The Thai Hale (ha-lay, which mean house in Hawaiian) is an exotic place to relax and enjoy the secluded nature of our sacred Hawaiian land. It was designed to bring masculine and feminine energies together in a smooth flow of yin and yang, with both round and square shapes working in harmony. Intricately carved Balinese doors begin your journey from path to house, as the eye catching roof line (inspired by Thai temples) presents itself.

Built entirely of renewable bamboo, this abode is so unique that even before construction was completed it was featured on the prestigious German travel show “Reiselust” (Wanderlust). Decorated with elegant furnishings, porcelain, stained glass and the finest of natural silk and linen fabrics, the Thai Hale has a sleeping loft with a queen sized bed and Tantric meditation corner, as well as a small single bedroom on the first floor. The Thai Hale comes equipped with a full private kitchen and bathroom.

The underwater themed outdoor shower, designed by an award-winning artist, overlooks the ocean and takes “sensuous bathing” to a whole new level. The wrap around lanai provides an outdoor living area with couches, tables, and chairs and a view of the Thai Hale’s beautiful garden and the sea.

Rates:

$250.00/night.

Weekly Rate: $230.00/night.

Rates are based on double occupancy. We prefer a one week minimum booking, otherwise there will be an additional clean up fee of $95 if less than 7 nights and $145 if less than 5 nights. Call for last minute special discounts.

High Season: During high season from December 15th to January 31st, we do not have weekly rates.

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Our Hawaiian room celebrates the spirit of the islands with Hawaiian art, an exotic wood floor and a large private deck with views of the ocean, Haleakala, and our grounds.

Rates:
$135.00/night
Weekly Rate: $125.00/night

Plus Hawaii Transient Accommodation Tax

Rates are based on double occupancy. We prefer a 5 night minimum booking, otherwise there will be an additional clean up fee of $45 if less than 5 nights and $75 if less than 3 nigths. Call for last minute special discounts.

High Season:During high season from December 15th to January 31st, we do not have weekly rates.

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PLEASE: read all of the information carefully and print a copy, as you will need to refer to the directions when you arrive on Maui!

We warmly invite you to “Kahua O’Mali’o”, a place of happiness, comfort and pleasure. (Mali’o is a mythical woman renowned for entertaining with music and for her ability in love magic.) This is truly a place to explore and in which to relax and meditate.

Thank you for supporting our unique and sacred land, which is the only 100% self-sustained retreat on Maui. With your commitment to stay with us you are truly supporting the future of our next generation.

Please confirm within 48 hours that you have received this email confirmation and that you accept the terms of our cancellation policy.

In order to ensure you are taken care of, it is important that someone is here to greet you and take you to your lodgings. If you are arriving after 6 pm, please let us know in advance.

Please inform us of the arrival time for your flight as well as your approximate arrival time on at the retreat, if you have not done so already.

Check-In

You have made a reservation for the Room arriving on 2011, and checking out on 2011. Check-in time is between 3 pm and 6 pm, check-out time is 11:00 am.

Late Check-Out

Late check-out is available upon request for an additional $50 fee, provided that no one else is checking in on that same day.

Reservation Confirmation and Cancellation Terms

Reservations are taken on a first-come-first-serve basis. Receipt of your fifty percent (50%) deposit confirms your reservation. Payment of the remaining balance must be received within 30 days prior to arrival (via check) or is due upon arrival in cash. If you choose to cancel your reservation, you will be responsible for the full amount of your reservation. We will make every attempt to re-book the space; however, no refunds for canceled reservations will be made unless the space can be subsequently re-booked at the same rate. So if you do decide to cancel, please make sure you cancel early so we can have lots of time to try and re-book.

There is a non-refundable re-booking fee of $100.00.

Initial Deposit and Final Payment

Thank you for your paid deposit in the amount of $

The total for your stay is $/night x nights = $ + cleaning fee of $0.00 + 13.42% tax of $ = $.

Payment of the remaining $ balance must be received in our office 30 days prior to your arrival if paying by Personal Check, or will be due upon arrival if paying with Cash, Money Order or Traveler’s Checks. Checks should be made out to “Kahua” and sent to PO Box 80080, Haiku, HI 96708. A credit card may also be used to pay the balance with an additional 5% processing fee. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Please let us know ASAP by email how you wish to pay for the balance, if you have not already done so!

Mahalo!

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Car Rental Suggestions

We recommend the earth-friendly Bio Beetle, powered by Biodiesel. Or, please contact our friend and neighbor Nicolas Kern at carrentalhawaii.com for additional options.

Your Stay at Maui Retreat

We encourage you to visit our website to learn more about what Maui Retreat has to offer. You will find out what workshops are available during your stay, and how to schedule a private session with Kutira and Raphael, as well as information on how to schedule a lovely Pohaku Lomi Lomi massage.

Bring good walking shoes so that you may comfortably explore the land, mosquito repellent for certain areas of the island and a water bottle to fill up with our delicious well water.

In your room, you will find a guest book filled with valuable information. Please take a look through it when you arrive so that your stay is informed by a deeper understanding of our ecological space. Let us know if you would like to be shown around- there will always be someone to attend to your needs.

