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In Hanalei town, where Hanalei Center is on the left side of the highway, you turn right onto Aku and follow it a short distance to a beachfront road. Turn right again and follow the beachfront road north to a parking lot by the Hanalei River. Park here, a little more than 34¾ miles from Lihue.

Permit required: None.

Description: The first thing you’ll want to do here is to stroll north very briefly to the riverbank in order to take in the view upstream and inland, where steep cliffs richly clothed in greenery rise skyward. After the rain, the fluted cliffs boast long, sheer waterfalls; be sure to look closely for the tiny ones as well as for the obvious ones. Pause often during this walk to gaze from sea to cliffs and to enjoy the contrast.

Now walk out and turn south, roughly paralleling the water’s edge. You’ll probably want to swing inland around the old pier (“Hanalei Landing” on the topo). The beach is backed by tropical almond and ironwood trees; tree heliotrope with its short stature, broad crown of gray-green leaves, and wonderfully twisted form; and beach naupaka. Streamers of beach morning glory and beach vitex extend down onto your broad, sandy “trail.”