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What do you expect for $45 per night? Not much. We knew that this place was a couple steps above camping. And it was. Our cabin was dark and dreary. Its wood floor shows its uncared-for age and the utensils in the kitchen were sparse. Those that were there were usable but old. The cabin is old but still sound. We were informed of all this (except the dark and dreary part) prior to reserving. This cabin had two rooms with two single bunks each. We had to make our own beds with the sheets, towels, and toiletries neatly tossed into a plastic bag heaped onto the double bed in the main room. There is limited seating with just two chairs at the small table in the main room. Do you like to drink coffee when you first wake? Well, you have to use an old-fashioned, stove-top percolator here. No Mr. Coffee maker! My wife used the container for the flowers she bought (see picture). We just used a pan to heat water and used instant coffee. >:p No phone. No cell service. No television. We ended up watching a DVD we bought on my laptop (the DVD was titled "Extreme Kaua‘i", an excellent production showing the seldom seen places of Kaua‘i). If you thrive on nightlife, do not stay here. This place is just a few steps above camping. We had a solid roof over our heads to keep the rain off us (it rained very hard two of our three nights here). We had hot showers and an easy way to heat water for coffee. Other than that, it was just like camping. We knew most all of this prior to reserving. However, once there, reality sets in and you see the error of your ways. Why did we choose this place? Because of its proximity to all the wonderful trails in the park. However, due to the amount of rain during our stay, hiking was severely limited. So any reason to endure these meager accommodations was quickly eliminated. We felt stuck with nothing to do but drive back down into Waimea or further.

It's only $45 per night for the stand-alone cabins ($35 for the attached). Maximum of 5 night stay. Friday and Saturday nights must be rented together. The Lodge at Koke‘e is located between milemarkers 15 and 16 on Waimea Canyon Drive within Koke‘e State Park. It sits at about 4,000 feet of elevation. And, yes, that means the mornings can be chilly. They have twelve rentals. Eight of the rentals are stand-alone cabins. The other four sit as two buildings of attached cabins. They tend to book-up early by the locals because this is where they come to escape the hordes of tourists invading their island home. We were reserving a stand-alone cabin in January for our October trip and they only had two left. So you need to reserve here very early if you plan on getting one. The Lodge office/store/restaurant is only open from 8am to 4pm. There is no other choice for food or supplies up here. We ended up driving the 45 minutes back down to Waimea every night for dinner. One aspect that really stuck out was the spider webs. On the ceiling joists, down in the corners, and across small openings; they were there. The real kicker: My wife hates spiders. Although we did not see the spiders themselves, since we were seeing plenty of their handywork, we knew they were there somewhere. We wanted to be adventurous on our accommodation choices this trip, but I feel we may have dipped too low even for our liking. Hence, we were disappointed with our choice here. However, this feeling was complicated by the amount of rain we had, which severely limited our planned hikes.

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