Off Maunaloa Freeway (460), simply west of Kaunakakai city, you’ll see a grove of tall coconut timber on the makai side of the street. This website, Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove, was named after King Kamehameha V who was given the identify Lot Kapuaiwa.
Kapuaiwa grove was planted within the 1860s with 1,000 coconut timber, one for every warrior in King Kamehameha V’s military in line with this article by Katrina Valcourt.
Sunsets from Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove are infamous. Throughout a go to to Molokai, we made a degree to see sundown from Kapuaiwa. As you’ll be able to see from our picture above, we had been rewarded with such a fantastic scene.
Guests are suggested to solely view the grove from the grassy space off Maunaloa Freeway. Although it could be tempting to get a better look, strolling beneath these coconut timber may be very harmful because of falling coconuts. Moreover, we perceive that the grove is on non-public property. So, please be secure and don’t trespass.
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