Follow a low rock wall to the black and white metal light beacon that stands right at the coastline, and you will find yourself standing on the Southernmost point of the USA in Hawaii. The vast blue ocean that starts at its shores stretches all the way, completely uninterrupted, to Antarctica. The low rock wall is an ancient, sacred ruin called Kalalea Heiau, which you must be wary not to disturb.

Ka Lae was the point where the Polynesians first landed in the islands after their journey from Tahiti, delighted to find a fertile fishing spot where they could settle down. The terrain leading to Ka Lae is wild and diverse, passing through pasture land, Mauna Loa lava flow and finally the enormous Kamoa Wind Farm, reaching metal arms spinning lazily around, taking advantage of the fierce winds. You see, South point is exposed to the great, flat ocean, making the winds that whip against it phenomenally powerful. This means that the currents in the waters around Ka Lae are notoriously strong, easily sucking people and ships out to sea, never to be seen again.

As an ingenious solution to this issue, ancient hawaiians bore holes into the cliffs to which they tied ropes to secure their boats to shore such that they would not be carried away by the waves. Remnants of these bored holes are still visible, along with fishing shrines and other cultural vestiges.