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Pipiwai Trail and Waimoku Falls
20° 39.9′ N · 156° 3.0′ W · approximate
The Kipahulu district's classic hike climbs above Oheo Gulch past a huge banyan and through a creaking bamboo forest to the foot of 400-foot Waimoku Falls.
Practical
Approx: trail position from OpenStreetMap (way 482271381); the falls are at about 20.6793, -156.0569. Starts at the Kipahulu Visitor Center (park entrance fee applies: $30 per vehicle, 3 days). Streams flash-flood fast in rain: do not cross high water and turn back if it starts pouring upslope. Bring water and mosquito repellent. Kipahulu Campground (no water) is about 1/8 mile south of the visitor center.
Best for
Waterfalls and bamboo forest
Season
Year-round; heavy rain closes stream crossings
Nearby
- Kipahulu (Pools of Oheo, Haleakala National Park)0.6 NM away
- Lindbergh Grave (Palapala Hoomau Church)0.9 NM away
- Wailua Falls (Hana Highway)1.6 NM away
- Kaapahu Bay (Kipahulu)2 NM away
- Kaupo and Kipahulu Coast3.3 NM away
- Mamalu Bay Anchorage (Kaupo)4.4 NM away
- Hamoa and Koki Beaches4.8 NM away
- Kaupo General Store4.8 NM away