Kaunolū Village Site

Kaunolū Village Site on the south coast of Lānaʻi preserves the unusually intact remains of a former Hawaiian fishing settlement abandoned in the 1880s and is widely regarded as the largest surviving ruin of a prehistoric Hawaiian village. Spanning the neighboring communities of Kaunolū and Keāliakapu on either side of Kaunolū Gulch, it reveals nearly every phase of Hawaiian culture through house platforms, temple remains, and fishing evidence, including ancient bone lures from nearby Ulaula Cave. The site is also linked to King Kamehameha I and the Maui chief Kahekili, connecting it to the political, ceremonial, and coastal life of late pre-contact Hawaiʻi.

Manele, Hawaii · United States