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MOLOKAI DAY TRIP FROM MAUI KALUAAHA CHURCH This ruin was
Book a day trip from Maui's Lahaina the first Christian church that was built on
Harbor to Molokai's Kaunakakai Wharf Molokai (1835).
on the Molokai Princess Ferry. The ferry ILIILIOPAE HEIAU This Hawaiian
leaves daily from Slip 3 in Lahaina Harbor temple covers 38,000 square feet and is on
at 7:15am and returns from Molokai at the National Register of Historic Places.
4:00pm. For ferry reservations on Maui It was once a school of sorcery with
call (808) 667-2585. Day trippers can human sacrifice.
book a day tour with Molokai Outdoors at
(808) 553-4477 or toll free at (877) 553- DUNBAR BEACHFRONT COTTAGE
4477. This tour will take you to the To enjoy a real Molokai experience in an
Kalaupapa Lookout and Phallic Rock, the ocean-front cottage, in a lush tropical
Coffees of Hawaii Plantation, the Purdey setting with views of Maui and Lanai, call
Macadamia Nut Farm, and the Hotel (808) 558-8153.
Molokai for lunch. Then you will visit AIRLINE CONNECTIONS For service
Our Lady of Sorrows Church and Saint to and from Honolulu and Maui contact
Joseph's Church that are the two Island Air at (800) 652-6541, Pacific
remaining churches built by Father Wings at (888) 575-4546, George's
Damien in 1874 and 1876. The tour will Aviation at (866) 834-2120, or Molokai
turn around at Twenty Mile Beach at the Air Shuttle (808) 567-6847.
20-mile mark where the road becomes
narrow and curvy. HALAWA VALLEY DRIVE This 28-
mile road runs from Kaunakakai to
MOLOKAI BARRIER REEF Hawaii's Halawa Valley, with beautiful photogenic
longest continuous coral reef follows the scenery and historic sites all along the
south shore of Molokai for 28 miles. way. The second half of this drive is very
UALAPUE FISHPOND One of the more crooked and the road gets extremely
impressive ancient fishponds, this one is narrow for the last 7 miles. After Twenty
listed on the National Register of Historic Mile Beach the road becomes only one
Places. lane, but the drive is worth it for the
spectacular scenery. The south coastline
SMITH BRONTE LANDING At this site has dozens of fishponds dating back
the first commercial plane flight from centuries. There are deserted beaches,
California to Hawaii ended with a safe farmlands, and steep mountain slopes all
crash landing on July 15, 1927. They the way to Halawa. However, fill up your
were headed from Oakland to Honolulu, gas tank ahead of time, and bring your
but ran out of fuel.
own drinks and food, as stores are scarce.
