Comments on: Hi’ilawe Falls

By: kenji SAITO

kenji SAITO — Sun, 19 May 2024 18:31:23 +0000

Aloha Aidan,
Sorry for the late reply. The contact person is on IG, handle is Li’a Vicente. Hope this helps.
Mahalo

By: aidan

aidan — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:39:06 +0000

hi!
i have the same question. i should be able to get down into the valley just fine, but i would love to hike to hiilawe falls and get proper permission first. i’d love to get in contact with Li’a or anyone else who could grant permission to make the hike! i’d want to respect the falls and the people and the aina.
thank you!

By: kenji SAITO

kenji SAITO — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:15:34 +0000

Aloha Christina,
The person that arranged the meeting has since moved off the island. I will reach out and see if I get anything back. But there’s another problem that probably renders all this moot, as the road going down to Waipio Valley is closed to the public for at least several years according to the DLNR person I spoke too.
Mahalo

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:53:52 +0000

Hi! I’ve been wanting to experience the awe that is hiking up to Hi’ilawe Falls. How did you get in contact with Li’a to grant you guys permission to hike through his farm? My bf and I will be visiting from Oahu in August and would love to be granted the opportunity to hike there. Any advice will help! Thank you!

By: kenji SAITO

kenji SAITO — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:40:58 +0000

Aloha,
To be honest, I’ve never noticed that. Good question. If you find out, LMK.
Mahalo

By: Sunshine

Sunshine — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:11:34 +0000

Have you noticed how sometimes Hakalaoa falls seems to stop about halfway down? Some pictures almost make it look like a water diversion tunnel was dug halfway up (although that wouldn’t really make sense). The few times I’ve been, the water from that fall never made all the way down. So where is it going?