As one gains in elevation, the landscape first opens into pastures containing silk oak, ironwood, guava, black wattle and eucalyptus trees, and then becomes a closed canopy eucalyptus forest as one enters the molokai forest reserve. Waikolu is defines as three waters which is just what can be seen if you look down into the valley. Waikolu lookout kamakou preserve molokai picture of kamakou. Stunning empty beaches, an unforgettable mule ride down a vertical 2000 cliff, and one of the most fun hawaii restaurant experiences youll find. Kalele bookstore hawaiian books, art, mana and images of. The hawaii magazine guide to visiting molokai hawaii. Waikolu lookout kamakou preserve molokai check out tripadvisor members 1020 candid photos and videos of. It is 38 by 10 miles 61 by 16 km in size at its extreme length and width with a usable land area of 260 square miles 673. Kamakou preserve molokai 2020 all you need to know before. The view from the waikolu lookout is outstanding, comparable to the kalalau lookout in kauai. In the marchapril 2010 issue of hawaii magazine, we bring you a feature article on discovering molokai. We decided to skip the mule ride and experience the. The guided hike with mystical molokai reveals an eden rich with early hawaiian history and idyllic natural wonder.
Damiens kalaupapa peninsula on molokai october 28, 20 by beat of hawaii a number of years ago we hiked to one of hawaiis most iconic spots. Next stop is the waikolu lookout, there are public restrooms and a covered picnic area. Winding highway 450 hugs the pristine eastern molokai coast and offers dramatic views. Nicknamed the friendly isle for its welcoming residents and openarmed invitation to visitors, molokai is a rural land, nestled quietly among crystal waters and endless skies of blue. Hawaiians lived along the north shore of molokai including waikolu valley, cultivating taro and other food crops. Coldwell banker residential brokerage can help you find molokai island homes for sale and condos. A hike into molokai s lush halawa valley to its 250foot. Riks aloha and connectedness to this land and her people shines through each and every picture. With rocky shoreline, deserted beaches and deep green jungle, this scenic drive delivers. Come to molokai known as the friendly hawaiian island enjoy.
Molokais best selling books the lands of father damien 1998 best seller award recipient. Molokai travel guide the most hawaiian island often referred to as the most hawaiian island molokai provides a unique experience to those willing to reconsider their standard escape. The island is filled with little basic cafes and driveins, but no fine dining. Pretty easy to find definitely helps to have a 4wd or higher clearance car. Go visit hawaii has been providing award winning hawaii vacation travel advice since 2006. The webs largest resource for books about molokai, hawaii.
It is chilly and windy up here at waikolu lookout in the molokai forest reserve. This novel had been a national bestseller and i can understand why. This small sign marks the entrance to one of the oldest known religious sites on molokai and the second largest heiau in the hawaiian islands. It is simply something neither of us will ever forget. The holoholo guide to molokai honolulu magazine april. The east molokai watershed is located here, its a fivemile tunnel that carries freshwater from waikolu to the kualapuu reservoir. I just drove 10 miles up the maunahuimakakupaia 4x4 road on molokai island, hawaii. Morning is best for clear views, but if its foggy, have a snack at the picnic bench and see if it clears. This is not usually the kind of novel molokai by alan brennert i normally read. However, one mustdo experience on molokai is the bread run. Kaunakakai to kalaupapa lookout molokai perfect days. Get free email communications from fodors travel, covering mustsee travel destinations, expert trip planning advice, and travel. Find the best restaurants in molokai for your trip. With little other than true aloha on offer, the island will force even the most formidable workaholic to.
