Mo'omomi Preserve

Sand Dunes on Moloka'i's north coast

I headed north and west from Moloka'i's one-stop-sign main town of Kaunakakai to the Mo'omomi Preserve, a beautiful natural area featuring sand dunes and lithified sandstone cliffs. If you drive through Ho'olehua then head west you'll eventually find yourself on a red dirt road which will end at a gate. You are not supposed to enter the preserve without permission (guided tours are occasionally available).

When I was on Moloka'i there were no tours available so I headed in by myself. I was the only person in the entire park, and it was a gorgeous and desolate place.

Beach and lithified cliffs
Mo'omomi Preserve, Moloka'i (May 9^th, '08)

Alone on the beach
Mo'omomi Preserve, Moloka'i (May 9^th, '08)

Typical helpful roadside sign on Moloka'i
Mo'omomi Preserve, Moloka'i (May 9^th, '08)

Lithified cliffs
Mo'omomi Preserve, Moloka'i (May 9^th, '08)

Formations in the sandstone cliffs
Mo'omomi Preserve, Moloka'i (May 9^th, '08)

Formations in the sandstone cliffs
Mo'omomi Preserve, Moloka'i (May 9^th, '08)

An eerie tree tunnel on the Mo'omomi trail
Mo'omomi Preserve, Moloka'i (May 9^th, '08)

Looking back along the Mo'omomi trail
Mo'omomi Preserve, Moloka'i (May 9^th, '08)