Hang in the Bamboo Forest on Maui

“After crossing a bridge across lower Waimoku Falls, we enter an exquisite bamboo forest, and the ambient air temperature drops pleasantly. Although the forest is quite extraordinary, Jake explains bamboo is actually an extremely invasive species. “This type of bamboo grows upwards towards the water source, destroying everything in its path,” he says. As we hike along the boardwalk that snakes through the marshy ground, we can hear the bamboo “cracking” in the breeze high above our heads.”

“However, the highlight for me was the hike through the Bamboo Forest @ Seven Sacred Pools. It isn’t a far hike – I’d say an hour roundtrip not including how long you pitstop at the waterfall. The canopy of the bamboo forest is amazing. We got their early enough that we were all by ourselves heading to the waterfall and it was absolutely amazing.”