This 1.2 mile (1.9km) loop trail reveals a story of struggle and survival for some of Hawai‘i's rarest plants and animals.

This walk will take you through a kīpuka, an area of older vegetation surrounded by a more recent lava flow from Mauna Loa.

• Author: Tim Tunison and Andrea Kaawaloa-Okita 
• Edited by Jane Takahashi, USGS
• Produced by the Interpretive Planning and Media Development Branch, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
• Published: HPPA