Aug 19, 2012 | The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
The bamboo grove at Mile Marker 6.This is a hike locals call Bamboo Forrest. The beginning portion of the hike can be difficult and slippery, so be careful, and be sure to follow the trail that hugs the bank to the left. There’s a false trail that leads...
Aug 18, 2012 | The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
Although the Road to Hana is often called the Highway to Heaven, the name didn’t always fit. The road was first built in 1926 from volcanic rock cinder by the Keanae prison gang, but the loose cinder was too weak for the heavy rains of the North Shore. For a...
Aug 17, 2012 | Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
Twin Falls is a great hike for just about any member of your party – it is a wide, flat trail and you can get to the first swimming hole after just a short walk. We hope you have enjoyed this Road to Hana information, brought to you by the folks at Hana...
Aug 16, 2012 | The Road To Hana
With the help of the key crop of pineapple the community of Haiku really hit its stride in the early 20th century. In 1904, the first local cannery was built, and people came from all over the Pacific Rim to work in and manage the pineapple fields around Haiku. The...
Aug 15, 2012 | The Road To Hana
Maui’s little community of Haiku played a pivotal role in the early days of the sugar industry when two missionary’s sons – named Samuel Alexander and Henry Baldwin – planted twelve acres of the new crop there in the early 1960s. The very next...