Refine your molokai island real estate search results by price, property type, bedrooms, baths and other features. Theres an alluring scent unique to the windward sides of all the hawaiian islands and halawa valley, on molokai s east side. Attractions what to see on molokai molokai hawaii visitor. A guided tour may drive you from waikolu lookout to the trailhead, but if you are on your. Molokai is an embodiment of the untamed, unspoiled, and captivating hawaii, where time seems to grind to a halt. The last known sightings of the molokai creeper bird kakawahie and. Pass throught the molokai forest reserve to the 10 mile point and the waikolu lookout. Access to this uninhabited valley is currently restricted as it is a partly within the kalaupapa national historical park. Jan 06, 2006 in the bestselling tradition of in the heart of the sea, the colony, an impressively researched rocky mountain news account of the history of americas only leper colony located on the hawaiian island of molokai, is an utterly engrossing look at a heartbreaking chapter booklist in american history and a moving tale of the extraordinary people who endured it. Check out our guide on waikolu lookout in kaunakakai so you can immerse yourself in what kaunakakai has to offer before you go. Molokai is the story of rachel kalama, a young native hawaiian girl growing up in honolulu at the end of the19th century, who at age seven is diagnosed with hansens disease, taken from her family, and exiled to the leprosy settlement on a remote peninsula on the island of molokai. Adam nagourney travel article on visit to molokai, hawaii, including. And the words accompanying the pictures are genuine and heartfelt. Molokai forest reserve road to the sandalwood measuring pit.
Kamakou preserve molokai 2020 all you need to know. Kalaupapa, accessible only from the sea, was the given grave. Located high in the mountains of east molokai, the kamakou preserve is a 2,774acre 11. Follow the kalae highway 470 past the village of kualpuu to its end in a parking lot at the lookout. Approximately 200 students call university of hawaii maui college, molokai their home campus. Written from the heart by long time molokai resident james h.
The islands unique history and cultural pride of the islands predominantly native hawaiian population make this a true hawaii vacation experience. Come to molokai known as the friendly hawaiian island enjoy discount rates. Other annual events include septembers molokai mule drag a parade and block party followed by mule races down kaunakakais main street. The x days in y newsletter delivers travel inspiration directly to your inbox plus you get a free gift along the way. North molokais kalaupapa peninsula hemmed in on one side by a 1,500foot pali cliff and on the other side by the blue pacific was established as a place of exile for people suffering from hansens disease then known as leprosy in 1866. A hike into molokai s lush halawa valley to its 250foot moaula falls.
Cultural blog molokai ocean tours 8085533290 or 808. A far cry from the world of oahus waikiki, visitors here will find no traffic lights, zero shopping malls and no skyscrapers touching the clouds. Molokaione of the beautiful hawaiian islands, but in the late nineteenth century, a name synonymous with a desolate leper colony. There are mountain, valley and shoreline hikes to choose from, with trails leading to spectacular scenic overlooks, historic sites and secluded forest pools.
But the few who love molokai, really love it, despite, or perhaps because of, its resistence to development and its limited tourism infrastructure. You can picnic and look out southwest rim of waikolu canyon. Hawaii state public library system molokai public library. A gritty story of love and survival in a hawaiian leper colony. Jun 04, 2015 i learned pretty quickly that people dont travel to molokai for the foodunless you really like bread. From old fishponds and national historic sites to private beaches, breathtaking sea cliffs, and volcanic rock formations, molokai is unique in every way. Kaunakakai to kalaupapa lookout molokai perfect days hawaii. Find hotels and other accommodations near ironwood hills golf club and book today. The trail continues to climb until it finally reaches the waikolu lookout and picnic grove. At 3600ft, waikolu lookout provides a breathtaking view into the steep waikolu valley and out to the ocean beyond. Mapulehu was a puuhonua during molokais primal past. I recently purchased this book molokai by alan brennert on amazon for my wife. The average temperature on the island is 75 degrees fahrenheit.
The makapuu point lookout is located just off kalanianaole highway on oahus southeastern tip. There is a parking lot and a paved walkway that leads to an area that overlooks makapuu beach park, the sea cliffs, as well as rabbit island also known as manana island and kaohikaipu island. They allowed me to drive it up to the waikolu lookout, which itself is a nice attraction. Molokai fish and dive molokai books, father damien books.
Our college is the focal point for higher educational teaching and learning for the university of hawaii system on the island of molokai. The chronicle of leprosyinfected rachel kalama begins in 1891 in honolulu and ends in the late 1960s on isolated molokai, site of the kalaupapa leprosy settlement. Hawaiians lived along the north shore of molokai including waikolu. From here you can see the tiny settlement of kalaupapa where father damien ministered to the sufferers of leprosy. Take a drive along kamehameha v highway, where kamakou, molokais highest mountain, is on your left and hawaiis longest continuous fringing reef 28 miles is on your right. Today, the serene kalaupapa national historical park is a place of preservation and education and is only accessible by mule ride, hiking tour or airplane from the small commuter kalaupapa airport lup. Its known as the most hawaiian island, because of its underdeveloped and laidback vibe. Kalele bookstore is the heart of molokai, hawaii visitor information and free coffee.
