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Molokai ~ ~ the most Hawaiian island
Molokai, a short flight and a few decades away from Oahu, keeps modern ways at bay. This slow-paced retreat is a place to appreciate Hawaii’s bountiful nature and native culture. A relatively large portion of Molokai’s 7,000 residents is native Hawaiians who maintain a lifestyle rich in ancient traditions and culture.
The little town of Kaunakakai features charming storefronts without so much as a traffic light. The placid southern shoreline is scalloped with the stonewall enclosures of ancient fishponds, some of them being restored and used once again for aquaculture. Molokai’s wild North Shore features the world’s highest sea cliffs and valleys thick with ferns and rain forest. Most of Molokai is open ranch land or forested cliffs and valleys.
Visitors can explore coffee farms, golf, hunt, fish, and ride mules down a precipitous sea cliff to isolated Kalaupapa Peninsula, the former leper colony that is now a National Historical Park where former patients serve as guides.
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