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Pali O Haukiuki - Broken Road
So why do many visitors call it broken road? In the 1950's, the Army Corp of Engineers demolished the Pali (cliff face) to make a road that led down to a ramp for launching boats. It wasn't six months before a Kona storm came and removed everything they had engineered. Today it's a broken road, abruptly ending on the cliff face.
You should not attempt to drive down any portion of this road. Instead, you can park at the beginning of the road, and hike up and over see where it terminates at the ocean. Use caution near the end of the road of course. The twisted pavement and concrete below won't break your fall. The views from here are quite scenic and is one of the few places near Ka Lae where you can escape the wind on a windy day.
Location: Pali O Haukiuki - Broken Road is located in the South Kau Region
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Response by: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04/23/2010 at 01:31 PM
Take the advice to NOT drive down the road, but park above and walk down. It's just 100 yards or so at most to the cliff. There are steel rods sticking up out of the ground on either side of the road about half way down, the remains of an old steel gate. I managed to hit one of them backing up, and broke the CV joint of the rental car in the early afternoon. We waited there for hours until after 8 p.m. for a truck to bring us another car and pick up the broken one. Not worth attempting to drive those few last yards.
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