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Hiking Manoa Falls
There aren't too many "great" hikes on this island, but Manoa Falls was labeled number 1 in my book. It's a short hike with a 100 foot waterfall at the end, but 
there are a lot of trails you can hook onto the hike that make it more fulfilling and adventurous. The hike is in the Nu'uanu State Park in the Pali Mountain Range. Shortly after Joe and I start our hike, we are greeted 
with this amazing entrance that looks like a jungle. It was so breathtaking. The vines and tall trees lush with so much greenery was beautiful. The hike up to Manoa Falls was only .8 miles in at a moderate slope, but was wet and slippery. Also, there were giant roots and rocks all over the trail that made it hard to keep your footing, even in hiking boots. The trail was 
cool though. There were fields of green bamboo everywhere and spots that had so many vines that you wouldn't ever be able to get through it if something was chasing you. We took our time getting to the "waterfall" because we were so distracted by the playground that the rainforest offers. I was busy playing with centipedes and taking pictures of awesome flowers and Joe was completely amused by climbing the bamboos 
like he was in Cirque de Sole and finding the perfect bamboo walking stick to bring home. After about an hour, we made it to what was supposed to be a descent waterfall. Not really, quite disappointing. It was about 100 feet, but barely any water. We probably didn't see it in the right season or something. Instead of turning around, we connected with the Aihualama Trail to make our hike total up to 5 miles. 
This leg of the hike used switchbacks to get to the top, because it was a fast incline in a short distance. This mountain was tall! In just a few minutes we were already past the top of the waterfall. On this trail, you could see Diamond Head and the entire Manoa Valley. It was beautiful. When we got to the top of the mountain, it came out to the Pauoa Flats. We didn't want to make the 
hike much longer, so we just played around on the top of the Flats and made really sharp spears out of bamboo with his knife 
( in case we found some wild boars). Joe wants to get his hunting license for real so he can go boar hunting with some guys from work. After playing and walking around for awhile, we headed back down the mountain to the car. There were a lot less mosquitoes than we planned for and I read about, but hey, thats even better. The hike was fun and it was worth the drive up here.
there are a lot of trails you can hook onto the hike that make it more fulfilling and adventurous. The hike is in the Nu'uanu State Park in the Pali Mountain Range. Shortly after Joe and I start our hike, we are greeted 
with this amazing entrance that looks like a jungle. It was so breathtaking. The vines and tall trees lush with so much greenery was beautiful. The hike up to Manoa Falls was only .8 miles in at a moderate slope, but was wet and slippery. Also, there were giant roots and rocks all over the trail that made it hard to keep your footing, even in hiking boots. The trail was 
cool though. There were fields of green bamboo everywhere and spots that had so many vines that you wouldn't ever be able to get through it if something was chasing you. We took our time getting to the "waterfall" because we were so distracted by the playground that the rainforest offers. I was busy playing with centipedes and taking pictures of awesome flowers and Joe was completely amused by climbing the bamboos 
like he was in Cirque de Sole and finding the perfect bamboo walking stick to bring home. After about an hour, we made it to what was supposed to be a descent waterfall. Not really, quite disappointing. It was about 100 feet, but barely any water. We probably didn't see it in the right season or something. Instead of turning around, we connected with the Aihualama Trail to make our hike total up to 5 miles. 
This leg of the hike used switchbacks to get to the top, because it was a fast incline in a short distance. This mountain was tall! In just a few minutes we were already past the top of the waterfall. On this trail, you could see Diamond Head and the entire Manoa Valley. It was beautiful. When we got to the top of the mountain, it came out to the Pauoa Flats. We didn't want to make the 
hike much longer, so we just played around on the top of the Flats and made really sharp spears out of bamboo with his knife 
( in case we found some wild boars). Joe wants to get his hunting license for real so he can go boar hunting with some guys from work. After playing and walking around for awhile, we headed back down the mountain to the car. There were a lot less mosquitoes than we planned for and I read about, but hey, thats even better. The hike was fun and it was worth the drive up here.
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