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As you approach the halfway point, you climb gently toward the fenced edge of the mostly native rainforest this trail loops through. Not long ago, this forest reserve was planted with non-native species. The glimpses of cropped fields and non-native plants on the other side of the fence remind you that this native rainforest exists only because it was deliberately replanted and has been protected from encroaching non-native plants and from animals like wild pigs. Your trail curves left, past a fallen log, as you turn away from the fence and continue following the trail according to the brochure.

Common guava

The trail is sometimes hard to follow, particularly where the giant roots of a strangler fig spread across it near the ½-mile point. You need to climb over the roots of this bizarre and unwelcome intruder and then go around the left side of the fig (and the ohia it’s strangling) to regain the trail. You soon close the loop, and turn right to return to the parking lot. Be sure to return the brochure or pay for it at the information sign!