Volcano Guest House, Volcano, Hawaii

Affordable ecotourism! Sustainable lodging accommodations since 1986. The Real Green.
Recycling, solar assisted hot water heating
Sun dried linens
Fully equipped cottages for one to six people
Family friendly! Kid friendly!

We have been renting The Cottage to visitors since we moved into our bigger house in 1985. The bedroom, up a flight of beautiful Koa wood stairs, has Koa trimmed windows on four sides, with a queen and two twin beds. The windows themselves are antique, reclaimed from officer's quarters on Oahu. It's a magical room to wake up in. Downstairs, in the Great room are two more twin beds. The Cottage has the feel of an old-time Volcano summer cabin, complete with family antiques, hand-me down furniture, and a short tub/shower that is 50 years old and looks it. Except for the beds. They are new and comfy. TV, VCR, telephone.

Claudia's Place sleeps up to three, $115 per night for the first two, $15 per extra person, full kitchen and bath.
We built Claudia's Place, a mother-in-law apartment, which shares a front porch with our house, in 1995, for Alan's mother, Claudia. There's a queen bed in the bedroom and a twin bed in the living/kitchen room. It has beautiful antique maple floors, recycled from a 1910 wareghouse in Oakland, California, refinished one piece at a time. We salvaged and reused beautiful 1940s windows from Diamond Head military housing that was being demolished in the 1970s. The spacious bedroom and bathroom were designed for wheelchairs. TV, VCR, telephone.

Twin I and Twin II each sleep four, $115 per night for the first two, $15 per extra person, full kitchen and bath
The Twins were finished in June, 2001. Their floor plans mirror each other and they share a large lanai between them. Each has a bedroom alcove with a queen bed that can be made private by closing a shade. In the spacious living room are two twin beds. The lavatory is in the large dressing room. The huge beautiful box windows are trimmed with redwood recycled from old Volcano water tanks; the sills are made of Ohia wood cut from trees cleared to build the cottages. Like Claudia's Place they are designed for wheelchair accessibility. TV, VCR, telephone.

The Upstairs sleeps four, $115 per night for the first two, $15 per extra person, kitchenette and bath
The Upstairs, our only unit with two bedrooms (one with a queen bed, one with two twin beds), is upstairs in our house, and has its own bathroom and dining/kitchenette, with microwave, toaster, rice cooker, coffeemaker, refrigerator and sink (no stove). Every room has two windows looking out at the top of the forest. It is where our kids used to live, until they went away to college. Now you can stay there and help pay their tuition. You enter through the front porch and our living room, but don't worry, you don't even have to knock. We sleep in the back of the house so you can come and go whenever. Both bedrooms have beautiful wood-lined dormers, and one has a built-in koa dressing table. Also a nice roomy tub/shower. TV, VCR, telephone.

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