Located about 18km north from Hilo, the park includes Akaka Falls, a 129m tall waterfall, surrounded by a lush green rainforest. Akaka means in the Hawaiian language "A rent, split, chink, separation; to crack, split, scale". The accessible portion of the park lies high on the right shoulder of the deep gorge into which the waterfall plunges, and the falls can be viewed from several points along a loop trail through the park. Also visible from this trail is Kahūnā Falls.
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