Welcome back to National Parks and other public lands with T!
Nā Pali means ‘high cliffs’ in Hawaiian. The Nā Pali Coast State Park protects 16 miles of rugged sea cliffs on the northwestern coast of Kauai. This cliffs rise dramatically from the shoreline, some as high as 4000 feet.
In the valleys between the Pali, waterfalls run to the sea, continuing to carve out the jagged landscape. There are remnants of stone terraces where ancient Hawaiians lived and cultivated taro root.
There are no roads running through this park. Access is either from the sea or via the 11-mile Kalalau Trail. We’d looked down into part of this park from the Kalalau Lookout in Kōkeʻe State Park.
The culmination of our cruise on Norwegian’s Pride of America was an hour spent cruising the Nā Pali Coast before heading back to Oahu. Aloha, Kauai, until we meet again!
Kauai Posts:
- Wailua Falls
- Lihue Plantation Hanama‘ulu Ditch
- ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls
- Wailua River State Park
- Mount Waiʻaleʻale
- Fuji Beach
- Moloa’a Beach
- Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Kīlauea Lighthouse
- Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
- Wai’oli Hui’ia Church
- NININI POINT LIGHTHOUSE
- Red Dirt Falls
- Waimea Canyon State Park: Waimea Canyon Lookout
- Waimea Canyon State Park: Waipo’o Falls
- Kōkeʻe State Park: Kalalau Lookout
- Kōkeʻe State Park: Pu’u O Kila Lookout
- Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park
- Hanapepe Swinging Bridge
- Koloa Heritage Trail: Spouting Horn
- Koloa Heritage Trail: Keoneloa Bay
- Nā Pali Coast State Wilderness Park
Location: Nā Pali Coast State Wilderness Park, Kapaʻa, HI 96746
Designation: State Wilderness Park
Date designated or established: 1911
Date of my visit: 4/19/2019
Stunning images!!!
Be nice to be in Hawaii now.
ha, yes, very much so! 😉
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It sure would! Darn snow
Thank you!
You are most welcome 🙂
We only saw the view from the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. Wish we had taken a look from the water. Thanks for sharing T. Stay well. Allan
It was an unexpected highlight of the trip!
This landscape is incredible!! We visited Hawaii last year, but stayed in Maui the whole time. I would love to return to check out the neighbouring islands.
We really didn’t get to spend enough time on Maui…we were scheduled to snorkel Molokini Crater but high winds canceled that. And I had some weird delayed edema in my legs from the 11 hour flight and whirlwind Oahu tour that made walking painful that day. Will have to go back. Kauai on the other hand was delightful!
Awesome views!
Thanks!
Years ago, in the 1970s, I backpacked in on the Kalalau Trail. Beautiful. And it was before helicopters were flying over every five minutes, which sadly destroyed the peace and quiet.
Yes there were a lot of helicopters hovering over Waimea Canyon when we were there. You couldn’t pay me to go up in one of them. Accidents seem to happen in the tourist helicopters here in NY all the time.
Kalalau trail is high on my list. Can’t wait!
I don’t know if I could hike the whole thing, but it would be nice to explore a section of it.
The sea, sea cliffs and jagged mountains and rocks
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Such a beautiful and distinctive coastline. High on my list when we can travel again!
Thanks! Yes, a paradise!