Article: Big Island sanctuary. (Big Isaland's south Kona Coast)

Escape to the south Kona Coast for beautiful views, ancient history, and - of course - plenty of great coffee

"This is a place of refuge, an ancient sanctuary for Hawaiians, and it is the only one left intact in the Hawaiian Islands," says Iris Napaepae-Kunewa about Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park. On the Big Island's south Kona Coast, this tiny park embodies the image of old Hawaii - a small village of thatch-roofed huts around a blue-water cove backed by rows of tall palm trees.

Once only royalty and refugees came, either by royal barge or by an arduous swim across the bay. Today's visitors reach it from the busy Kailua-Kona resort area by ...

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