{"id":1694,"date":"2010-12-19T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T16:15:43","slug":"hawaii-trip-day-5-waimea-canyon-tour-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/hawaii-trip-day-5-waimea-canyon-tour-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Trip Waimea Canyon Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hawaii Trip Waimea Canyon Tour<\/h3>\n

We left the NaPali coastline beach<\/a> it was truly a magnificent place. As we drove away, we knew our future would bring us back as we needed to spend time on this beautiful beach, basking in all its beauty.  Originally, we planned a guided tour up the Waimea Canyon but opted out so that we could our around at our own pace.  My husband knows that I am not the most brave passenger when faced with winding roads and steep drop offs. We drove east towards Waimea looking for our turn on route 550, the Waimea canyon road we were looking for.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t take route 550 long to begin its ascent up into the hills from ocean level. Within a mile, still in the residential area, we took a sharp left then right as we started climbing up the canyon road. At that switch back, you start getting sweeping views to your right as you drive atop one of the mound like hills that begins the canyon.<\/p>\n

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The ocean can be seen top right, off in the distance. The road traveled atop the ridge on hill in the top right of the photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At first, the drive up Waimea Canyon was like the rest of the island with lots of greenery,  soon it appeared like a moonscape looking at this little stream working its way through the mars like soil.  You can see this in the beginning of this video.<\/p>\n