We loved staying in Honoka'a. It was a bit of a drive to get anywhere, but we loved being in such a lush and peaceful area. The view from the cottage was great. The cottage is old and fairly musty, but that's hard to avoid in such a humid area I guess. It's a good idea to bring some kind of a sound machine for sleeping (I unfortunately forgot ours) since there is quite a bit of noise from the frogs and what I think was clinking from the water heater on the other side of the wall just behind the bed. My biggest complaint was the insufficient window covering for the windows by the bed. The windows were covered with really cheap blinds that you can pretty much see right through. They didn't block the light at all in the morning and didn't provide much privacy from the next house over.