Big Island · South Kona
Hikiau Heiau
Hikiau
This place asks to be respected from a distance. Please do not enter.
Hikiau Heiau is a pre-contact Hawaiian luakini heiau (the highest grade of Hawaiian temple) at Nāpoʻopoʻo on the south shore of Kealakekua Bay, dedicated…
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Hikiau is an active sacred site. The structure is kapu — do not enter, do not climb on the walls, walk only on the marked perimeter. Do not photograph anyone in protocol or ceremony. Do not collect rocks, do not move stones, do not leave offerings of any kind. Treat this as living religious geography, not as an archaeological exhibit. The site is at Nāpoʻopoʻo at the south shore of Kealakekua Bay; ceremony continues here on certain Hawaiian observances.