Finding the trailhead is pretty easy - located as it is at the end of the suburban Haleilio Road, which connects directly to the main State Highway 56 in Wailua.

You'll find plenty of parking available here, so simply ditch the car and pick up the well signed Nounou Mountain East Trail located on the right side of the parking lot. Hea... Mored straight into the forest and up the mountain.

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Nature lovers will enjoy marveling at the variety of plantlife on Kauai, which is well represented on this trail.

The Hawaiian islands rose up out of the oceans of bare rock, and on one of the most remote parts of the planet. Millions of years before humans begun arriving here, the plants and animal life that took root here did so by ... Morearriving by chance - either by air or by sea - to produce a unique and isolated environment that can be seen nowhere else.Less

As you make the final climb up to the summit of Nounou Mountain keep your fingers crossed that the Sleeping Giant doesn't wake up, as you'll be clambering up his head and ultimately up his nose.

Enjoy the views all around you. Pacific Ocean to your East, the Wailua River State Park to the South, and North and West are the (usually) cl... Moreoud-shrouded foothills of the Kawaikini and Waiʻaleʻale mountains.Less