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Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Places To Go
 
Kalawao Isles

Kalawao Off-shore Isles

Visitors must take the commercial tour offered by a Kalaupapa resident unless they are guests of a resident. The tour provides stops at all major points of interest at Kalaupapa, including lunch at Kalawao on the windward side of the peninsula with scenic views of the north shore cliffs and off-shore islands. 

 

Photo of Siloama Church.
Architecture
of Kalawao
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Photo of Father Damien statue.
Father Damien,
Joseph de Veuster
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St. Francis Catholic Church is one of many significant historic buildings in Kalaupapa Settlement
St. Francis Church
Daily life in Kalaupapa today......
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Mother Marianne Monument  

Did You Know?
Mother Marianne Cope nursed those suffering from leprosy in Hawai'i for 35 years. She arrived at Kalaupapa in 1888. Her philosophy of personal dignity in the face of death came almost a century before its adoption as the foundation of the hospice movement.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST