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Gate marking the trailhead for Maunawili Falls.
Chickens are common along the Maunawili Falls Trail.
Pothos vine (Epipremnum pinnatum) hanging tight on trees along the trail to Maunawili Falls.
Thick vegetation over the Maunawili Falls Trail.
Maunawili Falls Trail connects with Maunawili Stream.
Networks of roots and nearly ubiquitous mud makes the trail to Maunawili Falls very cumbersome.
Dense forest foliage along the Maunawili Falls Trail.
First view of the Ko'olau Range from the Maunawili Falls Trail.
View of the Ko'olau Range from the Maunawili Falls Trail.
Unidentified passion flower species.
Maunawili Stream en route to Maunawili Falls.
Unidentified species along the Maunawili Falls Trail.
Mountain apple (Eugenia malaccensis) along the trail to Maunawili Falls.
Maunawili Falls.
Maunawili Falls.
A red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) en route to Maunawili Falls.
A male white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) along the trail to Maunawili Falls.
Giant heliconia (Heliconia caribaea) near Maunawili Falls.