Thursday, July 11, 2013

Kalalau Part 1 Ke'e to Hanakoa

There is so much information about Kalalau and we planned as best as we could. The crew that went was Katie, Jenny, Lei, Jason, Dave, Keahi, Jody, Neal, and Sheri. 

We set foot on the trail around 8:30 a.m. and made our way to Hanakapiai beach.  That's were we took our first break. The group that wanted to go to Kalalau took a short break and were on their way. 

Katie, Jenny, Jodi, Keahi and I decided to check out Hanakoa falls before and camp at 8 mile instead of trekking all the way in one day.  We took a slow and steady pace and took long breaks on our way to Hanakoa Valley.  We took an hour long lunch break and still didn't pass 5 mile. 

What we had thought was Hanakoa Valley was actually 5 mile.  So we finally made it to Hanakoa Valley which is half way to Kalalau Valley.  We decided to drop our heavy packs and hide it in some bushes and take a short trek to the valley waterfall.  We followed a faint trail to the back of the valley and were greeted with a 150+ ft waterfall pouring down from the top of the mountain. 

That night we decided to camp at Hanakoa Valley because it was getting dark after our detour.  We also wanted to relax before sunset and catch it from the valley.

The start of the trail all happy and ready to go.  Front row from L to R: Jenny, Sheri, Lei, Katie Back row from L to R: Keahi, Dave, Jodi, Jason, Neal, and Ryan

Looking back to Ke'e Beach.  There was a small north swell with light trades at the time in the morning. 

Taking a break on the Kalalau trail. 

Just before Hanakapiai beach.

 On the way in we saw Hanakapiai beach took a short break to watch some inviting shore break.  

We couldn't have asked for better weather throughout our trip.  Perfect tradewind weather with not one drop of rain the entire time!

Jenny enjoying the view at the base of Hanakoa Falls.

All of us couldn't resist the large pool below Hanakoa Falls... It was really cold!

Some long exposures near our first camp at Hanakoa Valley.

Pretty spacious campsite at Hanakoa.  

There are picnic tables and a shelter incase you want to stop at Hanakoa Valley.  Pictured above is me boiling water for our instant meals! 

Pool at the base of Hanakoa Falls!





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