Hokualele Heiau (Pūʻu o Kōnananai) is situated at the base of the Kalalea mountain range in Anahola, an ahupuaʻa of the Koʻolau moku on the island of Kauaʻi. Anahola is a place deeply shaped by moʻolelo, named for a moʻo kupua whose presence connects land and sea, and nourished by waters flowing from Nāmāhana through Anahola Stream to Hālaulani, the muliwai at Anahola Bay. The Kalalea mountains rise as a defining landmark of this landscape, anchoring both physical geography and ancestral memory.

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According to moʻolelo, Kalalea and Kōnananai are aliʻi figures whose names endure as the twin peaks of the mountain range, reflecting the intimate relationship between people, place, and ʻāina. These stories preserve ancestral knowledge, cultural practices, and ʻike kūpuna that continue to inform stewardship today, reminding us that the land itself carries history, genealogy, and life-giving mana.

 

Hokualele Heiau exists within this living cultural landscape, where moʻolelo guides our understanding of place and responsibility to care for it.