No roads lead to the valley. You reach it by getting a permit and and hiking in along the narrow Na Pali trail, which follows the coast.
The mountain walls rise up almost vertically from the valley. It’s inhabited by wild goats and chickens, and a few campers. At times in its history it’s been the home of a small society of people living entirely off the grid, beyond the reach of law and custom.
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Wikipedia on Kalalau Valley
See a photo from the same spot
I'll be there in May. Your image captures that place so well and makes me excited to get there!
ReplyDeleteVery cool.
ReplyDeleteMe and my fiancee booked our permits last week. We are hiking the Na Pali to Kalalau in early September, for our honeymoon. I plan on bringing lots of drawing supplies. I'm curious how long you spent on the trail? We are planning on doing 3 days heading into Kalalau and then (hopefully) arranging to have someone pick us up by boat from there. That way we will be able to spend some time hiking around other parts of the island as well. In your experience do you think that will work out well enough?
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That would be a great place to go off the grid!!
ReplyDeleteMy brother took a photo of the same viewpoint two years ago:
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What a beautiful place that is!
Christian, that photo is amazing--and keeps me honest!
ReplyDeleteMarc--have a great trip. I only hiked part way in on the Na Pali trail because we only had one day for the hike. The view of course is from a whole different road that takes hours to get to after leaving the Na Pali trailhead.
My only advice is to take a raincoat, and don't do what I did--(leave the convertible top down in the parking lot). It's the rainiest spot on earth.
Really beautiful to see one of your plein air pieces James.. this is fantastic.. thanks for posting! Also very interesting to see compare the photo and see how accurate your drawing ability is, though the painting blows the photo out of the water with it's own sense of life!!
ReplyDeletecheers Mike