A view across Waipi’o Valley from the road into the valley. This road has been closed to visitors for some time, because of rockfalls from the steep slopes above it. A project to improve the road recently finished its first phase, but it’s likely to be a few years before the road is opened to anyone other than residents, licensed tour operators, and native Hawaiians exercising traditional rights. Even then, it’s not clear what access will be permitted.
One thing this means is that the (strenuous) Muliwai Trail, into the next door Waimanu Valley, is currently closed and is likely to be so for some time, if it ever reopens. That trail can be seen (very faintly) making a zigzag up the steep slope on the far side of the valley.
Graham's Island 
Wow! A jaw dropping vista, Graham.
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It’s a fabulous view. The hiking is hard work though!
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I wasn’t thinking of trying it. Happy just to look.
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Me too. I’ve been part way up the opposite side, but I probably wouldn’t go farther these days.
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Fabulous view Graham 🙂
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Graham that’s like something out of a movie. Jurassic park, even! No, no, it looks like paradise without the threats.
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Well, Jurassic Park was filmed in Hawaii in similar looking locations, though not this one. This area has featured in a few movies though.
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I’m not surprised.
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Such an amazing place, even just viewing from above!
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It’s a quite wild place with just a few houses in the valley these days.
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I love the overlook, but even when tours were running I wasn’t up for going down that steep incline!
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I’ve been down a couple of times. It’s fun to explore there and the beach is beautiful, though not a place where I’d get in the water. And sometimes the wild horses are down there, which is also cool.
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