This is the shortest hike to date on the blog, all of 0.7 miles down a steep trail into Pololu Valley. Hiking down the trail is the only way to access this uninhabited valley.
View from about half-way down the trail. You can see the indented the coast, each one leading into a valley.
Once we reached the bottom we had a good view of valley,
and the black sand dunes covered with vegetation.
The mouth of the valley had several inviting camgrounds set up, with wood stacked up ready to light a fire.
Artwork on the beach. The beach is covered with beautiful round stones of all colors and sizes. This valley was a source of building stones for ancient Hawaiians. Legend has it that a long chain of people passed the stones one to the other all the way to where the stones were needed. If a stone was dropped, it was left where it fell so as to not interrupt the rhythm of the chain. It is believed that thousands of tons of stones were removed from the valley in this way.
View to the west from the beach. This was a fun mini hike into one of the Big Island's more remote places.
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