Aug 26, 2014 | Hiking trails, Paia, Road to Hana Nature, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog, Waianapanapa Coast.
The Hana-Waianapanapa Trail follows a portion of the ancient “Kings Highway” from Pailoa Bay in Waianapanapa State Park to Kainalimu Bay in a shady heliotrope grove northwest of Hana Bay. The hike is 4.5 miles total length out and back, duration: 2.5 hours.The trail...
Aug 2, 2014 | Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog, Waianapanapa Coast.
Waianapanapa State Park is 120 acres preserved by the state of Hawaii for its natural beauty and numerous historical sites. These include walls, house foundations, temples and grave sites. You will see raised platforms topped with smooth boulders, these are where...
Apr 5, 2014 | Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog, Waianapanapa Coast.
This is an easy, three mile trek which closely follows the cliff edge and ends in Hana. Closed toe shoes are recommended for this hike as the path is formed by a honeycomb of erratic tunnels and open pits caused by gasses trapped under cooling lava. Down this path is...
Apr 3, 2014 | Hawaiin legends, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog, Waianapanapa Coast.
There is a short looped trail down to the caves from the Waianapanapa State Park parking lot . The caves are actually a collapsed lava tube and are very damp, mossy and extremely lush. They contain two pools both of which are red in color, due to the numerous shrimp...
Apr 1, 2014 | Hawaiin legends, heiau (religious temples), The Road To Hana, Waianapanapa Coast.
120 acres preserved by the state of Hawaii for its natural beauty and numerous historical sites. These include walls, house foundations, temples and grave sites. You will see raised platforms topped with smooth boulders, these are where human bones lie and are still...