Best Thailand Beaches: The Kaielia Trail

THE KAIELIA TRAIL (and adjoining trails).

done APRIL 2016

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KAIELIA TRAIL - similar a shot below
MOKULE'LA (MOKULEIA) ACCESS ROAD - abt. 40% downwardly page
KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD (EAST) - abt 60%
KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD (WEST - 75%
KUAOKAL (RIDGE) TRACK - 65%
and PEACOCK FLAT CAMPING AREA - abt 55% downwardly page


The KAIELIA TRAIL is inward western OAHU as well as goes from the coastal westward of the NORTH SHORE into the WAI'ANEA RANGE. In this utilisation of the isle the WAI'ANEA separates the southern utilisation of the north-west coast (known locally every bit the NORTH SHORE) from the rain/trade winds sheltered northern utilisation of the south-west coast (known locally every bit the LEEWARD COAST)


The WAI'ANEA RANGE is the western attain of mountains on AOAHU, running almost parallel to the eastern KO'OLAU RANGE. It contains OHAU'S highest peak - KA'ALA (4025FT/1217M) - ikon Go Hawaii


THE KAIELEA TRAIL
This is the most used trail inward the surface area because:
* parking behind DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD is amend than at other trailheads
* it offers a non likewise lengthy (2.3mi/3.7km 1 way) upward as well as dorsum trek which is steep as well as crude oil plenty to satisfy users they receive got had a proficient hike - but non overly so. It won't worry people of average fitness providing they brand a few residuum stops. The trail is good defined as well as slowly to follow as well as non technically hard underfoot.
* views dorsum over the western NORTH SHORE are definitely the best of whatever trail as well as past times pushing on a fleck farther via connecting trails it is possible to larn overviews of the LEEWARD COAST.
*people seeking a longer trek tin proceed via several trails to either eventually loop dorsum to the KAIELEA for a descent dorsum to DILLINGHAM or force on to remain overnight at PEACKOCK FLATS CAMPING AREA.
It is also possible to walk all the agency to the southern LEEWARD COAST at YOKOHAMA BAY inward the far westward past times descending the access route to the KAENA TRACKING STATION which is inward this mount surface area farther westward (see downwardly page), but a permit from the DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE is needed for this road.

KAIELEA TRAIL
On far western OAHU the WAI'ANEA RANGE separates the western destination of the NORTH SHORE from the western destination of the LEEWARD COAST. The KAI'ELEA TRAIL traverses all but a minor department of the range.
Main route 930 along the NORTH SHORE is the FARRINGTON HWY from HALEIWA abt 8mi/13km to the E of the airfield. It ends abt. 2mi/3.3km farther westward but it is possible to receive got a trekking trail some other 2.5mi/4km to the far western tip of the isle at KAENA POINT.
Main route 93 along the LEEWARD COAST is also the FARRINGTON HWY (I gauge the aim is to sometime bring together northward as well as due south sections inward the KAENA POINT area) running all the agency from the western suburbs of what is considered GREATER HONOLULU abt 21mi/34km E of its western destination some 2mi/3.3km from KAENA POINT. Once in 1 trial to a greater extent than a walking trail goes to the point.
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The trail starts inward the south-east corner of the spacious as well as costless parking surface area on the inland side of the airfield. After a apartment few hundred meters it begins to climb WAI'ANEA'S steep northern escarpment.


This neat shot from T0-HAWAII brings out the steepness of the highland escarpment behind DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD.

The trail upward the escarpment gains 950/1000ft (290/305m) inward around 0.8mi/1.2km but because of nineteen switchbacks, the slopes from moderate to steep never piece of work ridiculously steep. Fit people volition accuse right up, normal types may demand a halt or ii - but this is no work because at that topographic point are many fantabulous photograph opportunities over the western NORTH SHORE.

I shot this from maybe 3/4 the agency upward the slope - xanthous arrow is of course of teaching DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD, white the track. An added bonus at times is glider as well as parachute action - the airfield hosts both.
Please excuse the clumsy stitching of images via my elcheapo OLYMPUS's 'panorama' setting. These panorama shots usually click-expand nicely.


The coast a fleck farther to the westward from roughly the same photographic boob tube camera position. Notice shower out to ocean - it wasn't a peculiarly prissy day.

