Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park - Nature and Science

Though just a tiny historical park within municipal city limits and appearing unsuitable for much natural attributes--Kaloko-Honokohau offers some exceptional natural and scenic attractions. For on the Big Island of Hawaii the park’s ponds are uncommon wetlands offering not only rare breeding habitat for endangered coots and stilts, but they are an unusual migrant bird trap for an unpredictable variety of wintering birds. The park has an excellent and accessible marine reef (used daily by several dive boat operators) and with easy shoreline access to beaches, tidepools, unusual anchailine pools, and a fine sample of Hawaii’s scenic Kona Coast. The historic Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail traverses the park.