Big Island · Hāmākua
ʻAkaka Falls
ʻAkaka
ʻAkaka Falls drops 442 feet from the lip of an old basalt flow into a green gorge of hāpuʻu and ʻōhiʻa…
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How to visit
ʻAkaka Falls is a state park with an entrance fee. Pay it. The paved loop is short and well-kept — stay on it. The cliffs around the falls are unfenced for a reason: people who left the path have died here. The pool below the falls is sacred in moʻolelo and physically dangerous; do not attempt to reach it. Photograph the water, not yourself in front of the water. Carry your trash out.
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