The escarpment rails is non really broad but never becomes a bush-bashing exercise. Underfoot are plenty of rocks, roots as well as gravel - I reckon proficient shoes are a bonus hither but was amazed at the expose of people passing the other agency wearing sandals as well as flip-flops. It looked similar plenty of folk had decided on a quick mid afternoon up-and-back after a morning time on the beach. 
This trail was much busier than others inward the surface area - I passed at to the lowest degree a dozen people on the threescore minutes or thus I spent DESCENDING the KAIELEA (I did it every bit a LAST department of a much bigger trek starting farther E - run into TEZZA'S CIRCUIT downwardly page) whereas inward the previous five hours I had only seen 3 other trekkers, 2 cyclists as well as 3 off-road vehicles. I negotiated plenty of unmarried step-downs but my lxx twelvemonth onetime shot knees appreciated the lack of flights of stairs.

The upper utilisation of the KAIELEA changes markedly. South of the escarpment edge  it becomes much flatter (actually it undulates alongside the full general slope gradually up-hill) is relatively direct as well as widens into a gravel-surfaced road, in all likelihood utilisation of the upper area's burn trails.

ON TO VIEWS OVER THE LEEWARD COAST.
The southern destination of the KAIELEA joins the KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD at a t-juncion. Take a left as well as proceed a few hundred meters to the start of the KUAOKALA RIDGE TRAIL (from retentiveness is is signposted 'KUAOKALA TRAIL' - no 'RIDGE') Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 brusk distance along is a gate thru which is the showtime of several overviews of the LEEWARD COAST.


First persuasion of the LEEWARD COAST - the MAKUA VALLEY north-west of MAKAHA which is plainly a state of war machine reserve thus it may non hold upward a proficient thought to endeavor over-landing to downwardly there.


My shot inward a higher identify this is suffering from bad weather condition setting in. This much clearer motion painting comes from DOBBS: on walkabout - this neat site is genuinely worth visiting: has a host of fantabulous pics of the KAIELIA addition much to a greater extent than detailed route instructions.


But I didn't come upward UP the KAELIA TRACK - I approached the inward a higher identify surface area every bit the LAST utilisation of TEZZA'S BIG WAI'ANEA LOOP (for desire of a amend name).....

(THERE IS ANOTHER KAIELEA MAP AND ONE MORE OF DODDS GREAT PICS TOWARDS THE FOOT OF THE PAGE).


TEZZA'S BIG WAINEA LOOP
START at "start" (der) top right. Go upward TRACK #1 (white) - the MOKULE'LA ACCESS ROAD. At the top is a route barrier - past times hither caput westward on the KUAOKOLA ACCESS ROAD EAST (purple # 2) -until the sign to the left for the KUAKOLA RIDGE TRAI (pale regal #3). At the western destination rejoin the KUAOKOLA ACCESS ROAD (in this representative the WESTERN SECTION - indigo #4).Walk some 55/65 minutes dorsum E as well as you lot volition uncovering to the left the junction of the KAIELEA TRAIL (yellow # 5) downwardly to the DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD.
The whole 15+mi/25km trek took me exactly nether half dozen hours, as well as I teamed upward alongside a dude most 20% inward who walked much faster as well as thus my common geezer's shuffle.
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MOKULE'LACCESS ROAD - also spelled Mokuleia Access Road
I took this to a greater extent than eastern (3mi/5km) route into the mountains only because it was closer to the nearest jitney halt (in the coastal hamlet of WAIALUA) past times 2mi/3.2km. And I was inward luck - I managed to hitch a ride from nigh the jitney halt to the trail head.
At the trail caput is a locked greenish gate alongside plenty parking for a one-half dozen vehicles - plenty to a greater extent than along the side past times side FARRINGTON HWY which is a proficient 2 lane blacktop here.
BEWARE - isle websites tell theft from cars is high inward this surface area - don't exit valuables inward the vehicle: some fifty-fifty urge windows left downwardly as well as glovebox opened upward (less than one-half the parked cars I saw inward several visits along the FARRINGTON did the latter).


The 3.5mi/5.8km MOKULE'LA ACCESS RD goes from the FARRINGTON HWY upward to a gate exactly brusk of the PEACOCK FLATS CAMPING AREA.

Highest peak inward this modified GOOGLE EARTH ikon is also OAHU'S highest - MT KA'ALA (40023FT/1217M) - GOOGLE MAPS shows a road/track upward at that topographic point from a fleck farther E (left - inward this ikon because you lot are looking DUE SOUTH, non the common DUE NORTH) on the FARRINGTON, but I don't know how proficient this is for driving/trekking - mayhap following visit.
WRONG!! Some fourth dimension after writing the avove I came across a terrific MT KA'ALA trek concern human relationship from DODDS on-walkabout - seems the hiking trail leaves from the reverse LEEWARD COAST. 

The brusk route from the FARRINGTON downwardly to WAIALUA tin exactly hold upward seen at far left.

