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Hamakua Guesthouse

2.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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BBQ/picnic area
King Private Room with Ocean Views
King Private Room with Ocean Views | Beach/ocean view
Queen Private Room with Garden Views | Room amenity
Shared bathroom

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
28-1435 Old Mamalahoa Hwy., Pepeekeo, HI, 96728
  • Akaka Falls State Park
    10 min drive
  • Akaka Falls
    10 min drive
  • Hakalau Beach Park
    10 min drive
  • Hilo, HI (ITO-Hilo Intl.)
    27 min drive

Room options

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Queen Private Room with Garden Views

Queen Private Room with Garden Views

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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King Private Room with Ocean Views

King Private Room with Ocean Views

  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Queen Private Room with Garden Views

Queen Private Room with Garden Views

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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About the area

Pepeekeo

Located in Pepeekeo, Hamakua Guesthouse is by the ocean, within a 15-minute drive of Akaka Falls and Hakalau Beach Park. .This guesthouse is 9.8 mi (15.8 km) from Mokupapapa Discovery Center and 10 mi (16 km) from Hilo Farmers Market.
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What's nearby

  • Akaka Falls - 10 min drive
  • Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden - 11 min drive
  • Hilo Farmers Market - 19 min drive
  • Rainbow Falls - 21 min drive
  • Port of Hilo - 22 min drive

Getting around

  • Hilo Intl. Airport (ITO) - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Onomea Country Market & Cafe - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪What's Shakin - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Onomea Country Market & Cafe - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Blue Kalo - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪What's Shakin - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Hamakua Guesthouse

Guesthouse with free parking, in the vicinity of Hakalau Beach Park
Hamakua Guesthouse offers 8 accommodations. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. This Pepeekeo guesthouse provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers and bidets.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 8 individually decorated guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have showers and bidets.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as bicycles to rent or take in the view from a garden. Additional features at this guesthouse include complimentary wireless internet access and a television in a common area.
Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free uncovered self-parking on site

Things to do

  • Bike rentals

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • 2 bathrooms
  • Bidet
  • Shower
  • Towels

More

  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Mobile key entry

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email with special check-in instructions and an access code; access will be through a private entrance
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
This property is in a very rural area. Guests should contact this property in advance for directions.
Customers may be requested by the property to provide documentation of recent travel history (such as showing passport immigration stamps) and/or complete a health declaration.

Access methods

Access code, private entrance

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
Tax ID - W39044116-01
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Prepaid credit cards are not accepted for any bookings
Cashless transactions are available
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Please note that this property is run solely on solar power; guests may be asked to conserve water or electricity upon arrival.

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

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Hamakua Guesthouse Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 97 out of 169 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 169 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 19 out of 169 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 169 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 169 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Paul Arden

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The real Hawaii vacation
I in the place where I don’t feel like I am a tourist but living among locals yes it not what many hotels will offer but you are one with the natural and the real beauty of Hawaii, taking a shower in the open bathroom is the best thing I experienced and yes it has a privacy and comfort of of taking a bath with out worrying anything just enjoy the view of Hawaii 360 degrees
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Laura

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Cheryleita

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Eco-friendly
Eco-friendly experience with a few bumps. Only received 5 breakfast tickets, should have got 6 to Mr. Ed's bakery, which was a great place.
Falls were close by.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place to stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joy

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was the perfect getaway for someone who likes it quiet, peaceful and beautiful. I will stay again. Very clean. Authentic "old kine Hawaii". Joy Johnson
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Roxanne J

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Very secluded, and has most of what you need. The rooms are a bit old and not as clean. Amenities are great though! There's a personal waterfall you can go to.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wendella

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful setting
We enjoyed our stay and it was very comfortable. We had a king room. No A/C but windows to open for breeze. I was happy I packed a very small portable fan which really helped when it rained but it was still warm. We had to close the windows to keep the rain out. Snacks left in the room were nice and the kitchen was well stocked. Thank you!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Wei

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is located in a remote area with really bad road leading to the place. The room is really small and smells with shared bathrooms outside for all tenants. We arrived at night with no electricity in the building. The breakfast place is decent though but you have to drive there.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Chao, Arcadia

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here for one night, and our experience was not good, for two reasons. First, the check-in process was extremely stressful. We were supposed to receive our room assignment and check-in instruction through email by 3:00pm, but we never received that email. After 3:00pm, we started calling and messaging the property manager, many times, using contact information found on Expedia.com. We never got reply. By 5:00pm, we were really nervous (not knowing if we would have a place to stay at all). We had to drive to the property to find the manager, who wasn't there. We got his phone number finally by talking to another person who was staying in the same property. Second, the bedroom that we finally got was tiny and not clean at all. It has a queen bed on the floor and another queen bed up in the attic. Since this property is in a very rural area (with unpaved road), it really depends on your own expectation. We were expecting a normal hotel room, so it was a disappointment. But for camping, this property is much better than a small cabin.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Christopher

