La Perouse Archaeology

La Perouse Bay is probably best known for its snorkeling and for the opportunity to swim with Hawaiian Spinner dolphins in the early morning hours.  Did you also know that there also exist very old Hawaiian structures and archaeological ruins there?  Check it out, its quite neat.

The structures are made out of stacked lava rock, and the sites are scattered around the Bay.

The cool part is just getting to La Perouse.  In order to do this, you need to drive through the last known lava flow on Maui.  The access road is the same one you take to get to Makena from Kihei.  If you go early enough, you will see the sun rising against lava structures such as this.