Food

We do not provide food or meals with lodging. Subject to availability, we may have fresh eggs and fruit grown on the land available for purchase. As there are no stores or restaurants in Huelo, you may wish to pick up some food items in either Kahului or Paia. We will provide you with shopping bags once you are here.

We highly recommend Mana Foods store and deli in Paia, as they have excellent organic, raw food, vegan and fresh fish offerings. When you get to the stop light in Paia, turn onto Baldwin Avenue- Mana Foods is about 1 block or so on the left. There is public parking on the left just past the market.

We also recommend that you stop by Mr. Pineapple and mention Maui Retreat. They offer great gift shipping back to the mainland.

For very late arrival, we do offer a shopping service. Please contact us in advance with a detailed shopping list and we will have your groceries waiting for you when you arrive. The cost for this service is $25 + 10% of the cost of goods.

Art and Music Boutique

Your room is provided with CDs of Kutira and Raphael’s music for your listening pleasure- if you would like to explore our complete catalog or buy a CD, they are available for  purchase in the Maui Retreat Office and on our website. If you love the artisan treasures you find in your space, Kutira has a small arts boutique and by request through the office she would be happy to share her unique pieces with you.

Driving Directions

Please use our driving directions instead of online GPS maps – they are not accurate to our property!

We suggest that you read the directions in advance paying special attention to the last portion of the journey, and please visit our website in order to familiarize yourself with the visual cues so you feel familiar before you even start to drive. Thank you for preparing yourself to arrive safely at our place.

Driving time from the airport can run from 35-45 minutes, depending on how many stops you make along the way.

From the airport, take Hwy 36 (Hana Highway) left/east (towards Hana/Haiku). Proceed through the town of Paia. There are green highway markers (which start with “0″ in Kahului). When you reach mile marker “16″ (Hwy 365 junction), the mile markers begin again with “0″. Continue on Hana Highway past the “3″ mile marker. Start to keep an eye out when you pass Twin Falls on your right. At about 3.5 miles past the “3″ mile marker, on the left you will see a road with a little bus stop bench and a double row of mailboxes. If you arrive after dark, you will see a street lamp above the road entrance. This is Door of Faith Road. Turn left onto Door of Faith Road, continuing between the bus bench and the mailboxes. Our place is only 1 mile away.
Stay on the paved road as it veers right until you see the paved road turn sharply to the left (at about 1/2 mile).  The paved road turns left here, but you will continue to go STRAIGHT ahead onto a gravel/dirt road.

Please honor our 5 mph speed limit when you enter the dirt road- our neighbors’ children may be playing.

Right after a small concrete bridge with no railings, you will see a “Bamboo Farm” sign pointing right, up the hill. When you drive up the hill, you will come to a fork with another small “Bamboo Farm” sign pointing left. On the right is a driveway toward private property.  Do not go straight up this driveway.

Follow the road to the left until you see a sign on your left that says, “Kahua O’Malio Bamboo Farm – By Appointment Only”. On the right you will see a bamboo gazebo with a white statue of Saraswati, the Goddess of music. Take the driveway on the right immediately after the Kahua O’Malio sign and in front of Saraswati, into the parking area with the “Parking – 610″ sign. You will see a walkway toward a large yellow house with a white sitting Buddha in front.  This is our main house, the Opua House. If you are not greeted immediately, honk your horn or come to the main house door and you will be welcomed.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PASS TWO “BAMBOO FARM” SIGNS/ARROWS!

And remember these visual markers: Gazebo, Goddess, Bamboo Farm sign, and Parking 610. If you do not see these things, you probably went up our neighbor’s driveway.
If you need assistance, our office number is (808) 572-6006 during the week during normal business hours from 10 am to 2 pm Hawaii Time. If you do not reach us at the office, please call the Main House at (808) 572-6523. If you still can’t reach anyone, call Kutira’s cell at (808) 280-3960 or 572-6006. If by any chance your cell phone does not work in the Haiku/Huelo Region, at the top of Hana Road before you turn down at mile marker 3.5, there is a phone booth.

But don’t worry- in all our years, we have had only a handful people that could not find us and they just forgot to print out our directions and ended up at our neighbor’s. Just go slowly, and once you arrive on the top to the road, read the directions carefully and you will be fine. We will be waiting for you.

Lost Luggage?

Occasionally, luggage does not make the connection flight and arrives the next day. If the airline needs to drop off your luggage, our physical address is:

Kahua O’Mali’o
610 Huelo Road
Haiku HI 96708

Give all the above phone numbers as well.

If you have any other needs or questions, please feel free to contact us. We are committed to making your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. Maui no ka oi, Maui is the best, and we would like you to experience the magic of this island!

Aloha Nui Loa,

Lorne DeJong
Office Manager, Maui Retreat
(808) 572-6006
info@MauiRetreat.com

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The Paradise of your Dreams – Sustainable – Green – Representing the Future!

http://MauiRetreat.com
P.O. Box 80080
Haiku, Maui, HI  96708 USA
Toll Free: (877) Kahua-50

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Thank you for your interest in staying with us.

