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Waikoloa Petroglyph Preserve

Waikoloa Petroglyph Preserve
Photo: Bill Ward from El Cerrito, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Kapu

This place asks to be respected from a distance. Please do not enter.

The Waikoloa Petroglyph Preserve (also ʻAnaehoʻomalu Petroglyph Field) lies in pāhoehoe lava just north of the Kings' Shops at the Waikoloa Beach Resort…

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How to visit

Same rules as Puakō. Stay on the trail, do not touch carvings, do not make rubbings, do not stack stones. The piko cupules deserve the same respect as any active piece of cultural practice. The trail is short and there is no shade — bring water. Sturdy shoes; the lava is sharp.

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