Mookini Heiau Review

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Mookini Heiau

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  • Directions: Turn off Hwy. 270 at sign for Upolu Airport, near Hawi, and hike or drive in a four-wheel-drive vehicle 1½ mi southwest
  • Phone: 808/974-6200

Fodor's Review:

This National Historic Landmark, an isolated heiau (ancient place of worship), is so impressive in size it may give you goose bumps. Its foundations date to about AD 480, but the high priest Paao from Tahiti expanded it several centuries later to offer sacrifices to please his gods. You can still see the lava slab where hundreds of people were killed, which gives this place a truly haunted feel. A nearby sign marks the place where King Kamehameha was born in 1758. The area is now part of the Kohala Historical Sites State Monument.

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