This rental makes a great home base for the Road to Hana, touring the farms of Upcountry (check out O’o Farm!), Haleakala and North Maui beaches. The trail and beach at Wai’anapanapa State Park are absolutely incredible – the highlight of our entire trip! You’ll need a reservation (we actually booked two time slots so we had enough time to hike the entire trail). Make sure you wear actual shoes for the trail; flip flops definitely aren’t suitable. If you only do one thing in Haleakala National Park, make sure you check out the Pa Ka’oao Trail starting at the main Visitor Center. If you want to see the starts or sunrise and plan to arrive at Haleakala between 3am and 7am, you’ll need a reservation. No reservation is required after 7am. Unfortunately North Maui isn’t known for swimming or snorkeling because of the high surf, but Ho’okipa Beach Park is fun for watching wind surfers and sea turtles. As for the rental itself, it’s located on top of a garage so you have to use stairs to access it. There is another rental just like it next door. I don’t know if the owner rents out the garage below or if he uses it for himself, but you might see someone coming and going on occasion. We didn’t have any issues with this but it should be noted that the home isn’t totally private. The rental is very comfortable; we felt completeyl at home here. The kitchen is fully equipped and the two bathrooms are just what you need. The beds were comfortable. There is no air conditioner but even though we’re used to much cooler temperatures, we were comfortable with the windows open and fans going. The only issue we had was that since there is no air conditioner, you want to leave the windows open at night to stay cool. However, the neighborhood dogs barked incessantly overnight and the roosters started crowing by 4am. We had to close the windows and use the fans, which kept the room from being unbearable but it was still a bit stuffy. Overall, Mark was a great communicator/host, and the rental was in a great location and suited our needs quite well.