Below you will find some basic information on our rooms and rates, additional details about our property, and other interesting features for you to read through at your leisure.

If you would like to make a reservation or have any additional questions, please don’t hesitate to call us at (808) 572-6006 or reply with this email and we’ll be happy to help you in any way that we can.

Thank you again for considering your stay with us! We are proud to be the leading eco-resort on Maui. Please let us know how you found us, so that we can strive to continue supporting the ever-growing awareness of conscious travelers, like you.

Mahalo,

Lorne DeJong
Office Manager, Maui Retreat
Hours: Monday – Friday 10 am – 2 pm HST

P.O. Box 80080
Haiku, Maui, HI 96708 USA
Phone: (808) 572-6006 Toll Free: (877) Kahua-50
E-mail: info@mauiretreat.com

We operate on solar energy from panels installed on our buildings, our water is pumped directly from our own well, and we live sustainably and self-sufficiently from the land through organic farming. All of our houses are built to code with modern plumbing. If we did not tell you that we were off the grid, you would never even know it! Welcome to the new Eco-Conscious way of living and traveling elegantly green!

Click here to visit our website. Be sure to watch our video tour!

Accommodations and Rates

Please visit our website and view our accommodations to help you best choose which of our rooms and cottages will serve your needs. From mid December to the end of January we have no weekly rate and a one week minimum booking if possible:

Opua House / Main House Rooms* (free WiFi included)
*All our rooms share a spacious and comfortable fully-equipped kitchen and dining area that has a beautiful view of the ocean.

Hawaiian Room
http://mauiretreat.com/portal/2747

Ground Floor
~$165 weekly rate $145 Lotus Room – with private deck, private bathroom and shower
~$145 weekly rate $130 Dolphin Room – with private patio

Upstairs
~$135 weekly rate $125 Hawaiian Room
~$120 weekly rate $110 Indian Room

Independent Cottages (built with Bamboo, “the lumber of the future”)

~$210 weekly rate $195 Bamboo Temple – with lanai (porch), and private bathroom, shower and fully-equipped kitchen
http://mauiretreat.com/portal/2752

~$250 weekly rate $230 Thai Hale – with wrap-around covered lanai (porch), and private bathroom, shower, fully-equipped kitchen and living room. This cottage features a loft with a queen size bed, and an extra bedroom with a single bed. For use of the extra bedroom there is an additional fee of $35 per night for utilities and bedding.
http://mauiretreat.com/portal/2755

Booking

Booking is confirmed by a 50% credit card deposit. In addition to our room rates, all prices are subject to the Hawaiian Transient State Tax of 13.42%.

We have a 5-night minimum stay in our rooms and a 7-night minimum stay in our cottages. At certain times, we do have some last-minute specials if space is available (must be less than three days in advance of your stay). In order to maintain harmony and balance with our solar energy supply, we need to add a one-time cleaning fee of $45 for our rooms and $95 for our cottages for reservations that are less than the minimum 5- or 7-night stay. The cleaning fee for less then 3- or 5- night stay is $75 for our rooms and $145 for our cottages. Thank you so much for understanding the special conditions of our eco-conscious home!

Additional Maui Eco Retreat Information
We have been named the “Greenest Spot on Maui” by Positively Green Magazine, and featured on the Travel Channel as one of Samantha Brown’s Top 5 Maui Eco-Activities.
We are also proud to announce that we have a legal Bed & Breakfast permit from the County of Maui, so we can officially welcome you to our special place, Kahua O’Malio – A Place of Happiness and Pleasure.

All of our buildings are ecologically built and are adorned with hand-crafted works of art from pacific and Asian countries. Our rooms have ocean views, and we are surrounded by lush jungle, ponds, flower gardens, fruit trees, and a nearby waterfall (reached by a short downhill climb) which flows into natural pools for swimming from which you can gaze upon the breath-taking view of the valley.

Our land is a wonderful place to wander and explore: you can take a short walk passing the chickens, the homes of our bees, countless species of flowers and plants and stop by our temples, where you can rest, relax and meditate. For the adventurer, our ocean trail is a moderately challenging cliff trail and the hike takes about a half an hour to get down to the ocean. You will enjoy the wild beauty and the untouched nature of this piece of rural Maui, which is occasionally visited by dolphins and turtles- but be sure to prepare with a good pair of hiking shoes, some snacks and feel your feet- the trail can be very slippery after a heavy rain.

Location

We are on the North Shore of Maui, just 40 minutes north/east of Kahului airport, and 30 minutes from Paia Town (on the way from the airport), which has lots of great restaurants and boutiques, a large health-food grocery store, internet cafés, bank, ATMs, post office, and lovely public sand beaches for walks or jogs, lounging, picnicking, sun, swimming and surfing.

Please let us know if there are specific activities or services that you are interested in, and we’ll be happy to get you connected!

“What a little taste of heaven. So quiet, so tranquil, so peaceful.”
– Paul & Tami, Minnesota

“We soaked in the serenity. We breathed out joy.”
– Duane & Rachel

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The Paradise of your Dreams – Sustainable – Green – Representing the Future!

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