Monday Nov 24 2nd day
We woke up at 3:30, we couldn’t sleep. We watched sunrise from our room, davened, and packed up for the day.
We left our hotel room at 7am. Opened the roof of the convertible and started our drive to Hana. I used the Maui Revealed book and wrote down places where I wanted to stop. Once you pass the airport The RTH starts. It was pretty cloudy and the rain was on and off.
We passed The Rainbow Eucalyptus Trees on the side of the road I think it was on mile marker 7
Disclaimer about our pictures
Most of our trip the weather was purring rain so the pictures won’t be that good . But we still have some pictures with the Sun out
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Our morning view from our room
Starting the RTH
Our first stop was Ke’anae Peninsula. I have no words to describe how nice it was. You watch the water crashing into the rocks. I would say it’s not to miss even if it rains. We made a little picnic there, ate breakfast and continued our journey.
The 2nd stop was Chings Ponds. It’s a little hard to find but we downloaded the Shaka Guide App and the app told us where to find it. I would say the app is a must. It made our ride so much easier. They tell you where to stop, where to park and while you drive it tells you a little history of the island.
Path to go down little hard to find
It was raining when we got there so we couldn’t go swimming. But you park your car before the bridge, you cross over to the other side of the road. You’ll see a narrow walkway follow that path, it was muddy and slippery because of all the rain in the last few days but then we got to see the beautiful pool and views. One more couple was there but left as we got there.
3rd stop was Waialua Valley State Wayside. You park your car there walk up many steps and you can see three nice waterfalls on one side and the ocean on the other side. It’s a nice stop even in the rain.
This is how the road looks over there
4th stop we passed 3 bears falls. It was pouring then but we saw some big waterfalls over a bridge. I don’t remember the name.
5th stop was Nahiku Road. This stop is a must. You take a left turn on the road to Hana for about 2.5 miles. It’s a nice little village with lots of greenery and beautiful flowers all over. It’s a one lane road so you have to be careful how you drive there. Once you get to the church you park your car there. The road has been closed since 2015 so you have to walk down the road to a jaw dropping view of the shore line. The views there were amazing. We sat down there, relaxed, enjoyed! Then we walked back and drove back to the Road to Hana. The whole thing took about a 45 minutes but it’s worth every second of your time.
The road down
The 6th stop was Wai’anapanapa State Park. Also an amazing place to stop. On the left side of the parking lot you go down steps to the black sand beach. We spent some time there but didn’t go swimming as it was raining. Once you go back up on the right side there is some nice blowholes. Don’t go too close you will get soaked. Even with the clouds and the rain the view was spectacular.
We passed this on the way
Black sand beach empty
The blow hole
Just a by the way, the entire road is so full of greenery it’s like a forest jungle. The smell is amazing. We were in awe of all the trees and the flowers.
Then we passed the town of Hana. It was raining so hard then. The best part of RTH wasn’t meant to be on this trip. We arrived to Ohe’o Gulch, Seven Sacred Pools, and we were planning to do the Pipiwai Trails. We waited there for about 20 minutes for the rain to stop or slow down, but the lady told us for the past 4 days this is how it was raining. So we left, most people left but some people still went it.
We took gas and bought some cold drinks in Hana.
The 7th stop was called Venus pool. You stop on the side of the road and hike down to the pool/beach. It was so muddy and slippery to walk down but we made it. It’s a nice place to get a swim, some people were there at the time but we weren’t tempted to go swimming in such a weather.
We passed many beautiful waterfalls on the way but I don’t remember all of the names. We stopped at many waterfalls, got some nice pictures and moved on.
Now we were on the back road of Hana. It’s a one lane road and sometimes unpaved. I was told its very scary to take this route but I think anyone can do it. You have to drive slow and carefully. As we left Hana the weather became beautiful. It became very windy but the sun came out. We got to really enjoy our convertible.
Back road of Hana.
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Weather got much better
We made many stops to take in the beautiful views. It was such a fun drive I can’t see why anyone would skip it.
Overall I’d say TRH is a must to do. We weren’t so lucky and didn’t have nice weather. We couldn’t do any hikes or go swimming but I don’t regret doing it one bit. All the waterfalls, the bamboo woods, the gorgeous flowers, these luscious trees all made it worth it.
We got back to our hotel at 5pm. It was cloudy but sunset was beautiful.
Sunset from our room
We ate supper and went to pool to relax a bit. Then went to bed early as we were still jetlagged and got up so early every morning.
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