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Kalalau Trail News
Hikers Rescued After Fall From The Kalalau Trail
On Wednesday, February 28, 2024 shortly after noon the Kauai Fire Department received a call reporting that hikers had...
Kalalau Trail Permits are Now Available
Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park permits are now available on the State's website. (How do I get a permit?) Permits...
Kalalau Trail is Now Open But There Are Changes
As of June 17, 2019, the Kalalau Trail is officially reopened and ready for visitors.
Hāʻena State Park and Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park (Including the Kalalau Trail) were closed in April 2018 due to severe flooding and damage to the parks and roads after several storms that hit Kaua’i’s north shore.
Kalalau Trail scheduled to re-open on June 17, 2019
After 14 months of waiting, the Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park & Kalalau Trail is scheduled to re-open on June 17th. If you had reservations to hike the trail on one of the "closed" dates, you have to optioin to get a refund or reschedule for a future date. ...
Story of 27 backpackers that survived Kalalau during the storm of a century
The story of 27 backpackers that survived Kalalau during the storm of a century.... Story, Photos & Video by: Lani Violet (Used by permission) This is only a small portion of our crazy story experiencing the North shore Kauai floods. We were among the most extreme...
Hikers Risk Lives Trying to Cross Swollen Stream: Video
As was reported by many news agencies this week, there were several hikers stranded along the Kalalau Trail on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 when the Hanakapiai Stream was swollen due to a storm. Some hikers tried to cross the stream using a makeshift line but were...
One Arrested, 70 Cited, & Tons of Trash Airlifted Out
If you plan to visit Kalalau, please plan ahead, get a permit and hike out all of your trash. Yesterday, the DLNR along with a combined law enforcement team, ticketed almost 70 people who didn't have permits and there was one arrested who had a jet-ski on the beach....
DLNR Produces New Kalalau Trail Safety Video
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) has produced a new safety video designed for visitors of the Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park’s Kalalau Trail. The video was designed to inform hikers about hike preparation and the risks of the trail.
Haena visitors limited to 900 people a day?
Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources recently sent out the following press release: limit the number of people who enter the park to 900 a day
And again….. 32 Kalalau Trail Hikers Airlifted to Safety
The Kaua‘i Fire Department airlifted 32 stranded hikers from the Kalalau Valley Wednesday evening after rising waters made the Hanakapiai Stream impassable.
Camping Permits Now Required To Hike Beyond Hanakāpīʻai Valley
The DLNR has just recently changed the rule concerning when camping permits are needed when hiking the Kalalau Trail. You used to be able to hike to Hanakoa and back without a permit. The new rule states that you need a permit to hike past Hanakāpīʻai Valley.