What a dreamy house this was for me. It reminded me of my grandparents lake home in Minnesota. Loved the 65 degree weather too. We would definitely stay here again if we had the chance! It was pretty much clean where it needed to be clean (bathroom, kitchen, common/sleeping areas). There were cobwebs, dust and debris in the less common areas (patio chairs, wall corners, outdoor table/chairs, jacuzzi, some of the less used kitchen & glasswares). We loved the fireplace, the loft/bed, the heaters, even the catchment system was excellent too with the pressure and heat being the best we ever had for catchment. The electric blankets were missing the plugs so we only used it as normal blankets. The jacuzzi was very dirty and uninviting. The bottom looked like large rust spots, which turned out to be old leaves that settled and disintegrated. It stirred up and made the water brown. Lots of buds too. But the heater was impressive. It stayed on and hot for the whole vacation. There was no pool so the kids were sad. But they loved the tv room and futons. The dryer was great for us to use before packing. There wasn’t a lot of closet space for our travel hanging systems but we made it work. Overall, we absolutely loved this place. We got a lot of comments from our pictures from our friends who inquired out it. Thank you Hale Palila!

We loved our stay here. The cabin is definitely that- a cabin nice and quiet, with most anything we could need for our stay, close enough to the volcano national park but away from the busier places when we were done for the day.

We loved our stay! It was rustics, but had everything we needed and was literally minutes outside of the national park. After hours and hours of hiking, we loved coming back to the hot tub!

This cabin was super special and we really enjoyed staying in this unique home.

We would not stay here again. We left a night early because it was an unpleasant stay. We were moved to the Nene instead of the Palila because the water pump had broken and there had been no water to clean Hale Palila. They did give us a refund of the first night and charged us for the Nene instead of Palila which was appreciated. However, both units are in disrepair and have noticeable mildewy/bad odor. Nene was advertised as sleeping 4, but they did not have a full set of clean sheets, or two extra pillows, or enough extra blankets for making up the air mattress. We had to borrow sheets and pillows from Hale Palila that were not folded and we were not sure were clean. The sheets had big stains on them. Although Hale Nene is listed as having a sofa bed that can sleep two, the sofa is not big enough to sleep even one child comfortably. Our kids were offered a stained, dirty, thin futon from the closet or a queen air mattress. We put the air mattress on top of the futon to provide some insulation on the bottom. The entire unit smelled very musty and did not feel clean. The shower did not get hot (only luke warm) and the unit was cold (heated by space heaters) so none of us wanted to take a shower. The hot tub was not available to use because it was filthy upon arrival (leaves) and they started cleaning it at 7pm the night we arrived and it wasn't ready for use on the second night. Our kids woke up often on the air mattress b/c it deflated and they would sink into each other.

When we got in, the place had not been cleaned but nothing was overly dirty, laundering easy and as a result the owner waived our cleaning fee. Overall, I thought the place was a bargain for the price and our family of six fit nicely. Since volcano is higher in elevation, it is colder there than the surrounding areas and the numerous heaters in the house were put to good use!

Great location to visit national Park and spend cozy evenings warming up by the fire.

We loved the location and the cottage has great potential. Unfortunately, it is not very well maintained or cleaned. The kitchen, bathroom and floors were not very clean. The carpets and rugs turned my socks black. The bathtub did not drain well at all and was quite gross to use. There were several space heaters to keep warm, sadly, only one would run at a time or you would blow a fuse. We were scared to open or use the hot tub, seeing as how little the cottage was maintained. The two cottages on the property are very close together and close to the golf course and lacks curtains for privacy. Note that the pictures in the ad are a combination of picture from each cottage, so you may not get exactly what is shown. Close proximity to the park.