Remember Jurassic Park? Good. Puʻu Kukui, in the West Maui Mountains (Hawaii, USA), is the most similar place to the fictional island featured in the movie you can find. It’s also one of the wettest spots on Earth, receiving an average of 9,820mm of rain a year. This makes the vegetation grow so wildly, that the valley is totally inaccessible from the ground and can be reached only by helicopter.
Near the summit of Pu’u Kukui you will then find the second highest waterfall in the US and the tallest on Maui island, Honokohau Falls, plunging in two tiers from the height of 341m.
Photo: Royce Bair
