Kalaupapa Scenic | Hana Hou! Magazine

Scenic shots from Kalaupapa, Molokai from this Hana Hou! Magazine cover story. The isolated old leprosy colony is surrounded by the highest sea cliffs in the world, the area is blanketed with the gravestones of Hansen's Disease patients, a few churches, and the last remaining residents who still live on the beautiful peninsula.

View from Kalawao


Graveyard at St Philomena Church

Light in the morning on a beach in Kalaupapa

Cemeteries filled with the graves of past leprosy patients line the main road in Kalaupapa

View from the historic visitors quarters where we stayed

Ocean view at St. Francis Church

View of Kalaupapa, Molokai by air


St Philomena's Catholic Church in Kalawao

Inside St. Elizabeth Church in Kalaupapa during the Mother Marianne Feast Day Celebration

Gravestone of Bernard Punikaia

Kalaupapa lighthouse

Cemeteries filled with the graves of past leprosy patients in Kalaupapa



St. Francis Church

Mosaic of Father Damien


Altar to Mother Marianne Cope inside St. Francis Church at mass

Found inside the one bar in Kalaupapa, Fuesaina's Bar

View of the highest sea cliffs in the world surrounding Kalaupapa, Molokai from the air

Kalaupapa lighthouse in the morning