Hike to Green the Sand Beach at South Point on the Big Island of Hawaii

Haunting, windswept, wild, empty, beautiful. Imagine the gratitude and wonder of the first Polynesians who, after voyaging at sea without sight of land for more than a month, finally made land here at Ka Lae. This sweeping landscape arches openly and inviting from the tumultuous shore break at Ka Le to the icy heights of Mauna Loa's summit almost 14,000 feet above.

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