Drive Waipio Valley Road, Big Island, Hawaii

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NOTE: The County of Hawaii issued an Emergency Rule announcing the closure of Waipio Valley Road to visitors indefinitely as a precautionary safety measure and to further assess and mitigate the road’s conditions, effective today, Friday, February 25, 2022. To limit vehicular traffic, the road remains open to Waipio Valley residents, farmers, property owners and lease holders with agricultural businesses in the Valley only. The decision is based on recommendations provided in a geotechnical assessment done on Waipio Valley Road, which outlines the immediate need to mitigate rockfall and address slope instability and erosion, for everyone’s safety. Located in the Hamakua district, the Waipio Valley is one of the greenest places in the world with thousand shades of green. Fruit trees are growing wild, water falls are flowing down the mountain walls on both sides of the valley, water streams are flowing in abundance. The view from the Waipio Valley looking down is spectacular. The narrow and dangerous road going down to the valley is one of the steepest roads in the world and it is illegal to go down without a 4x4 vehicle. Visitors can take horse back riding trips at the floor of the valley to explore this green heaven while crossing river streams and alongside thousands of fruit trees.

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