Big Island · North Kohala
Kamehameha's Birthplace (Kapakai Kokoiki)
Kamehameha Akahi ʻĀina Hānau
Kapu
This place asks to be respected from a distance. Please do not enter.
Kapakai Kokoiki Heiau preserves the traditional birthplace of Kamehameha I (b…
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How to visit
Treat the stones as the sacred objects they are. They can be touched, by Hawaiian tradition, but cannot be moved, cannot be sat on, cannot be photographed disrespectfully. Walk around the enclosure perimeter; do not climb on the wall. Leave nothing — no offerings of cigarettes, no flowers thrown in, no notes. Take nothing — no rocks, no shells, no soil. The site is reached on the same dirt road as Moʻokini Heiau and the access etiquette is the same.
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