Challenging, but beautiful & cheap
You’ll have a beautiful flat pasture with ocean views, gentle wave sounds, and a sunrise to wake up to. But you have to be country-savvy, have a 4WD and be comfortable camping with no facilities and horses in your midst.
Bring water and know that there are no facilities. We don’t recommend a fire—the grass is very dry; you don’t want to burn down Kohala-town.
Since the host is pretty unresponsive we have posted driving directions as the listing has none and Google maps is incorrect (but accurately pins the final location.) On HWY 270, going east from Hawi to Halaula; Turn left at the yellow sign that says “One Lane Bridge” BEFORE the bridge, and then turn left again at the bottom of the short road (there are three private property here with locked gates) into a deeply excavated roadway. At the end of this road you’ll see yellow metal gates—turn on the road that goes right. Keep going on this narrow road until you see the cemetery on the left. Just beyond that you’ll see the gate on the left. Use the code the owner provides on the large padlock. Once through that gate, go down the road until the next gate into the horse pasture.
Don’t let the horses out! They are very friendly and will go through your stuff. Pick up a branch and lightly tap them on the ass, yelling “yeehaw” when they get overbearing.
It’s a challenge, but beautiful and cheap.