Driving the Hana Highway

From Kahului to Hana this is just an amazing road. Beautiful views almost all of the way; it is also one that takes hours even though it is fairly short mileage wise.

Driving along the highway was a slow and beautiful drive

There was a new view of the coast every few minutes

We walked about a ½ mile down a muddy road that was almost completely flooded to find dozens of people camping.

We took off our sandals and waded across a small stream to take these pictures.

This is the start of the road to the beach above (taken on the way back) this is about the only part not flooded

After a while it started to look the same, very beautiful, and it just kept going

The view of the coast allowed you to see the same piece of land from several spots (as the next several pictures shows)

Most of the drive was 10-15 MPH, it seemed like racing when we got to 25MPH

Again the same coast in this and the next picture, but from slightly different locations

It was all just so fantastic

This location had picnic tables with a couple having lunch, what a great place to eat!

The first of many waterfalls

Another view of the same fall

And another

This is in the Haleakala National Park, just south of Hana

The park is made up of volcanoes and great coastal views.

This waterfall ran all the way to the ocean

Another view of the falls, moving toward the coast

The falls can still be seen in the distance, at this point the views of the coast are JUST fantastic

We spent the better part of an hour here, and I think you can see why

I actually would have liked to have spent longer, but we still had a 2 hour drive back (at 10-15 MPH and needed to catch our ship)

One last look at the coast before we leave, I would really like to go back and spend some more time here.