First time hiking Olomana. After reading reviews on Yelp, my friend and I decided to try hiking to the first peak of the Olomana Trail. This trail is located on the road (Auloa Rd.) leading to the Royal Hawaiian Golf Course in Kailua. The guard told us to park before the bridge and to make sure to take our valuables with us since there have been reports of car thefts. We started out a little after 9 a.m., passed by an abandoned shack, and continued along. The trail started out rather mild but started to get steeper and steeper before our very eyes. My friend and I both agreed that this was going to be a great cardio workout. Throughout the hike, there were about 5 rope portions. Closer to the top, hiking turns into rock climbing as the trail narrows. We had to climb up and over a couple of large rock formations before reaching the top of the first peak. 360 degree views greeted us as we could see Kaneohe to Kailua to Makapu'u.
One of the rope sections.
Rock climbing with rope.
Second and third peaks. We decided to save them for another day.
Second (left) and third peaks.
View of Kailua and Lanikai in the distance.
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