Since I have been on the topic of different colored sandy beaches on the Big Island, I thought it would be fun to add another rare color sandy beach. On the Big Island we have white, grey, green and black colored sand beaches, but only a small sprinkling of red sand on the beaches in Hilo, Ka'u and South Kona.
The only major red sand beaches in Hawaii are found in the Hana district on the island of Maui. Red sand beaches result simply from the erosion of littoral cones composed predominately of red volcanic matter. (Beaches of the Big Island by John R.K. Clark)
The secret Hawaii beach is Kaihalulu Beach, more commonly known as Red Sand Beach is located on an extremely isolated part of Hana Hawaii. It is so isolated that if you go there and you see people sun bathing, they probably won't have any clothes on!
Hillary Clinton visits nude beach would be a great headline, but when she visited Red Sand Beach with her elderly mother, the secret service went up ahead before them and asked the nude beach goers to please cover up, which they reluctantly did. The nude sunbathers however did receive an reward -- having their picture taken with their clothes on next to Hillary Clinton.
Read more information and get directions to Maui's Secret Red Sand Beach.
Wow, cool, will have to check it out on our next trip. I'm going to save the directions!
I love finding obscure places like this. It took us a while to locate the site of Charles Lindbergh's grave a few miles after Hana.
Posted by: Mauigirl52 | September 02, 2007 at 09:44 AM
It is funny you mentioned John R.K. Clark's book today. I was just thinking about him and his wonderful guide books.
I thought of him because, in yesterday's mail was the catalog from University of Hawai'i Press. I saw that all of his books are in print and available from UH Press.
His series of books is: Beaches of the Big Island, Beaches of O'ahu, Beaches of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau, The Beaches of Maui County, including Moloka'i, Lana'i and Kaho`olawe, plus Molokini.
He also wrote a "best of" collection, Hawai'i's Best Beaches, and Guardian of the Sea, about Jizo, the Buddhist deity who protects children and travelers in coastal areas.
In the beach books, as he goes around an island he mentions every beach in order, describing the nature of the beach, its access points, history and cultural details. With lots of photos, too.
For an island state it is the best kind of travel guide to have. I have visited beaches I would never have found on my own -- like Slaughter House Beach on Maui.
And as if he wasn't cool enough, he is a retired Honolulu deputy fire chief.
The URL for UH Press is http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu
Posted by: Kenyo | September 02, 2007 at 01:41 PM
Mauigirl, don't forget to let me know about it when you go!
Kenyo, mahalo for the information. My copy of Beaches of the Big Island was printed in 1985 but is still relevant for today.
Posted by: HawaiiVacationGifts | September 03, 2007 at 04:51 AM