Tree Houses Of Hawaii

It is a love hate relationship. I will start this review off by saying that we are a very outdoor couple. We go camping atleast 2 – 3 times per year. We stayed in a treehouse on our Honeymoon because we wanted to enjoy nature. We thought we were prepared and we were wrong. I will start with the positives! The treehouse if FRICKEN COOL. It is a total dream to stay in a treehouse. The views are awesome and the sounds of the rainforest are great. I
If you plan on booking go with the 2 night min (TOPS).
1. Bring lots of bug spray/​repelent. We did and we still got eaten alive in one night. Mosquitos are everywhere.
2. Bring you food in strong sealed containers. — The ants got into our food and ATE THROUGH THE PACKAGING. Our food was ruined on our first morning.
3. Bring your own TP/​Wipes. The TP was soggy from the moisture in the air.
4. Bring a battery operated lamp and flashlight. When it gets dark, it gets DARK.
5. Bring earplugs — The fruits/​vegatation that falls from the trees falls ALOT and falls LOUD. We could not sleep because it crashes down on the roof all night and keeps your up.
6. Bring a bite cream — I counted about 50 bites from the ants/​mosquitos in the first night
7. Get dry ice if you can. Nothing is open nearby and no one seems to sell ice.
8. Bring entertainment — playing cards etc.
We paid $ 305 and only stayed one night due to the conditions. I feel that this place has so much promise. It just needs some work and some updating. It is not worth $ 150 per night at this point.

My Boyfriend and I stayed here for the weekend. It is most def. unique however, it is DEFINITELY NOT worth the money. There is absolutely no where to sit down except for bed.
Beware.

This is the way to see Hana,
to all of you other people from Cali that left feedback. SORRY there isn’t a Starbucks and a dry cleaner on site. ITS A TREE HOUSE! I stayed at this place with friends from out of town and had a great time. pack forks and plates for your stay. along with sleeping items as needed but other then that your set. have fun live Aloha.

Wow! Treetops treehouses of Maui was an absolutely amazing, beautiful, and jungle realistic experience! I will DEFINITELY be coming back!!! If your looking for a «REAL» experience and you have an open mind for anything THIS is the place for you! I’ve never experienced a better jungle rain and amazing time in my life! If your the type of person whose looking for some cheeky resort experience this isn’t somewhere I recommend but we had a wonderful time… It made me want to build a treehouse and stay in it. It’s a no power, super rugged, but intensely fun time! There are ocean views and the sounds of the jungle aren’t for everyone (especially at night) but its something I’m truly glad I got to do in this lifetime. I wouldn’t change anything about it! Thank you so much for your hospitality, the wonderful fruits that were left for us and the time if a lifetime!!! It was AMAZING!!!

We expected camping conditions, and we had stayed at the Tree houses before. We had fond memories of the tiki torch lit lania, the BBQ and rain pounding on the tin roof.
Those things are still there, but the price was $ 140.00 per night, and everything was dirty and over used. The place shows a long term lack of care, even the BBQ is rusting out in the bottom. The sheets are suspect, the dish ware was really pitiful. Everything needed cleaning, painting, and replacing. Gone was the little camping cottage of our memories.
But it could be saved.
The female running the place is NOT running any thing. It took us 5 phone calls to get a confirmation, upon arrival some kid showed up to grab our money and run off, stating she was gone for the weekend. More like always gone. We had no where to get rid of our trash, so we took it out with us when ever we left. We were not warned of the attacking mongoose problem. The little critters got into whatever food was not in the ice chest. They sucked the eggs right out of the shells.
The toilet was actually dirty upon arrival, and I had to clean it, and the bathroom before we used it. We love the location, but will not return and the management needs to find someone to love the place a little. Camping is one thing, but The Tree Houses used to have charm,
now it’s just a used up, unloved and dirty, «could be good», shack.

