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#CatTravels: The (long) Road to Hana

By Catherine Toth Fox • May 31, 2012 • #CatTravels

I’ll admit, I wasn’t looking forward to the 48-mile drive from Paia to Hana.

I heard it takes three hours to cover that distance. And with something like 620 curves and 59 bridges along the legendary Hana Highway (HI-360), I was bound to get carsick.

Amazingly, I didn’t. (Driving helps.) And we spend four glorious hours driving through lush rainforest, along cliffs with spectacular ocean views, and around hairpin turns that brought another new and beautiful vista.

Here’s the long, winding road to Hana looked like:

Goodbye, Lumeria

Goodbye, Lumeria
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We took one last walk around the grounds at Lumeria Maui in Paia. We spend just one night here — and wished our stay could've been longer.


Watch our journey from Paia to Hana

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5 Comments

  • Reply Asa Ellison May 31, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    Since I know that road so well, I enjoyed watching your video…but I almost wish I could have been sitting in the back seat so I could tell you all the cool places to stop. There are all kinds of views, waterfalls, and short hikes that you don’t see from the road. ex..at mm10 there is a 200 foot waterfall just below the road. And that place you said was closed…I think that gate is always closed and you just open it or go around it. I don’t think it is really closed. No one is there anyhow to open or close it. Are you going to go all the way around to Ulupalakua to get back? or the same windy road back? You can go all the way around. If you are..here is a picture set of images I made of me going from Ulupalakua to the Oheo/7 pools. https://www.asaellison.com/pics/2012/4/30/oheo_trip.html It is the reverse direction for you…it starts at Ulupalakua and ends at Oheo so for your purposes …look at the last pic first. Maybe it can help you to know what the road will be like. If you can..find Al lele bridge and hike back 5 minutes up the trail along the stream. It starts and the side of the white bridge and goes thru all the Hala trees. Great waterfall. You will see it in my pics.

  • Reply David Jackson June 1, 2012 at 3:59 am

    Very cool! Can’t wait to see more Hana stuff ’cause I’ve nevah been

  • Reply M June 1, 2012 at 4:32 am

    Hello Cat,
    I stayed at that hotel when it was named the Hana Hotel years ago.

  • Reply hawaiiobsessed June 1, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    Love it! Looks like a gorgeous day for the drive. Thanks for taking us with you.

  • Reply WildeOscar July 2, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    Awesome vid. A 4 hour drive with intense concentration will take the wind out of just about anyone’s sails. I will probably never get to Hana, so thanks to you and Derek for taking us on your journey.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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