Some notes. The road in is very steep, think 30 degree grade. If you would rather book a shuttle. You can drive in theory, but I would not recommend it. The beach is beautiful, but not a swimming beach. The current is very strong. Bring lunch, read a book, stroll on the beach. Bring lots of water. There are port a potties on the beach but that is it.
Do not get discouraged by locals telling tales how hard the hike is, do not spend your $$ either on any tour. And do not trespass, you will be shot or the worse stoned to death lmao.
We personally thought this valley was not worthy of our time. I highly recommend hiking to the Pololu Valley and beyond it - no crowded, spectacular and peaceful.
It was wonderfully beautiful.
Wonderful and beautiful place! You should definitely visit this spot when you go to Hawaii. We went also for horseriding in the valley of the kings: this is really cool!! Already the trip there was amazing, we went with this special car on this super steep road down into the valley, what a ride! You should really go for it :)
There are three ways to get to the Waipi'o Valley: you hike, you pay $$ for a commercial tour (you have one hour free time in the valley) or you rent a four wheel drive and do not tell the rental company you are going to this valley.
My wife and I went to Waipio on our honeymoon. We walked/hiked the steep road to the bottom. The view of the waterfall is underwhelming if you walk in. However the beach is phenomenal. Sparkling black sand and clear water. It may be my all time favorite beach for sheer beauty.
Beautiful country side. Multiple waterfalls, river the runs into the ocean.
Well, we hiked it, spent only about half an hour in the valley, walked on the main road and on the beach. Disappointed. Nothing to see. There were five "wild" horses which were so tamed you could pet them, they followed us for a bit. And yep, there were many signs such "do not enter, private property, be aware of flying stones (this was a good one), if you enter, we will shoot you and if you survive we will shoot you again". Yep, locals do not want you there, but are happy to get your $$.
What I heard/read prior our trip: locals living in the valley arranged that the only four wheel company on the island does not allow you taking their truck down to the valley. And they went further: locals arranged and have an agreement with the businesses taking you on a tour to trespass their property (of course they get some of the $$ from the tour company). It stinks.
It is still wonderful that it will hardly change even after 30 years.
We did not want to pay $$ for any tour so we decided to hike it. I read many reviews how difficult the hike was and all the locals were discouraging tourist from entering the valley saying that "many tourists are dropping dead on the way up from the valley". I have to laugh, what a funny discouragement!
I came here in 1989.
Hiking up was not easy, but it was not difficult. We were not experienced hikers and were carrying heavy backpacks (the negative reviews freaked us so much, we packed LOTS of water for the hike) and had to stop at places to give way the four-wheel vehicles going down. Took us only 38 minutes to hike up. Without heavy backpacks you can hike it up in less than 25 minutes. And this was the dreadful, hard hike? Hahaha. Nope.
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