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Guide to Hana
A stream running through the rainforest beside the Hana Highway

Stop 01 · MM 2 · Rt 360

Twin Falls: your first stop — and your first test.

The waterfall is easy. The parking is the exam. Here’s how to pass it.

Photo: Jordan McQueen · Unsplash
Marker
MM 2 · Rt 360
Parking
$10 · 55 stalls
Hours
Farm 7a–6p · trails 8a–4p
Time
45–90 min
Note
1st Sat: residents only

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The first test of your Road to Hana discipline

Twin Falls sits so early on the route that everyone stops — which is exactly the problem. Fifty-five paid stalls, first come, overflow lot closed. Roll in at 7:45 and you park like royalty. Roll in at 10 and you idle behind a rental Jeep with regrets.

So here’s the local move: if the lot is full, don’t orbit it. Let it go, drive on, and catch Twin Falls on the way home — late afternoon, when the day-trippers have evaporated and the falls are still doing their one job. Beautifully.

The walk, the falls, the farm stand

From the lot it’s a mellow, family-friendly walk to the lower falls — one of the gentlest waterfall payoffs on the entire route. The farm stand at the trailhead opens at 7am with smoothies, fruit, and coconut candy; trail access runs 8am to 4pm.

Swimming? On a clear day, many do. But the brown-water rule applies here first and always: rain upstream means flash-flood risk downstream, and brown water means everyone out. No exceptions, no photos worth it.

Parking, money, and the fine print

The $10 parking fee funds the trails and facilities — pay it happily. And mark this one: the first Saturday of every month, Twin Falls is closed to non-residents. It’s the community’s day. If that’s your day on the road, your route simply starts at the eucalyptus instead.

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Written and shot on the route by Shane Perry, Maui resident.

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