Manoa Falls

Not one to leave a moment wasted, Joe wanted to continue our exploring during our first weekend.  We had heard great things about Manoa Falls and decided to check it out.  One of the funny things I'm learning about Hawaii is how you can be in a real urban and developed area and just a few minutes later you are in lush rain forest.  Manoa Falls was about 25 minutes from our house was very easy to find with its own parking lot, restaurant and gift shop just off a neighborhood in urban Honolulu.

Just starting the hike

We started the trail following the paved walk to the main path.  As I stated in the last post, this was Father's Day weekend (this actually WAS Father's Day) and the trail was very crowded.  That being said, it was still a very enjoyable hike.  20-30 minutes each way with a few lookouts over the creek and some neat tree formations along the way.  The area to see the falls was a bit small and crowded, but we had no problem working our way up to the front and seeing everything.  There is a nice water pool at the base of the falls, but there were warnings everywhere about the bacteria in the water (maybe just to keep people out?) which was a bit of a bummer (anyone remember swimming the Cascades in Blacksburg haha).

Neat tree formations along the trail