Definitely a one-of-a-kind experience.
Our 2 nights in this treehouse were a fantastic experience, overall. The treehouse and the way towards are well maintained. It’s entirely off grid, but there’s plenty of flashlights and other battery powered LEDs to help you find your way around, even at night.
There’s so many little things that give this place a lot of character. Our stay at the treehouse was a very much needed time of “taking our foot off the gas pedal”. When, previously, we had rather tightly planned schedules, it felt like the tranquility and remoteness of the treehouse almost encouraged us to just sleep in and approach our day there at a slow pace, and leave the excitement, but also stress, of the 10 days prior behind.
The one single downside / nitpick we could name with regards to this accommodation is definitely the noise the coqui frogs made. When you get out of your car, it sounds like there’s 200 car alarms going off around you at once. While the sleeping area definitely reduces the noise quite a bit, the frog’s “singing” might still make it hard for light sleepers to fall asleep - but YMMV, we didn’t have any issues whatsoever.
Overall, if you’re planning to spend even just one night in proximity to Hilo (25min drive) / the east coast / the volcano national park, you won’t regret spending it in Britt and Michael’s lovely tree house.
Mahalo!