This condos 2 outdoor tennis courts and outdoor pool are among the featured amenities. A short walk takes you to the kalaupapa lookout and phallic rock. Molokai s best selling books the lands of father damien 1998 best seller award recipient. In the bestselling tradition of in the heart of the sea, the colony, an impressively researched rocky mountain news account of the history of americas only leper colony located on the hawaiian island of molokai, is an utterly engrossing look at a heartbreaking chapter booklist in american history and a moving tale of the extraordinary people who endured it. The ride up to waikolu lookout is fairly straight forward. Molokai, hawaii, how to get there, places to see in molokai. Waikolu lookout in the molokai forest reserve youtube. After rains, the white strands of numerous waterfalls accent the sheer cliffs and fill the valley with a dull roar. Molokai one of the beautiful hawaiian islands, but in the late nineteenth century, a name synonymous with a desolate leper colony. Kamaaina, kahuna, hawaiian healers, christian pilgrims and spiritual seekers share mana and traditional knowledge. Explore molokai s outback on horseback or mountain bike, or with custom tours operated by local guides. Jan 23, 2006 the colony details molokais painful history john taymans book the colony tells the story of molokai, the slice of hawaiian paradise that was turned into an infamous 19th century leper colony.
Guests will appreciate free perks like free self parking and. Compellingly original in its conceit, brennerts sweeping debut novel tracks the grim struggle of a hawaiian woman who contracts leprosy as a child in honolulu during the 1890s and is deported. Brocker, the lands of father damien is a stunningly narrated and photographed hardcover book that portrays life, past and present, at the tiny and remote kalaupapa peninsula like no other before it. To take a kalaupapa tour, make a reservation in advance with damien tours, 808 5676171. A number of years ago we hiked to one of hawaiis most iconic spots. Driving through kamakou preserve in molokai to waikolu valley lookout. Explore molokais outback on horseback or mountain bike, or with custom tours operated by local guides. Having had the opportunity to live on molokai and experience its beauty and power first hand, this book is the only work that ive seen that captures so much of molokai s essence. A healing place of knowledge in the puuwai heart of kaunakakai, molokai. Enjoy activities like whale watching, golfing, and bird watching in maunaloa. Each may, molokai ka hula piko a hula festival celebrating the islands distinctive title as the birthplace of hula is held in papohaku beach park. Also visible is a small portion of the worlds highest sea cliffs on molokais backside.
Father damien, would arrive here in 1873, devoting the last 16. I learned pretty quickly that people dont travel to molokai for the foodunless you really like bread. The colony details molokais painful history john taymans book the colony tells the story of molokai, the slice of hawaiian paradise that was turned into. Even many seasoned hawaii travelers have never been there. On your return trip from the lookout, be sure to stop at the meyer sugar mill, an authentically restored mill originally built in 1878, which is now on the national register of historic places. The holoholo guide to molokai its one of the least developed hawaiian islands, but molokai is also packed with adventure and beauty. Free permit from division of forestry, hoolehua, 808 5535019. Dont travel to molokai hawaii ottsworld travel blog. Whats more located nearly at the center of the chain of eight main hawaiian islands, molokai is about two million years old.
Kalaupapa overlook, kawakiu beach, kepuhi beach, waikolu lookout, dixie maru. Despite its unspoiled beauty, not many people have seen molokai. On molokai, a land faithful to its roots the new york times. Be aware that you may encounter hunters who are hunting off the trail. Molokai nicknamed the friendly isle, is the fifth largest island of eight major islands that make. One mile past this point you will arrive at the waikolu lookout and picnic area where you will find bathrooms and a picnic area but no water bring your own. Waikolu valley, also called waikola, is on the north shore of molokai in hawaii. Sep 09, 2004 i recently purchased this book molokai by alan brennert on amazon for my wife. This page uses frames, but your browser doesnt support them. Waikolu lookout kamakou preserve molokai picture of. Molokai, hawaii, how to get there, places to see in. Undiscovered country and natural wonders abound on molokais east end. Have a great day, afternoon, evening, night dear italian food lovers.
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