Hawaii Abbundance Oasis · Mini Burn · 16–24 September 2026
An off-grid getaway. Homestead jungle, volcano weather, ocean close. Same spirit as a Burning Man theme camp — Refugee Camp energy: you bring a tent and a self-reliance kit. We run shade, kitchen, water, and fire. Not a hotel.
Expect
16–24 September 2026. Main ceremony day is 20 September. Sleep in your own tent under a triangle of tarps hung in the ʻōhiʻa. Rain is normal. Mud is normal.
It can swing from dry and hot to wet and cold in a day. A storm can hit, or a hot dry spell can change the mood. Pack layers for both.
Area 1 is a hundred-foot circular clearing. ʻŌhiʻa and guava stand on the perimeter. Pads keep tent floors off the uluhe. Street address is not on this page.
Not a hotel. Not an Instagram photoshoot. Not a club. Work shifts and communal effort are the norm — jungle living in harmony with nature and technology. If you need resort energy, this week is the wrong week.
Island
ʻŌhiʻa, uluhe, steam in the canopy. This is homestead jungle, not a resort lawn.
Tree
The living center tree is the village pole. Tents sit on pads around it, under the triangle tarps. This picture is a design vision of an octagon deck / hang — not a photograph of the land today. Respect the tree. Take care of it. Do not step too close to the center, where the roots are.
Tree
We build an octagonal deck around the ʻōhiʻa with communal effort. Hands are needed. Assembly instructions will be provided.
Cinder blocks, 2×8 beams, plywood, guava posts, tools, and screws.
We wrap the exterior of the deck and guava poles teepee-style for a dry, warm ceremony area on 20 September.
Stay off the root crown at the center. Work gloves if you want to help.
Dusk
The flyer above is vision. This is the land at last light.
Your tent
Sleep in your own tent. Rain is normal. A warm light and a dry bag go a long way.
Pads
Cinder and plywood so the mulch does not punch the tent floor. This is the pad, not a hotel platform.
Bring
Pack
If you would not take it to Refugee Camp, think twice — then add an umbrella. Weather here flips.
Leave glitter, feathers, and anything that becomes MOOP. Leave hotel expectations. Bring a yes for weather that flips.
Life
Respect the land (ʻāina), the forest, each other. Clean up after yourself. Pack it in, pack it out. Early hands help cut weeds and hang ropes. Last days we leave Area 1 cleaner than we found it.
Shared kitchen and restroom. Wash what you use. Label food. Ask before you raid a stash. Work shifts and deck-building are the norm.
Disc golf. Yoga / ceremony / tea. Kitchen and hang. Main ceremony day is 20 September. Nothing is mandatory except fire safety, quiet hours, and MOOP.
Quiet hours are early — people here sleep early, and the coqui start to sing. Read the room. Headlamp on red if you have it.
Wash
An occupied sign when someone is in there. Bring a personal lamp or lantern for late visits. Please do not shower too late — the water pump can be loud.
Wash
The toilet is a composting toilet. Close the lid. Treat it as camp infrastructure you love.
On-demand heater under a corrugated roof. Bring a personal shower soap sponge.
Lamp or lantern for the path. Keep showers earlier so the pump does not run when camp is asleep.
Fire
Stone circle, sparks, dishes done first. Fire stays tended. Quiet hours are early — folks here sleep early, and the coqui frogs start to sing.
Night
If the clouds open, look up. Headlamp on red if you have it.
Tea
Japanese matcha ceremony with a jungle vibe. A natural iron kettle infuses iron into filtered rain water. Clean water, clean air — a blessing of this land. ʻŌhiʻa wood burns and gives the tea its heat.
Tea
Cast-iron chagama on a brazier. Filtered rain water. Treat the iron and the bowls as camp cookware you love.
ʻŌhiʻa in the fire. The smell is the energy for the tea.
Start the chagama fire and keep the water warm if it needs it. A tea master may be present, or not. Respecting and tending the tea area is everyone’s responsibility. Bring a cup if you have one.
Water
Rain catchment supplies our water. Drink from the cooler, or from the hot side of the sink. The pond is clean, clear recycled water and rain runoff for the guppies. Watch more than you splash. No soap in the pond.
Water
Rain off the roof fills the tanks. That water is how camp drinks, cooks, and showers.
Clean, clear recycled water and rain runoff. A home for the fish — not a swimming pool.
Beautiful fish that keep the water clean and the mosquitoes down. They have been here for many generations and breed naturally. Sunlight and natural food keep them bright and healthy. Look. Do not scoop a souvenir.
Garden
We grow what we can so camp can eat closer to the land.
Tomatoes, okra, bele spinach, lima beans.
Fruit trees and other plants we are working toward a more sustainable kitchen.
Bees in a nearby clearing pollinate the flowers that feed us. They provide the honey we use at camp.
Bees
The hive sits in a nearby clearing. Give it space. Do not bother it or get close. They provide the honey we use at camp.
Map
Three ʻōhiʻa hold a tarp triangle (about a 50-foot base on the drawing). Tents go on pads under the shade. Drawings are design intent; we measure on land before we buy fabric.
Volcano
Respect the mountain. Respect Pele.
Volcano
Eruption is often a weekly rhythm. We live on this volcano. Treat it — and Pele — with respect.
An excursion when the mountain and the park say yes. Nothing on this page promises a specific trail.
We rarely get eruption dust or vog. We do occasionally smell sulfur.
Trips
Camp first. Outings when the day is good. Water shoes. No specific pool or trail is promised.
Ocean hot ponds. Black rock, warm water. Mālama the place. Pack out what you bring.
Kīlauea, when access allows. See Volcano.
Snorkel the coast. Towel, dry bag, water shoes.
If the waves are up.
Pohoiki
A day-trip mood. Water shoes. Weather and access decide.
Same coast, another day
Pack out what you bring. Read the signs. Leave it cleaner than you found it.
Richardson
Snorkel energy. Optional. Pack a towel and a dry bag.
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