Alakai Swamp Trail

Anstrengend, aber sehr lohnenswert!

Das Wichtigste zuerst: Der eigentliche swamp trail, d.h. dort wo man auch wirklich über lange Holzstege die Sümpfe durchquert, kommt erst ganz am Ende des trails, d.h. in der letzten halbe Stunde, be...

Anstrengend aber wunderschön

Start: am obersten lookout (Pu'u O Kila) des waimea canyon. Wir sind um 9:45 gestarten. Zuerst läuft man den Pihea trail an der ersten abzweigung rechts halten links ist nur ein weiterer lookout der ...

Great Hike & Views - Shoddy Boardwalk

This was our first time doing the hike since they supposedly replaced the old boardwalk that's stood the test of time for decades. I had high hopes as they were supposed to be using a new composite ty...

Flash flood stopped us

We started at Wai Ale Ale from the Pihea Trail to this trail. As it's one of the wettest spots on earth we had first some sun but soon the rain was coming and during the hike it was getting more heavy...

Gloom with a view

This remarkable biome, the so-called “highest swamp on Earth”, boasts of an ethereally intense fog, with plants stunted by nearly drowning in the heavy inundation that characterizes this part of Kauai...