Wailoa River State Park, Hilo
Wailoa River State Park in Hilo is a beautiful area with walking paths, huge monkeypod trees, and gorgeous bridges over the river. It's wonderful to come here and enjoy the strong, cool breezes blowing over the river. The look of the pedestrian bridges is magical, and it's fun to stand at the top of them and look down on the water below! This is a great place to come when everywhere else is too hot.
Pick up a picnic at Jalisco Tacos Food Truck, a two minute drive away, (closed Sunday, see address below). They have excellent carne asade burritos for a good price.
Other natural places in Hilo to visit: UH Hilo Botanical Bromeliad and Cycad Garden is a small garden, but it's lovely to see the large variety of bromeliads and cycads there. UH Hilo Botanical Palm Garden, near the other section, is a sunken garden of palms from around the world, behind the Hale Ikena dorms.
Kaumana Caves Lava Tube is a fascinating place to visit, with stairs down to a lava tube cave.
Beside a river you can do a short yet difficult hike called Wai'ale Falls Hike.
Or visit Rainbow Falls and next to it, Boiling Pots Lookout. These are right next to their parking lots and don't involve any hiking, so they are easy to visit!
The green grass!
A lovely tree.
Bridge over the river, for pedestrians.
The clear water, and a duck.
The clear water and green grass.
An amazing monkeypod tree stretches in all directions.
Peaceful sight of the water, cute roofs, bending palm trunk, and huge tree.
A picnic gazebo by the water.
Picnic gazebo, walkway,and trees.
A family enjoys a visit to the park.
Bridge over the river, and palms.
The blue water of the river, and the three curves of the bridge in the distance.
Shady spot by the water.
The clear water!
Land jutting out into the river.
The bridge, and lovely palms.
Palm frond hanging off a coconut tree by the water.
Paddling past a giant monkeypod tree.
Clusters of palms- cute!
A bridge and blue sky.
Wailoa River State Recreation Area is located at 799 Piilani St, Hilo, HI 96720. Check the hours since some days they close at 4:30pm.
Jalisco Tacos Food Truck is located at 277 Kekuanaoa St, Hilo. Open Mon-Sat 10-7, closed Sun.
Last Updated: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 22:31:32 GMT
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