Like Lunar said — Rustic, fine. Run down, not cool.
My husband and I booked a stay at the treetops for two nights of our honeymoon. We are avid campers/​outdoors people and have never considered ourselves «fussy» by any means, so when we heard about Hana Lani we KNEW it would be the perfect place for us to spend our first nights as husband and wife enjoying the beauty of the rain forrest.
How WRONG we were. We were prepared for bugs, and dirt and mud and camp like conditions. What we were not prepared for was the sad disrepair of the accommodations. When we arrived we found that our sheets were visibly dirty. The mosquito net hung over the bed was held together with duck tape and had visible stains on it as well. The furniture was broken and dirty. The observation deck overlooking the ocean that we had been so looking forward too was furnished with two rusty lawn chairs, the back broken off of one of them. I told my husband it looked like they had gone shopping at a dump. And the toilet paper — ew. There was a small amount on the roll in the bathroom, which was gone after one use. The extra toilet paper left for us in the tree house was covered in dirt and bugs. Thank goodness we had come prepared with a small pack of travel tissues.
We wanted to be good sports about the whole situation, so we decided to stay the first night. We asked management for new sheets and they provided them (although he gave us quite a bit of attitude when we voiced our concerns about the condition of the tree house). The new sheets appeared clean, but when we put them on the bed we found they were holy. Eh — whatever, at least they had no suspect stains.
In all fairness, I have to say that we were rewarded for sticking it out with a massive and very impressive rain storm that night, and an incredibly beautiful sunrise the next morning. Plus — the coolest spider I have ever seen makes his home in the corner of the treehouse. He was a highlight of our very short trip. Those amazing nature given things, however, were just not enough to make up for the disappointment (and yuck-​ness) of the treehouse itself. The next morning we packed up our gear and were on the road before 7am.
Bottom line — this place is no where near worth the $ 120/​night we were forced to pay.
Honestly, the place would be a lot better if they chucked all the furniture and hauled in some cool logs to sit on. And of course it would help to invest in some new sheets every once in awhile, and at least try to keep the TP clean.

Rustic… fine. Run down, not cool.
This place is WAY WAY WAY too expensive for its condition! We thought at the very very least for $ 130 a night, the architecture would have been impressive. It’s not. But to be run down and dirty as well was really disappointing! It’s obvious the ONLY thing they do for a turn over is replace the sheets and a quick sweep. If someone spent 90 minutes doing a little house keeping around the place (even once a month), it could be really cool. The window sills are dirty (like grimy). The screens are so thick with dust the view is unpleasant. Get a dust buster and suck up the spiders and webs. Rake the loose rocks to the side and clean out the 60 lbs of charcoal dust from the bbq area. Replace the 10 year old rotting chairs and supply a lighter. Remove the massive pile of tree and shrubbery cuttings from the immediate area. Otherwise, charge $ 45 a night because it felt like we were the 99^th guest without a cleaning.
It is peaceful and has a nice view. But then again, that’s not hard to find in Hana.

My husband and I just stayed a night in the Treetops treehouse. I have very mixed feelings about the place. It was located on a beautiful property. To get to it, you have to drive down a bumpy dirt road but it wasn’t 4WD or anything. There was a slight hike to the treehouse. Didn’t seem like it was a ¼ mile but we actually thought it was kind of fun hiking into the «jungle» — isn’t that part of the appeal of this place anyway? We even arrived after dark and were able to navigate back and forth on the path with the aid of headlamps with no problem. The bathroom is a separate structure further up the hill from the house. I thought it was actually kind of cute — yes it was exposed but you are so far out that who cares? Again part of the charm, right? And it had a flushing toilet and hot water (it worked when we were there)?! Fantastic! Kitchen is as described above, propane stove, basic utensils, etc. but this is where the review starts to break down… we didn’t cook there as we only stayed one night and arrived late and left early but the plates that were there for our use were plastic and had knife cuts in them that were just filled with mildew. I would not have eaten off them — suggest bringing paper plates with you just to be on the safe side. The upper level, where you are supposed to be able to relax and sit and watch the ocean, sunrise, etc. was supplied with two lounge chairs that had cushions that were so mildewed that I would not have wanted to sit in them — and didn’t. The view from up there was great but we didn’t spend much time as there was nowhere clean to sit. A basic plastic chair that could be wiped off in case of dirt/​mildew would have been great as an alternative but a mildewed cushion that has who knows what in and on it… no thank you. Trust me, I an not a «fussy» person as the website kept warning about, but even I have limits! Finally the bed sheets were stained and had a couple of rips in them. The owner claims they were new, clean sheets that had gotten ripped while hanging on a nail and drying in the air. I appreciate the eco-​friendly drying but the fact of the matter is the owner knew the sheets were ripped and didn’t replace them. When you are running a business of providing housing for people, I think you need to take into account the need to provide clean, rip free sheets… they don’t cost much for basic bedding. As it is, we didn’t think the sheets were dirty (just had permanent stain from something) and we did have a nice night sleep under the trees, listening to all the night animals wandering around below us and the early morning rain storm. It was fun and definitely different than your standard hotel. So as I said, I have mixed feelings. This place has definite potential with a few tweaks and a little more care from the owner. For one night, not needing to cook, it was fine but I would not have wanted to stay there for longer without being able to use the plates, chairs, etc. And don’t forget the bug spray — they aren’t kidding about the bugs!

