Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
During an educational tour, kids can take a turn at the
konane
board (a Hawaiian ver-
sion of checkers), then get their hands dirty learning how taro was traditionally farmed.
Try to call at least a week in advance for tour reservations and to get directions. No walk-
ins can be accommodated, to protect both the site and the resident family's privacy.
Puʻu ʻUalakaʻa State Wayside
LOOKOUT
(
www.hawaiistateparks.org
; 7am-7:45pm Apr-1st Mon in Sep, to 6:45pm 1st Tue in Sep-Mar;
)
At this hillside park, sweeping views extend from Diamond Head on the far left, across
Waikiki and downtown Honolulu, to the Waiʻanae Range on the right. The sprawling UH
Manoa campus is easily recognized by its sports stadium. You can even gaze into the
green mound of Punchbowl crater. The airport is visible on the coast and Pearl Harbor
beyond that.
It's less than 2.5 miles up Round Top Dr from Makiki St to the park entrance, from
where it's another half-mile drive to the lookout (bear left at the fork).
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
TANTALUS-ROUND TOP SCENIC DRIVE
Offering skyline views to drivers and cyclists alike, the Tantalus-Round Top Scenic
Drive climbs almost to the top of Mt Tantalus (2013ft), aka Puʻu ʻOhiʻa. Bamboo,
ginger, elephant-eared taro and eucalyptus trees make up the roadside profusion
of tropical plants, as vines climb to the tops of telephone poles and twist their way
across the wires. Starting above downtown Honolulu and the H-1 Fwy, this 10-mile
circuit is a two-way loop called Tantalus Dr on its western side, Round Top Dr to the
east. Many hiking trails branch off the loop, which passes by Pu'u 'Ualaka'a State
Wayside.
