Nā kōkua no ka heleʻana a me ke kauʻana ma Waimea Canyon
ʻO Waimea Canyon ma Kauai heʻumi mile ka loa,ʻelua mile ke ākea a 3,600 kapuaʻi ka hohonu. ʻO Mark Twain i kapaʻiaʻo Waimea Canyon ke "Grand Canyon o ka Pākīpika" no ka mea ua like konaʻano me kaʻoihana hoʻokipa kaulana i ka Southwest. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, me kona mau hohonu hohonu, nā greens a me nā browns, nā mea i hanaʻia e kahi lua pele'ē aʻe i nā makahiki he nui, ua manaʻo ka poʻe he nui ke nānā aku ma mua o ka Grand Canyon.
Aia ma ka'ākau a me ke komohanaʻo Waimea Canyon Park Parkʻo Kokeʻe State Park.
ʻOi akuʻo Kokeʻe ma kahi o 4,000 mauʻeka a me kahi o 45 mau hele wāwae e hele ai kekahi o lākou i Waimea Canyon aʻo kekahi o lākou he mau pōkole pōkole i kahiʻole o ke kai. No kahi haʻawina, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa nā palapala'āina ma ka Station o Ranger, aʻu e'ōlelo nei iāʻoe e hana inā e hele anaʻoe.
E hele ana i Waimea Canyon
Noho mākou ma Poipu, aia ma ka hema o Kauai. ʻO Waimea Canyon aʻo Kokeʻe State Park aia ma ke komohanaʻo Kauai. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e piʻi ai i ke kahawai a me nā pā hale e lawe i ke alanuiʻo Waimea Canyon mai ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Waimea. Heʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kēia ala ma mua o ka piʻiʻana ma Kokeʻe Road mai ke kulaʻo Kekaha.
Ke kohoʻana i nāʻaʻahu kūpono no ke kipaʻana i ke kahawai a hiki i ka hike ke maʻalahi. Ināʻo kāu huakaʻi hele i ke Canyon i loko o ka kaʻa a hoʻopaʻaʻia i nā mea nānā e hiki paha iāʻoe ke hoʻomaha iki no ka piʻi. Paipaiʻia e lawe mai i kahi kapa a iʻole ka sweata.
Ināʻoe e hele ai, hiki iāʻoe ke haʻalele i ke anuanu o ke kino.
Hiki ke hōʻoluʻolu loa, ma kahi o ke kahawai.
E hōʻoiaʻiʻo e lawe mai i kou mau kāmaʻa holo. He nui ka hapanui o Hawaiʻi i kahi lepo aʻaʻole hiki ke kaʻawaleʻo Waimea Canyon. Ua'ōleloʻia hoʻiʻo Ieans e pale i kou mau wāwae, akā e lawe mai i nā mea kahiko i hiki ke hoʻoleiʻia no ka mea,ʻo ka holoʻana i Hawaiʻi nei he hanaʻino.
Hiki ke ua ma kāu hike, noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i nā lole hou aku e loli.
Nā mea kōkua e hele ai i Waimea Canyon
Nui nā mākaʻi e hoʻomaha ai. ʻO kēia mau mea he lumi hale hoʻomaha. E hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ke Canyon mai kēlā me kēiaʻoki a me nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hele helehelena he mau huakaʻi hele wāwae a hiki i nā mea āpau ke hikiʻole.
ʻAʻole he uku e hele ai i Waimea Canyon a ua hāmamaʻo ia i ka makahiki.
Aia nā kaʻa a me nā hale kaʻa. Ponoʻoe eʻae i kahi palapala e noho ai. Aia kekahi mau moku e hiki ai iāʻoe ke noho no ka $ 75 a pō.
ʻO kahi o nā'auwaʻa kaulana loaʻo Waimea Canyon Lookout. He nani loa ka nānāʻana, a he mea hikiʻole ke hōʻikeʻike keʻoleʻoe i ka Grand Canyon.
ʻO kēia kahi o nā mokupuni kahi i'ōleloʻia e nā kānaka he nui ka uku o ka huakaʻi helicopter . Hele pololei nā helicopters i ke kahawai. Inā hikiʻole iāʻoe ke holo i loko o ke kahawai, pono ke kumu kūʻai.
ʻO ka holoholo ma Waimea Canyon
Nui nā ala e hiki ai iāʻoe ke holo i ke kahawai. Ua lawe mākou iā mākou i kahi manawa e hoʻoholo ai i kahi mea kūpono iā mākou. Ua hoʻoholo mākou i kahi holo ma ke alanui Canyon i Waipoʻo Falls. ʻO kēia mau hāʻule ma kahi oʻelua mau hanana a he mea kupaianaha. Hoʻokahi o nā mea kuhikuhi e kapa aku nei i ka hikaʻohana. ʻO kekahi puke e kapa aku nei heʻano koʻikoʻi loa. He mea nui ka lāʻau laʻau.