Behind the locked greenish gate at the FARRINGTON HIGHWAY (from what I tin assemble only official FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE vehicles receive got access, but at that topographic point is plenty of room for trekkers as well as bicyclists to pass) is a broad sealed route which tends to hold upward apartment as well as fairly direct for a km or thus before the escarpment. This is less sheer than farther westward behind DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD - slopes vary from moderate to fairly steep but never killer. There are a expose of bends but no tight switchback-like every bit farther west. The sealed surface continues to the top but at that topographic point were a few deep potholes higher up, something cyclists descending at warp speed as well as trekkers coming downwardly inward the dark without a torch (in this honor it would hold upward a much amend descent for tardily trekkers than that into DILLINGHAM which is likewise narrow as well as crude oil inward the dark) demand to scout for.
Two cyclists, 1 official vehicle as well as naught trekkers passed me the other agency piece I was ascending for abt an threescore minutes at my geezers' pace.

There are several proficient viewpoints along the MOKULE'LA, but non every bit many nor every bit proficient every bit from the KAIELEA. This 1 was from nigh the top - showing mid as well as northern NORTH SHORE locations: HALIEWA (yellow arrow), WAIMEA BAY - the southern most of the NORTH SHORE'S to a greater extent than famous large moving ridge locations (white arrow), the northern destination of the NORTH SHORE a few km past times legendary SUNSET BAY (charcoal arrow) as well as closest camera; WAIALUA (red arrow).


PEACOCK FLATS CAMPING AREA

To the left of the locked gate at top of the MOKUKE'LA is this meadow. Empty hither but I think this may hold upward an overflow surface area - websites verbalize most each camp-site having a permanent shelter addition picnic tables, an outhouse (but no water) thus I think the original camping ground surface area is dorsum to the right. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 yoke walked upward piece I was studying an information board behind photographic boob tube camera - told me they were the only campers. It was mid-week.
This looks similar a prissy campsite surrounded past times pines as well as eucalypts as well as alongside proficient views dorsum over the northward shore. It is pop alongside off-roaders (who drive inward via the TRACKING STATION), trekkers, cyclists,, hunters (much of the full general surface area is made upward of hunting reservations - don't wander likewise far off the tracks) as well as other outdoors types. Note you lot demand a camping ground permit from the DIVISION OF PARKS AND WILDLIFE. Apparently the surface area tin larn quite busy on prissy weekendss.



EAST KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD
This begins similar a shot the other side of the closed gate at the destination of MOKULE'LA ACCESS ROAD as well as runs for 2mi/3,.km (perhaps a fleck more) to where the KUAOKOLA (RIDGE) TRAIL is signposted to the left. It is gravel surfaced, twisty as well as undulatiing - but alongside no killer slopes Initially the full general management is south-west towards the border of the ridge as well as and thus it runs westward along or unopen to the border for over a km. Surface was pretty good, although I receive got seen pix of off-road vehicles (this is the final phase of the access route from the TRACKING STATION to PEACOCK FLATS for vehicles who receive got come upward up  from YOKOHAMA BAY on the LEEWARD COAST) having a terrible fourth dimension inward cutting upward surfaces after heavy rain. 
One person off-road vehicle as well as 1 trekker passed the other agency the thirty minutes spent along here.

Stage 1 of my trek on the KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD EAST (#1) started at the far right pale-purple grade at the junction o the MOKULE'LA TRAIL (notice the camping ground sign for PEACKOCK FLATS) as well as ended at the white grade at left, where the KUAOKALA (RIDGE) TRAIL (white arrow) takes off to the West.
A few hours after I returned on the roughly parallel KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD WEST (indigo arrow) as well as turned downwardly the KAIELIA TRAIL (grey/silver #3) towards DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD.

The inward a higher identify is modified from an information board map erected nigh the eastern start of the KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD. 
It was hither I met some other trekker who had come upward up from DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD. He planned to provide via my proposed route along the RIDGE TRAIL as well as asked if I wanted to bring together him. Now I'm a fleck of a loner but all the guides tell don't hike alone, thus I joined in. Turned out existent good on account:
*he was a immature bloke as well as walked 50% faster than my geezers' shuffle which allowed me to comprehend the the world inward much less fourth dimension than originally thought, peculiarly since similar me he didn't believe inward residuum stops, except to snap pix. I think he was a fleck surprised how I kept upward on the many steep pinches along the way, but the fact is I'm a really gibe onetime geezer.
*he had existent proficient bush sense as well as seemed to receive got the right rails junction every fourth dimension (he swore he had no prior sense of most of our route) whereas I only handle it 1 inward 3 (I tyke you lot not).
* he had his automobile at DILLINGHAM as well as I hoped to claw a ride alongside him dorsum to the jitney stop. Turned out fifty-fifty amend - his dwelling identify was inward HONOLULU as well as thus he could drib me on the outskirts of HALEIWA (I was staying inward HALEIWA) along the way.

