808 Hiker Hui @ Maunawili Falls

The day started off early and I packed up the car and headed out to Manawili Falls. The weather was sunny and very humid so I made a pit stop over at Pali 7/11 and picked up some salty seed & bottled propel. I already had some drinking water pack prior to leaving home and normally when I plan to do long walks like over two miles I prefer propel. Its second to none the best hydrator for the paying consumer and a way better buy for those who want to keep the calorie count low. That other junk like life water and GQ are just sugar water. Check the back of the bottle, bet half the people drinking that stuff didnt realize they were better off drinking two cans of Pepsi which holds about the same calorie count.



Anyways we arrive there in the parking area. So beautiful and Jungle like. I remember coming here as a child. My older cousin would always get stuck watching over me and so I would end up with him on his traveling ventures. One of them being Maunawili Falls.



We started off and really this trail is an easy one. Theres alot of metal staircases thru out the entire trail and very well mantained. about 45 minutes into the trail youll come to a summit area where the view of the Koolaus are impeccable just like a painting. We proceeded and past maybe 10 streams all together. Some areas when heavy rain pour the night before would probabley fill. Be sure to expect slushy shoes. It took us about a good hour 10 minutes in and the same on the return if not faster. Upon arriving at the falls itself I was pretty disappointed because of the amount of people here and most were visitors from other countries. Like Brazil , France, and up states. Most of which need to be reminded to pick up their trash upon leaving our beautiful waterfall. If you dont push your way up front to the falls youll never have a chance to swim. It gets pretty dirty in the water because of the jumpers kicking up all the mud at the bottom of the pool. On weekends it gets pretty packed so if you plan a hike here and want a less hype crowd go on a week day.



All in all it was a pretty easy trail and I would encourage novice and unexperienced hikers to try this trail out for starters. I went ahead and posted a few photos of this day at Manawili mile half hike.



Directions : Take H1 to the Pali Hwy , then follow it to Kailua. Turn right at the second traffic light Auloa Road. Continue on as the road way forks veer to the left which will take you onto Maunawili Road. Turn right onto Kelewina and park around the corner of the trailhead on Lola Road. If you come to the sign in my picture with the cat you want to continue up that road about 1/4 mile to the actual trailhead.