Going to Upper Makua Cave
Upper & Lower Makua Cave – July 13, 2012 I’ve known that there was a Makua Cave. You can see it from the road. However, ever since Nate Yuen’s posts a few months back, Oahu hikers now know that there is another cave further up the mountain. There is also a trail that goes up to the Upper Cave, but it is over loose rock and you must know how to scramble pretty well. Inviting me today was Christian and Marvin. They came to my house at 7 am and I drove us to Makaha. We got ready and started on the trail to the Upper Makua Cave. It took us about 20 minutes. We scrambled up the mountain, which was somewhat steep. There were two caves. The caves were pretty big, nothing spectacular though. But the view from the caves were spectacular. Christian thought the cave was bigger and didn’t think that these two caves were the ones. So we went more up the mountain negotiating this steep rock face. It was like Kawiwi because the rocks were really loose and the climb was steep. I took a wh...