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Exploring Kualoa Ranch and the Ka'a'awa Valley of Oahu, Hawaii

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Trailhead and Remembrances of World War II

World War II Bunkers - Kualoa Ranch

World War II Bunkers - Kualoa Ranch

Photo by John Fischer
The first part of the ride is the most challenging as you traverse along a mountainside path through numerous cattle gates. The path takes you from Kualoa into the neighboring Ka'a'awa Valley. Along the way you pass beautiful flowering trees and plants. You'll also pass by several World War II bunkers.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the military appropriated portions of the ranch to build bunkers to protect the coast from the expected Japanese attacks which never came. Following the war, the bunkers were abandoned and they still remain intact, now over 60 years later.

Before long, you pass around the face of the Moo Kapu o Haloa Cliffs and the Ka'a'awa Valley unfolds before you.

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