Book a hotel near Punalu'u Beach, Pahala

"Our stay was quiet and beautiful! We were so close to Volcano NP where we wanted to spend most of the time. We drove to Mauna Kea and everywhere else but this place was like a home away from home!"

"We were very familiar with the area, but had never stayed at this facility. We were delighted with our unit and will most likely stay again in the future."

"What a wonderful place for a family or large group to vacation! The location is isolated and peaceful with a view of the ocean. Bring groceries but plan to eat at the Bakery in Naalehu several times. The house was all that was advertised and more. Kitchen was well equipped with the essentials. The rooms are spacious, clean and breezy. The ping pong table and massage chair in the living room were in use whenever we were home. The original art gives character to every room. There's a black sand beach about 15 minutes drive! The caretakers Shelby and Josh elevated our trip to a new level with their hospitality and local knowledge. Prior to the trip, the owner was helpful by responding to questions within a few hours. If you are considering this house, just book it now. You will have a wonderful vacation. KW"

"very negative and hostile experience while at the pool with my family. I was approached my a woman while in the pool. She had a stick in her hand, was kind of like smacking her other hand with it. She asked me to follow her to read some sign. Which turned out to be the pool rules. She said that I had "bombed" the pool and dove in. Knowing that I am on vacation, with my family. I immediately tried to diffuse the situation by apologizing, saying my bad and it will not happen again. She continued to scold me in front my family and other guests. I walked away to return to my family. My daughter asked what was going on. I explained to her that I had broken some pool rules, explained to her what infraction was. I proceeded to get back in the pool. My daughter jumped in behind me. Here comes that lady again. Proceeds to berate and embarass me in front of my family and guests again. And I quote. See what you did? Now all the kids are breaking the rules because of you and a bunch of other nonsense. The only child that jumped into the pool was my 15 year old daughter. She jumped in feet 1st, didn't dive "bomb" or anything. At this point my family and I were embarrassed, hurt and felt unsafe staying any longer in the Colony. We came to Hawaii to relax, get away from uptight people and the grind of city life. To have this lady berate and belittle me not once, but twice in front of family is inexcusable and unacceptable. Especially after I profusely apologized for what I had done. I was never rude, combative/argumentative in anyway. How could I be? I was in the wrong. I don't know who this lady is but sounds like from what I was told she is the manager? Anyways. We paid a lot of money for this trip, had to do a lot to get here. We are trying to not let this incident to affect or trip, but sadly it has. We immediately left property in morning to go somewhere where we will be treated with respect and not stay somewhere in fear of being unfairly bullied and harassed. Upon check out we immediately got rude, disrespectful text from the cleaner! 😡 Was told by management they would try and rent unit and refund some my money. They never listed property! I should of got a partial refund regardless for the crap we were put through. TO ALL DO NOT RENT HERE! Place has a nasty ammonia smell in kitchen from animal feces somewhere, upstairs unit no AC so place is stifling hot, we saw two huge cain spiders, poorly managed. Just overall a horrible experience. ☹️☹️"

"Great place to get away and relax! Beautiful scenery!"

"We had a great stay here and were able to just walk over to the Punulu'u black sand beach in a few minutes and hang out with some sea turtles. Definitely one of my favorite places to visit in Hawaii! The place was clean and had everything we needed even though we mostly just slept there and were out most of the day, but everything was very comfortable. It was only 30 minutes from the volcano area and also close to the south point and green sand beach. There isn't an a/c but we didn't need it, the ceiling fans were sufficient and we didn't even have to employ the other fans that were available. We would happily stay there again if we are in the area."