The nature cottage is just what I expected. For nature lover's that want to get immersed in some of the most beautiful, lush, and magical areas of Hawai'i, this is a great place to stay. Most of the walls of the cottage are screens so you get nature in surround sound and sight, and some cool breezes at night. Based on Janelle's description and other reviews, I knew that we should expect other creatures to visit us in the cottage. The worst of our visitors in about the 10 nights of our stay were a few mosquitos. If you do not want visits from cockroaches or ants, then keep the place spotless and take your trash outside. From our room, we were able to observe a number of beautiful birds (including a white owl of some sort! Who knew?!), some mongoose, a few wild boar, cocqui frogs, Madagascar geckos, and some dogs, cats, and chickens. :) Lovely.