Haleakalā National Park (Wilderness Tent Permit)

Other worldly experience as we returned to camp again 25 years later! Just be prepared for rain and a hard hike out! We'll try (again) to book a cozy cabin next time!

Backpacking to Holua and Paliku was wonderful. It's a beautiful place. The weather cooperated and it did not rain. I do wish we had rented slightly warmer sleeping bags, but we managed. it gets a little cold at night.

Haleakala was so beautiful and it's a truly amazing experience to get to camp in backcountry. The hike from summit to Paliku is downhill and not very extraneous. The hike from Paliku to Holua is not very far either. It is however quite steep to get back to parking from Holua to the parking lot. It is very helpful to use the hiker pickup to go to the summit!

Most excellent experience. Please follow the advice of the NPS website - prep for hot days, limited shade and cold nights. I layered up at night and/or used a bag liner in a 30 degree bag. I had a change of clothes in case or rain. It cools down and warms up relatively quickly. The tent’s exterior will likely be damp in the morning. There is a faucet at each campsite - I did well with 3 liters and a gravity water filter.

Holua and Paliku were beautiful campsites. I was blessed to have a beautiful sunset at Paliku, and a moonbow and stunning sunrise at Holua.

Great experience in Haleakala NP, on the trails and at the camp / cabin sites! Non potable water sources and pitted toilets were great. Holua camp site #3 is the best!!! Lots of space and super flat. Sad to see alllll camp sites reserved on this website but virtually NO ONE showing up... if you reserve and can't come anymore CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION. Love Haleakala, can feel the mana, we will be back!

Had a great time backpacking in Halelakala National Park! Stayed at Holua and Paliku (both at site 3) . The sites themselves are not the best, but I wasn't expecting that of something so hard to access. At Paliku the sites are not really labeled, hard to determine which site is which, but we figured it out eventually! The outhouse there was one of the worst I have seen in my life. The landscape was beautiful. At Holua, you should know that once you reach the cabin you still will have a decent climb up to the sites. They were mostly dirt - bring a chair! Outhouse was acceptable condition. Water at both sites was available (treatment required) .

Phenomenal sunrise and morning hike out. Hike in was damp in the clouds, would definitely recommend and will do this hike (or a longer one) again.

Words can't describe how beautiful it was. The weather for my trip was perfect, so I got the best possible experience- a cloudless day for an amazing sunset, a cloudless morning for an amazing sunrise, and the night in-between was moonless, so I saw an incredible amount of stars. I wish I had booked 2 nights and stayed at the other campground. I will definitely return, possibly with family to rent one of the cabins.

Rugged and beautiful.