A beautiful place with some room for improvement.
The Hawaiian Sanctuary is located quite far away from things and a lot of activities are a long drive away. Even just beaches, or Hilo is at least a 30-40min drive away.
The site is in the middle of the jungle, and very pretty with a lot of plants and animals. The cabins are big, spacious and clean. Here comes the BUT since check-in there was no staff to be found. People, who seemed to be staff weren’t very welcoming, everyone was minding their very own business. When finding someone and asking a simple question some had no answer or one person was actually quite rude to me. Lunch is self-cooked and you can pay 15Dollar for it, maybe i was unlucky, but it wasn’t very tasty to be very honest. The gym is unusable and in a very bad condition. The community kitchen very poorly equipped and also unfortunately very dirty.
The cabin on the other hand was very nice and clean, which was a big plus. The volcanos were reachablr and are a must see!
All in all it really depends on what you are looking for, as in my experience there was also not every yoga class taking place or some activities on the event plan.
The spa looked clean and good but you have to start everything yourself (which takes about 15-30min) and sign up for it early.
I enjoyed the tranquility, but i think it really depends on what you are looking for. It‘s a good hideout place for self sufficient people who don‘t mind that the staff isn‘t really a part of the deal.
Mahalo