Description: This is another option to visit the Keahua Arboretum – except the arboretum is at the end of this trail. Growing up, my friends and I would take this trail on horseback – riding to the end of Olehena Road, through the Moalepe Trail, down the Kuilau Trail to the arboretum, having lunch and maybe a swim in one of the mountain ponds, then looping back home via Kuamo’o Road. This would take up an entire summer’s day. For the tourist, taking this trail requires some coordination with someone willing to drop you off at the trail entrance, then to meet you at the arboretum by driving there through Kuamo’o Road. Otherwise, you’d have to turn around and hike all the way back – a viable option, but one that I would not personally choose.
HOW TO GET THERE: From Kuhio Highway at the mouth of the Wailua River, take Kuamo’o Road (Route 580) 2.5 miles to the Wailua Country Store. Turn right on Kamalu Road (Route 581) and head 2 miles where it ends at Olohena Road. Turn left and drive to the trail entrance at the end of Olohena Road (Caution: Olohena Road "ends" where Waipouli Road "begins". Because there are no stop signs, it may appear that Olohena continues after taking a sharp right turn).
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