About Us

The impetus for the Kaiwi Coast Run & Walk began with a canoe paddler’s vision. Kelly Fey, longtime Hui Nalu Canoe Club member and East O‘ahu resident, wanted others to experience and appreciate the beauty of the road route and coastline she regularly traveled. It didn’t take long to convince other Hui Nalu members to organize a running and walking event along the scenic coast highway. Since its establishment in 2013, the Kaiwi Coast Run & Walk is the only pedestrian event sanctioned for the area.

 

Participants are able to enjoy the Kaiwi Coast in its wild and natural state thanks to almost 50 years of community involvement and activism. The land from Hanauma Bay to Makapu‘u is now protected from development and being rehabilitated through the care of community groups, the State Department of Land & Natural Resources, and the City & County of Honolulu Parks Department.