This review is 5 stars all the way. However i feel it is very important to read the whole rant/​rave and then make up your own mind. Things could go horribly wrong for you if you happen to think one thing and have it be the other. I LOVED this place, but in the process of this review i will have to point out a few things that bothered me as well. Please understand, and please please please also understand that you are in a TREE HOUSE, this means no Xbox, room service, or anything past basic plumbing (and be happy for that). Now let me go pour another glass of wine and i will begin.
We reserved Tree Tops for 4 nights. It is just outside Hana on the Paia side, so something like mile marker 28 puts you in the ballpark if that helps at all. Sooner or later you find your self on a under developed road, driving up, up, and up in to the jungle. While you are maybe NOT that far from civilization (be it as it may), you FEEL like you are stranded on a island, a jungle island, and it is epic.
Tree Tops is a tree house, no doubt about it, three levels if you include the «basement» (the ground level). It offers a fire pit, propane stove, bbq pit, assorted chairs, a observation deck, a bed with mosquito net, and not much else. There is plumbing on site, and sometimes hotwater from a little on demand water heater, don’t count on it, and you will be just fine. They are kinda cheap little setups (the heaters), and often need to be fiddled with to operate. However you are in hawaii, in a tree house, suck it up and smile.
There is also a cooler for you to store ANYTHING that the bugs can get in to. You will need to buy ice from the Hana general store.
The bugs… I was a Marine for 9 years, been to Iraq, lived in the south, bugs do not bother me, however if there is someone in your life who takes issue with them… may not be the place for you.
You will need to police up your meal areas, making sure no food is left out at all, or the ants will attack, and it will look like the movie 300. Complete with one of the ants screaming «this is sparta!» (he will have sexy abs as well). Use the trash can, and cooler to properly police everything.
The mosquitoes. I am still wearing the bites as tribute to what they can do if things go south. Buy bug spray, buy bug candles, buy those little smoky coil things, buy a flame thrower, contemplate nuking the site from orbit…
You need to have your game face on when dealing with the bugs, but if you let the bugs scare you away, you are missing out on a treat.
Pack like you are going camping. BBQ coals, maybe a roll of TP (there is some there), camp food, (there are basic pots, pans, plates, cups…), a fire log helped burn the wet wood up there, and give us a simply amazing night. Pack like you are camping and you will be OK, there is water on site, but you really are in another world for a while.
The nights in the rain forests over Hana are epic. The clouds come in around 1am and you are woken up to a nightly monsoon over your head, the rain pounding the clear plastic roofing, such a primal and alive feeling.
By morning most of the rain is gone, the jungle has sucked it all up, mud and wet are not a issue. The issues we had were proper planning and for-​site. Better coffee implements needed to be brought by me, i could have been more creative with the food, i needed more bug spray (they charge ten bucks a can at the hana store!!!), and ice.
This is not the place if you want to order your meals through a talking clown head at a drive through, Hana is at best a primitive town, where everything is expensive/​never open. I loved it. You will feel like you own the town until roughly 10am when all the convertible mustangs roll in with their baby boomers from the «main» part of the island. The locals here are super cool to anyone who they find out is actually staying on this side. You seriously feel like you are in a different world/​time let alone a different part of the island.
But the tree houses… Tree Tops was nice, but Tree Pavilion was stunning. More a tree cabin than a tree house. it was situated on the ground, with the bathroom close by, and was just… man i want to spend the rest of my life in it. Living comfortable is a bit hard, but living easy is the only way to go. Light the tiki torches, fire up the coals in the BBQ, and sit on the deck, surrounded by torches and candles, the bugs don’t stand a chance. I also actually got the hot water heater to work on this site.
Tree pavilion seems to be better cared for. more candles there, a bag of coals waiting for me, and a generally more bug free area.
I can’t stress the bugs, our cobalt was invaded by ants because of a soda can, doors shut, they got in like it was no big deal.
The final road is rough, a rental can make it up, but carefully, there is a quarter mile hike as well. If you are the right person, you will love this place. Trust me. I did.