Manoa Falls Trailhead

Scrolling through Instagram, I paused on a photo of a female surrounded by greenery. After clicking on the photo, I found out that it was at Manoa Falls Trailhead, so I saved it for future reference. At the time, I knew I wanted to visit Hawaii, but wasn’t sure when it would actually happen. Then on a random day, I was checking random flights and I found a great deal for Hawaii! I booked it and two weeks later I was there and at Manoa Falls. Fun fact about the area is that some of the filming for Jurassic Park took place there.

Based on my experience, and what I found online, here are my takeaways.

1. Shoes – The reviews stated that the trail was muddy, so they wouldn’t recommend shoes you didn’t want to get muddy. Since I only packed what I needed, I didn’t want to get my tennis shoes dirty because I wouldn’t have a way to clean them. This meant hiking in my non-hiking sandals which left my feet, hurting. Luckily, there wasn’t mine, but if you have them, I would recommend bringing your hiking sandals.

2. The view – one of the highlights of this trail is supposed to be the waterfall. However, in November the waterfall was really tiny and it really wasn’t anything amazing. Therefore, the highlight for me was the environment.

3. Transportation. I rented a car for two days to get to the northside and to get to this hike. The spa system seems to work pretty well in Honolulu, but I don’t know that it goes all the way up to this trail because it is a whiny and narrow Road off of the main street.

4. Bugs – all of the articles that we read said to bring spray because the books were crazy. We purchased some wipes at the entrance for a couple dollars and we didn’t have any problems with mosquitoes or anything like that. However, the wipes might not be enough in a different season.

Tu Aminga,

Mely