Haleakalā National Park (Cabin Permits)

Paliku is always beautiful. Be prepared for rain, we had sun! Cabin is short on spoons and bowls. Lots of pots, plates, cups, knives and forks One burner propane stove. Bring small camp lights.

Amazing experience!

The cabins at Haleakala are deluxe accommodations! Padded bunks, both wood and propane stoves, plenty of water in the catchment. No wonder they sell out so quickly.

Amazing place, staying at Hosmer Grove was a good choice if you're planning to camp inside the crater overnight since in the morning you can watch the sunrise and then plan to hike in. Sunrise is amazing, but extremely crowded, you'll fight throngs of people to get a decent view. Sunset is also quite beautiful, and of course much less crowded. Downsides of going the cabin route: 1. they are often booked the same day they are released, very competitive to get a permit, 2. you have to wait until the main office opens to get your cabin permits, so we had to backtrack after watching the sunrise instead of directly hiking in, 3. the provided "firelogs" are pretty sad, essentially compacted sawdust that are difficult to start and burn through quite fast so you have to tend the fire quite frequently. Positives of the cabins 1: less gear to pack in since you'll have a roof over your head and there is plenty of cooking gear and a propane stove.

....LOGS WERE GONE! COLD AS HECK.! Propane gone, unable to heat water or food! Thanks for ripping my family off once again! Unused cabins sit vacant while people are looking for cancelations.......Short version= complete fail...!

We had a perfect time!

This is an amazing experience! A one-night stay with two days of hiking is enough to explore almost all the trails up in the park. My one thing that was unclear was that each cabin can only be booked by one party, rather than booked up to the total number of people the cabin holds.

Everything was great.

What a magical and fantastical experience. We hiked in starting from the Halemau'u Trailhead after our orientation (at the Haleakalā National Park Summit Entrance). The weather was off-and-on raining, and by the time we got there we were pretty wet, but in my opinion, there's nothing better than drying off by a warm stove with some good food. The cabin is loaded with tons of utensils/tools (at least 4 different ways to make coffee), and more lighters than you could probably use in a year! We tried our best to keep things crumb-free, and actually hung up any of the food we had in a little bag from one of the ropes we were using to dry out clothes, but our litte mouse friend still came out to say hi! A bit before sunrise I got up to make coffee so that we could walk a bit to get a better view of the sunrise, brrrr it was chilly! Then a lazy morning of packing up while hanging out with the nene geese that stopped by to say hello. Can't recommend this place enough; if you ever get the chance to go - do!

Paliku is absolutely amazing!! I am so grateful to have had this experience

We hiked down from the top of Haleakala to Kaupo with two nights at a cabin in the middle. I had asked the rangers some questions about logistics beforehand. They got back to me, and then when we checked in were helpful and friendly. The cabins are great.