIAL KAMA'AINAS
CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
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Tannya: FOR THE ISLAND OF
HISTORICALLY.
KILAUEA LODGE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON
"LIVING808".
ALOHA.
Tannya: WE ARE SO HAPPY TO
SEE THINGS OPENING UP AND TO BE
ABLE TO VISIT OUR FRIENDS ON THE
ISLAND OF HAWAI'I.
HISTORY OF THE KILAUEA LODGE.
SO IT WAS BUILT AS A YMCA
CAMP IN 1938.
THERE WAS A TIME BETWEEN 1942
AND 1945 THAT THE U.S. ARMY TOOK
OVER AND TURNED IT INTO A RADIO
SCHOOL.
AND IT WAS LATER TURNED INTO A
RESTAURANT AND LATER A HOTEL AND
RESTAURANT IN THE '80.
Tannya: ANYONE WHO HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE PROPER,
THERE'S HISTORY ALL OVER.
TELL US SOME OF THE HISTORIC
LODGE.
THE INTERNATIONAL FIREPLACE
OF FRIENDSHIP, WHICH SITS IN OUR
DINING ROOM.
THEY SENT LETTERS AROUND THE
WORLD TO DIFFERENT ROTARIES AND
YMCAs TO ASK FOR COINS AND
STONES FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE WORD TO BE CONSTRUCTED INTO
THIS FIREPLACE.
ONE OF OUR ACCOMMODATIONS USED
USED TO SLEEP IN.
CONVERTED INTO CUTE ROOMS WITH
INDIVIDUAL FIRE PLACES.
THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY AT THE
LODGE.
PREFER MORE OF A SMALL BOUTIQUE
EXPERIENCE, THEY WOULD ENJOY
CHECKING IN THERE?
ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE 1 13 -- 12 12 ROOMS ON
PROPERTY.
WE ARE UP IN COOLER ELEVATIONS.
SOME OF THE ROOMS DO HAVE
FIREPLACES.
THEIR PRIVATE FIREPLACES BUT
THEY'RE ALL CENTRALLY HEAT.
A STONE THROW FROM OUR FANTASTIC
RESTAURANTS.
IT'S A FULL SERVICE AREA.
Tannya: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
AN AWARD-WINNINGWINNING RESTAURANT.
WITH COVID, THINGS ARE
CHANGED.
WE'RE CURRENTLY CLOSED ON
MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS BUT WE ARE
OPEN WEDNESDAY THRE THROUGH SUNDAY
FROM 10:00 TO 8:00.
10:00 TO 4:00 AND WE'RE OPEN FOR
DINNER FROM 5:00 TO 8:00.
Tannya: IFNT TO -- I WANT TO
BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS THERE.
IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF LANDSCAPE
THAT YOU OFFER THERE AT THE
LODGE.
WE SILL -- SIT ON TEN ACRES.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA.
WE'RE IN THE HEART OF THE OLAA
RAIN FOREST.
LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL TREES, FERNS.
IF YOU'RE INTO WATCH FOR NATIVE
BIRDS.
GREAT PLACE TO WATCH THE AHAPA
INNI.
WE'LL SEE THE IO'S.
WE HAVE A HOT TUB ON PROPER.
AFTER A NICE LONG DAY OF HIKING
IN THE PARK, YOU CAN SOAK AND
RELAX IN THE HOT TUB.
Tannya: FOR LOCALS, Y HAVE
ANY KAMA'AINA OFFERS?
WE ALWAYS OFFER KAMA'AINA
SPECIALS FOR OUR OVERNIGHT
ACCOMMODATIONS.
JOINING US.
John: THAT A GREAT PLACE.
I HAPPEN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
BRUNCH MENU.
EGS BENEDICT LOOK SO GOOD WITH
THE PANIOLO POTATOES.
Mikey: I LOVE HOW WARM AND
COZY IT LOOKS.
Mikey: WITH THAT JACUZZI.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NATURAL
BIRDS, NATIVE BIRDS.
John: SO MANY PLACES TO
VISIT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO VISIT