Maui Part 15: Hana and the Seven Sacred Pools

Heeeyyyyy, welcome to the last round of photos from our Road to Hana trip, ending in…Hana!

joe's place
On the road again…

weird grey building
Huh?

hedge

white church
There were a loooot of churches in Hana.

zigzag waterfall

no dogs allowed
Maw, no dogfriends allowed.

Hale Ku'ai
How to build a Hale.

hale

inside the hale
Inside the Hale.

near the hale

pathway
Somewhere around here, the Speedo duo were lurking.

crazy tree trunks

spotted orange trunks

bush

joshy is smiling
There’s mah man.

do not remove rocks
Don’t you dare remove those rocks!

green surroundings

rocky approach

approaching the pools
Approaching the Seven Sacred Pools, the “end” of the Road to Hana. You can read about the legend here.

the crowd at the pools
Very beautiful, very rocky. Old people were struggling to navigate on the slippery rocks.

bridge at the top of the pools

stumpy

warning!
Mind the warning, now.

lower pool
The lower pools weren’t quite as popular.

outlet

larger pool

liz at the pools
I did not partake of the seven sacred pools.

waterfall crowd

the bald guy is getting into it
The bald dude was really getting into those waterfalls.

bob and fleeta are observing

the seven sacred pools

fleeta and bob are cute
Aw.

waterfalls everywhere

a nice little walkway

high above the pools

trapped!
Trapped! In Maui! (I wish)

gorgeous orange flowers
Gorgeous flowers.

After you’ve reached Hana, you can return the way you came, or you can keep going around the island on the unpopular road, which is unpaved and rocky and twisty. My husband, being the adventurous type, chose the rocky road.

falling in love rocks
Oh, how sweet.

clouds
It was drier on that side of the island, but still beautiful.

the road back

colorful scene

quiet landscape

sunset on the road back
The sunset was fabulous.

soft sunset

bones
Check out the bones. We stopped so I could pee and I slipped on some lava rock and sliced my hand open. I still have the scar.

graffiti
Graffiti always catches my eye.

stunning sunset
Gorgeous.

little island

rainbow
And, what do you know, a rainbow appeared!

My goal was to finish the Maui entries by the end of May, do ya think I’ll make my goal? Hmmmmmmm? One can always hope.

5 thoughts on “Maui Part 15: Hana and the Seven Sacred Pools

  1. i LOVE that crazy tim burtonish tree!!!!!!!
    i would have taken 100 pics of it, so cool.

    also the “falling in love rocks” sign is so cute!

  2. I know it has been almost 2 years, but do you recall where the “Falling In Love Rocks” sign actually was? Was it on the back road after Hana? I saw the sign 5+ years ago and have never been able to find it again. I’m driving to Hana tomorrow and would love a tip! Thank you! Aloha! Wonderful pictures!
    ~Kelly

    1. It is the back road from Hana, on the “dangerous” side of the island. The road was bumpy, but well worth the extra time! Thank you and enjoy! I’m jealous…I miss Maui SO MUCH! 🙂

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