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
There are a lot of positives about this place: well-maintained, pretty, isolated property, our bedroom was very nice, and there's a wonderful folder in the room with a detailed list of the property itself, nearby communities, and things to do. But trying to communicate with the property was a disaster. Myself and other guests couldn't get in contact with anyone before arriving, and some guests just had to wait in the common room before they could access the room code. Additionally, there are laminated signs literally EVERYWHERE, instructing guests on what to and not to do (it's very preschool). And lastly, while houseguests are admonished to be quiet as a mouse after 9 p.m., that doesn't go for the staff downstairs, who party the night away. Micromanaging of guests and mismanagement by employees isn't a great combo. Maybe we caught them on a bad couple days.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Norman, Abbotsford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place. The manager (owners?) were never around, and it would have been nice to get some local perspective on things. Noisy guests with big feet also problematic!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

John

Travelled with family
The road to guesthouse had several pot holes so very hard to drive especially at night Steep narrow stairs to room and loft. Carrying luggage up stairs was hard Small living and kitchen space and shared washroom with several guests

8/10 Good

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adario

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

glen

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Read a lot of reviews first
Disappointed. Reservation said 2 queens but did not say loft with ladder access so make sure all members can climb before you book. Cats were all around entrances so if you have allergies be aware. There are 2 shared kitchens with time restrictions so if you are arriving late you might not be able to cook. 3 shared bathrooms for 5-6 cabanas and 4-5 guest rooms. No a/c. Breakfast was available in town a mile away with a gift-card. Limited menu. Eds bakery was good but if you have not family early day planned they might not be open. Not family friendly, noise restriction and space. Good for singles or couples.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic place (some caveats)
Fantastic place and exactly as described. Mat was very helpful when our check-in instructions didn’t make it to us, and the information on site is really helpful too. The beds were really comfortable (we got the private room with 2 queens), and you can’t beat the views. Also really loved the treats left for us and the breakfast vouchers. Some things to consider/know: 1) Room: One of the queen beds is in a loft accessed by a ladder. If you don’t have someone in your party who can manage that, you may want to reconsider. 2) General: This is a shared space. The room is private, but the bathroom is shared, as is the rest of the space. People seemed to be respectful of the quiet hours, but outside of that, you may hear/run into others. If that’s an issue for you (like, if you really want your own space and your own bathroom), you’ll want to reconsider. 3) Driving: It can be a little rough, but if you drive cautiously and mindfully, you should be totally fine (if you put the address in Google maps, it may take you a different way that has a much longer stretch of gravel road that is rough driving). What worked for us was putting Mr.Ed’s Bakery in Google maps and then we just kept going straight through the ravine until we hit the gravel road and looked for the Hamakua Guesthouse sign on the right.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Jianghua

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's okay stay for us overall. The site manager is very nice and friendly, especially, the cats he raised in the yard are very cute. The surrounding is a beautiful jungle. There are couple things surprised us: - the way to get there is very bumpy and narrow. It's under-maintained. There were many pits on the way . - There is NO continental breakfast. ( at least, the site manager did not mentioned) and we did not see it. - You will SHARE bathroom with at least 4 rooms of people. It's huge misleading in this property's detailed descriptions.

10/10 Excellent

INNA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Eco friendly and educational. Gorgeous views. Very nice staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Pradyumna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Unique location; beware bathroom access
This was a unique experience and setting. The listing should make clear that not only is there a shared bathroom but access to it requires going down a stairwell For those of us who need that access at night, not easy.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Kelli

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at this Guesthouse was a wonderful highlight of our stay on the Big Island of Hawaii, and I am so glad we chose it. My husband and I found it to be an interesting place. The room, and the open areas of the guest house were nicely furnished and decorated, and provided a deep sense of peace and calm. There were little thoughtful offerings for each guest including ear plugs for the sounds of night frogs, and birds. However those sounds were very nice and relaxing, and I personally cannot imagine blocking out these sweet sounds. The manager was accommodating and friendly. I think Expedia should be more clear about what a Guest house means, so that travelers know what to expect in terms of shared space. There was no A/C and it was very damp. However in terms of temperature, A/C was not needed. The only real concern was the road leading to the Guesthouse. We came in after dark, and were very concerned with the narrow road which was over run by the thick forest and trees and vines on both sides. The road was not paved and there were holes our little rental car struggled to get through. There was also a lot of debris, perhaps from an earlier storm, and our car picked up some of this debris, causing some minor damage. This is probably out of the Guesthouse’s control, but until we pulled into the well appointed parking lot and were reassured of the Guesthouse’s good accommodations we were put off.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

vicki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
True hawaii jungle experience
Awesome experience! Aaron and Huston were more then accommodating! The site is beautiful and met some awesome people. The swim pool and waterfall are gorgeous and the ultimate Hawaii experience. Thank you,!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022