ʻO ke alanui mākou i hele ai i ke alahele ma ke kaʻaʻana i ka Hale Manu Valley Valley.
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe he wiliʻehā 4, hikiʻoe i ka 8/10 o ka mile (aʻoʻoe e lilo i 240 'i ke kiʻekiʻe) a hiki i ke alahele. Ua hele mākou i kahi i kapaʻiaʻo Upper Waipoʻo Falls. E kau i ka wai ma ke kumu o kēia liʻiliʻi nani. He anuʻi ka loko, no laila inā he mahanaʻoe, eʻoliʻoliʻoe i ka luʻu hou. Noho mākou ma kahi pōhaku a hoʻokomo i ko mākou wāwae a hele i ka lua wai lua.
Ua paʻakikī loa ka holoʻana i ka Waipoʻo Falls. Uaʻike mākou i kekahi mau kamaliʻi, akā,ʻaʻole nā kaikamāhine aʻu e holo ma kēia mau keiki. Inā piʻi ka piʻiʻana o kāu mau keiki aʻaʻole lākou e nāwaliwali, hiki iā lākou ke hana. ʻO kahi nui o ke ala he pōhaku,ʻaʻole i kahaka maikaʻiʻia (inā he manawa), a ua liʻiliʻi loa. ʻAʻole mālamaʻia ke ala e kekahi. He kūpono maoli. Aiaʻoe i loko o ke Canyon me ke kaulaʻalani a me ka ulaula e puni ana iāʻoe.
He nani.
I kou hōʻeaʻana i ke kahawaiʻo Waipoʻo, ponoʻoe ma luna. ʻO ka wailele e hāʻule i 800 kapuaʻi. Ma laila mākou i loko o nā mahina kauwela, akā, e kahe nui ana ka wai. ʻOiai, aia nō kekahi mau manawa i ka wā e hiki ai ke hana wale. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka hāʻuleʻana o ka hāʻuleʻana o kēia hōʻailona keʻoleʻoe e hana i nā mea a mākou i hana ai, akā, e noʻonoʻo loa. ʻOiai ināʻaʻoleʻoe e pili kokoke, mahalo nā manaʻo. Eʻikeʻoe i kahi pale kūlohelohe i hanaʻia no keʻano, e like me keʻano.
ʻO ka meandering ma luna o nā pōhaku, ma waena a ma kahi o nā liʻiliʻi o ka wai, hele mākou i ke ala loa, ma luna loa o ka hāʻule. ʻAʻole loa wau i lawe i nā pilikia me koʻu ola e like me kaʻu i hana ai i kēia huakaʻi, akā, ua kūpono ia. Inā heleʻoe i ka liʻiliʻi, i ka manawa i hanaʻia ai, hiki keʻike, palekana a palekana,ʻikeʻoe i ka hāʻuleʻana o ka hāʻule. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe keʻike iā lākou ma ke ala a lalo, 800 kapuaʻi lalo, akā eʻikeʻoe i ka nui o lākou. ʻO ka holoʻana o kēia 3.6 mile ka lōʻihi o ka hola 2-3.
Kokeʻe Museum a me Lodge
I ko mākou heleʻana ma waho o ke kahawai, ua kū mākou ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Kokeʻe a ua waiho i kahi makana i loko o ka pahu. Ponoʻoe e haʻalele i kaʻikeʻana i ka holoʻana o nā hurricanes, nā kiʻi o nā manu a me nā lāʻau āu eʻike aiʻole uaʻike pahaʻoe, e hilinaʻi ana ināʻoe e hoʻomaha ma ka haleʻikeʻike ma mua a ma hope paha o kāu hele.
Ināʻoe e hoʻoma'ū, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomaha iā The Lodge ma Kokeʻe a loaʻa i kekahi mau meaʻono a me ka pipi.
Aia kekahi kumukūʻai makana ma laila, akā,ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ke kumukūʻai. Ināʻoleʻoe e nele i kahi mea nui e pale ai i kāu mea kūʻai.
I ka Hōʻuluʻulu
ʻO Waimea Canyon aʻo Kokeʻe State Park kahi huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa.
Mai hoʻopoina i kāu kamepiula, ka pāpale, ka pale a me ka pipi.
He manawa kūpono kēia e hele ai i ka hoʻokomoʻana i nā kikooho ināʻaʻoleʻoe i loaʻa iā lākou.
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe i kelepona, nui a maʻalahi nā loiloiʻana, no laila eʻaeʻoleʻoe e kāohi iāʻoe mai kaʻikeʻana i kēia kahawai nani. Eʻoliʻoli a mālama.