Best Glamping near Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Glamping Reviews near Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

22 Reviews of 5 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Campgrounds

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  Christy K.

  Ranger

  Jul. 25, 2015

  Nāmakanipaio Campground — Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

  Nice grassy open area and very clean

  We stayed here Thanksgiving night prior to spending a day in Volcanoes national park. Given the holiday, everything was closed in town so make sure you bring some food and supplies. It was also pretty quiet and felt very safe.

  In the middle of the night we woke up to RAIN! And if anyone knows rain in Hawaii is HARD - so make sure you are prepared if you decide to camp in Hawaii.

  This is a great way to be close to the volcano park to get an early start.

  There is a paystation on site and restrooms, firepits and picnic tables.

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  Kristen P.

  Scout

  Jun. 16, 2018

  Nāmakanipaio Campground — Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

  10 miles from anything you are used to (except a bathroom 😂)

  This camping site is great! It’s 10 miles inside the volcanos national park. At the end of the drive there is parking for about 4 vehicles and a very clean and nice structure housing a pit toilet with paper. No running water, no fires allowed. Camping stoves ok. There are I believe 10-12 sites some right off the lot some farther out ours was up over a hill so you could not see any other sites or the lot from our location. There was a picnic table in each site. You pay at the gate (we got the year pass) and then $10 a night you put it in the bash box on site and put the receipt at your site if you happen to love for the day. We both tent camped and put up hammocks. You are in the shadow of Laura loa volcano and when we went you could see the glow of the main crater from our site however with the recent activity I am pretty sure the level may be too low now.

  We hikes for a half hour towards the crater glow in the night to get to a ridge to look out over the valley. The moon was bright enough you didn’t need flashlights. It’s very windy at night and the temp drops. I had a sleep mat in my hammock and slept in sweats with a blanket and Summer sleeping bag. Our hammocks were swaying in the wind all night.

  One of the best sites was the moon setting behind Mauna Loa just before sunrise and then watchingbehr sure from purple to pink to red as the sun came up from behind us and cast colors on her. A few miles farther on the drive you will reach a dead end with a pavilion and an incredible view of the Pacific.

  Its close enough to hilo we left our site for the day and went to the hilo parks to swim than did all of the volcano park activities in the early evening.

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  Aubrey G.

  Guide

  Jan. 25, 2022

  Arnotts Lodge and Hiking Adventures

  Centrally located in Hilo, city camping!

  Surprisingly there are few places to camp on this side of the island. Unless you have a car it's almost impossible to get to them with your luggage. Hot showers, wifi, and plenty of common areas for eating, relaxing, etc. Children under 7 not allowed. No stores or restaurants in walking distance. So many birds and other loud creatures singing all night long. Overall a great stop but not quite what we were looking for.

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  Jessica F.

  Guide

  Sep. 25, 2016

  Nāmakanipaio Campground — Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

  No showers, unless you make friends with someone in a cabin

  I stayed here in spring of 2007, and was struck by how similar it was to Northern California, with the tall eucalyptus trees, and cute little cabins.

  The camping bathroom didn't have showers, but the communal bathroom for the cabins did, and a sympathetic cabin renter let me into that bathroom. (I'm a bike tourist, so I really need the shower.)

  I spent two nights here, because the second day I went for the dusk hike among the lava fields. Note to bikers, make friends with someone at the bottom who can drive you up, because it is a big climb not to be biked up in the dark.

  There was a pavilion with a stone fireplace that was very attractive for groups.

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  Shari G.

  Legend

  Apr. 26, 2022

  Hamakua Guesthouse & Camping Cabanas

  Hammock Cabanas, Hawaiian Style

  This guest house offers a wide array of lodging opportunities, but the most unique are their hammock cabanas. These elevated, screened and tented porches offer one a pleasant and inexpensive (for Hawaii) night’s sleep. Rather than providing a bed or cot, each tent has two sleeping hammocks, a small cooler, secure gear locker and some basic lighting and electricity.  Note, the power goes off at 10pm, as the whole compound runs on solar power and batteries. It was raining buckets the night we stayed there, but we were dry and comfortable, although torrential rain on any small structure might make sleeping a challenge. 

  The guest house at the top of the property has a great covered back porch with some great cooking, food preparation, and washing up options. Also the bathrooms and showers are lovely, especially if you’ve just come from a backcountry trip in the National Park!  

  The guest house also welcomes the small herd of local stray cats to roam around outside and get an evening meal. It’s so cool if you like cats, but could be a bit of a nightmare if you do not. These furry guests are not allowed inside so no worries there, but they will investigate your food bag and meow like crazy should you be trying to make dinner outside.

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  t T.

  Scout

  May. 28, 2024

  JoesNuts.com

  Nice and easy driveway, walk to painted church and a few cool things

  There was a coffee farm within walk distance, the church, peace gardens and just nice little area.  Lots of pets, the cow! and baby goats.  City of refuge and Captain Cook Monument are amazing to  hang, and a few private beaches only for people who stay here

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  Sharon N.

  Traveler

  Sep. 8, 2017

  Nāmakanipaio Campground — Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

  Walking distance to Volcano crater!

  A friend came to visit from off island and I had to take her to see Volcano National Park. We tent camped one night at this campground. It has toilets and a large pavilion, that we utilized to cook and eat under due to early morning rain. The night we stayed was verily quiet with not many other campers. I paid in the onsite dropbox with a check, but I am sure there is a way to probably pay online. Unfortunately there are no shower facilities.

  The all time highlight is that when it got dark we made the 15-20 minute hike up to the Jagger Museum overlook/observatory to see the glowing lava in the crater.

  The campground is technically outside of the national park and if you hike in there is no park fee.

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  Dave G.

  Guide

  Jun. 5, 2017

  Nāmakanipaio Campground — Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

  Arrived and Left in Awe

  We were able to snag a walk up site right at check out time, which is when you should arrive if you want to camp here. The campground was full by dinner time. The huge upside of this campground is the proximity to the Jagger Museum and the inner caldera of the volcano. You can hike from the campground to the caldera overlook and if you get lucky with a cloudy night sky, you'll be treated to a fiery display with the volcano glow lighting up the sky. The only downside of this campground is that there are no showers for tent campers. Definitely not something that would prevent us from returning.

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  Annie E.

  Scout

  Feb. 13, 2022

  Soil to Soul - PERMANENTLY CLOSED

  Peace on Earth

  I found this place on Craig’s List. It was for sale when I arrived and has been updated since then. It is such an amazing spot.