Mule Ride Into Kalaupapa

Paragon Air will customize your charter to fit your needs and arrange limousines or other ground transportation at your point of departure or arrival in the islands. Lei greetings for someone special or a valued client can also be arranged. Mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration, we operate under FAR.135 ATCO on-demand Air Carrier. They specialize in Private Air charters 24 hours a day to Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu, Hawaii (Big Island) home of the world`s most active volcano Kilauea and the World Famous Kalaupapa peninsula on the island of Molokai. Fly to Molokai and learn to be a muleskinner for the day. Your tour takes you and your mule down the Kalaupapa trail. As you descend to the bottom the scenery is breath taking. On reaching the Kalaupapa settlement, you`ll be met by a representative of Damien tours who will take you on a humbling tour of this historic area made famous by the late Blessed Father Damien. This four hour tour is both educational and uplifting. You will learn of the incredible tales of how ordinary people were torn from their loved ones, caged, and transported by ship to the dreaded leprosy colony of Kalaupapa. On arrival, they were forced to swim to shore and there, fend for themselves. The Blessed Father Damien, hearing of their plight, traveled to the colony and spent the remaining years of his life caring for the people of Kalaupapa. After your picnic lunch, it`s back up the Kalaupapa trail on your trusty mule to the Molokai airport where you will return to your point of departure.