Pretty proficient information board at PEACOCK FLATS junction.

There are several proficient overviews of the lower NORTH SHORE along the EAST KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD but the weather condition was setting inward as well as my persuasion was largely obscured past times cloud. 
We were lucky,it  only rained slightly thus the roads as well as tracks didn't piece of work muddy.


THE KUAOKALA (RIDGE) TRACK
Let's distinguish this from the similarly named KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD. The latter which for its western one-half runs roughly parallel a brusk distance inland to the northward is a gravel route broad plenty for ii vehicles inward most areas whereas the RIDGE TRACK is exactly that, a trekking rails along the border (or really close) of the ridge, likewise narrow, twisting, steep inward parts, as well as crude oil for vehicles. It tended to receive got lots of rocks, roots as well as unloose materials underfoot. I reckon the steep pinches as well as crude oil surface would hold upward likewise hard for most cyclists.
However at no fourth dimension did I think it likewise hard for the average trekker - inward fact commonly the bonus of several proficient viewpoints downwardly over the LEEWARD COAST would brand this the amend selection for people heading westward towards the TRACKING STATION. However the bad weather condition made views fleeting.

Doesn't hold off good.

The best persuasion of the LEEWARD COAST I got thru a intermission inward the clouds.

Our 2.5mi/4.0km/55-65mins westward trek along the KUAOKALA (RIDGE) TRAIL (white arrow - #2) started at the white junction lower centre as well as ended at the junction alongside the western start of the KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD (indigo - #1) nigh the top left corner.
The far left route coming upward from the due south indicated past times the cerise arrow is the permit-only TRACKING STATION access route from YOKOHAMA BAY.

We saw no other people along here.


 WEST KUAOKALA ACCESS ROAD 

We began our 50/60 infinitesimal eastwards trek dorsum along the WEST KUAOKALA ACCESS RD (indigo #1) at its junction alongside the RIDGE TRAIL at the indigo grade top left. 

I cry upward the transition was pretty seem-less - but I don't cry upward seeing whatever spaced-out structures (the TRACKING STATION is pretty close) or fifty-fifty the parking surface area nigh the junction (this would hold upward ideal for permit holders who receive got driven upward from YOKOHAMA BAY as well as think to trek the RIDGE TRAIL-WEST KUAOKALA RD loop.
The latter was really similar to its EASTERN SECTION - winding as well as undulating but never excessively steep, surface okay gravel as well as supposedly occasional glimpses of the NORTH SHORE which nosotros didn't run into because of the weather.
After most 2mi/3.3km (maybe a piddling more) nosotros reached the T junction to plough left downwardly the KAIELIA (yellow #3) to DILLINGHAM.

We saw 1 other trekker as well as 1 (private) off-road vehicle along WEST KUAOKALA RD.


THE FINAL LEG - DOWN THE KAIEL1A TO DILLINGHAM

I receive got already given details of this trail upward page - suffice to tell going DOWN it at the destination of a really long twenty-four hours was pretty good. We made neat fourth dimension as well as I constitute myself at the DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD PARKING AREA nearly half dozen hours after starting farther E of my starting dot at the MOKULE'LA ACCESS RD trailhead.

Unfortunately the rudimentary cropping tool on my calculator did't permit me to cutting out the trails as well as roads to the left (west) of the KAIELIA - thus concentrate on the xanthous #3 trail. The dotted business is the piece of work for trails (solid, winding for roads) - the direct enterprise lines are mainly borders of hunting zones as well as similar.

THOSE VIEWS
In the downhill direction, views human face upward you lot which makes sightseeing easier than when climbing. My shot upward page over the airfield from the trail was suffering a fleck from the bad weather condition - this is some other much amend 1 I borrowed from  DOBBS: on walkabout
Note the clearer conditions brand the north-west tip of the isle fairly slowly to see.

The ride I got to HALEIWA from my novel hiking buddy was a God ship - I ended upward much before than I thought sitting on the parent balcony of my digs behind HAWEIWA BEACH sipping a mutual frigidity beer piece watching a fashion shoot my AIRBNB hostess TERRI had arranged for a boutique owning friend.
Good combination: downing an ice-cold Kona piece scoping out a pretty wahini.

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