the Windward side
Likeke Falls
A wide, low fall over mossy rock, reached by a short walk off the old Pali road.
Why go
It is the shortest walk to a real waterfall on this side of the island, and the old cobbled highway on the way in is a sight in itself.
The catch
The usual access runs through a golf course and the etiquette around it changes; check the current route. Slippery basalt the whole way.
- How long
- 1-1.5 hours
- With children
- With care
- Effort
- Moderate
- Cost
- Free
- Parking
- Limited
Before you go
- Minimum age 6
- Flash-flood risk after rain
Getting there
Driving times on real roads, from the same data the trip planner routes on — not straight-line distance.
| From Waikīkī | 27 min | 13.5 miles |
|---|---|---|
| From HNL airport | 44 min | 22.4 miles |
| From Kailua | 10 min | 5.2 miles |
| From Downtown Honolulu | 21 min | 10.1 miles |
Add traffic. These are free-flowing times, and the H1 through town at eight in the morning is not free-flowing.
More on Likeke Falls: OpenStreetMap
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What else is close
Nearest by road, which is not the same as nearest on a map — and not the same as sharing a region either.
- Queen Emma Summer Palace8 min awayThe small wooden retreat in Nuuanu that Queen Emma used to escape the heat of town.
- Kapena Falls9 min awayA small fall and pool in Nuuanu, five minutes from the car and ten from downtown.
- Mauna Ala, the Royal Mausoleum10 min awayThe burial place of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua royal families, in a small walled ground in Nuuanu.
- Lili‘uokalani Botanical Garden11 min awayA small garden of native Hawaiian plants on land the Queen left to the city.
- Foster Botanical Garden12 min awayThe oldest garden on the island, in the middle of downtown, full of trees nothing else here has.
- Punchbowl, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific13 min awayA cemetery inside an extinct crater above downtown, for the Pacific war dead.