Hakalau is a community on the Hāmākua Coast, the wet northeastern side of Hawaiʻi Island just north of Hilo. Sugar cane covered this coast for generations, and small farms now grow taro, hearts of palm, vegetables and fruit.
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The Hāmākua Heritage Corridor drive from Hilo to the Waipiʻo Valley Lookout runs along this coast past deep gulches cut by water. On Old Māmalahoa Highway in Hakalau, The Umauma Experience has landscaped gardens and falls viewing that visitors walk on their own.
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