Waikolu Lookout
A road leads off from the right of road 460 and passes behind Umipaa. Best tackled with a four-wheel drive vehicle (and then only in dry weather), it leads to Waikolu Lookout. The view down into the deep and impenetrable Waikolu Valley is unique. Just before the lookout, a large hollow is passed. This "Sandalwood Hole" was used to measure the right amount of wood with which to load ships.
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The hole was filled with sandalwood and its contents could then be transported on to ships. At the beginning of the 19th c. the fragrant sandalwood was a valuable export to China. Shameless deforestation quickly led to the decline of this trade and today sandalwood trees can only be found occasionally on the Hawaiian islands.
