Mules make their way across the bridge along the second switchback of the Kalaupapa Trail on Oct. 1. Kalaupapa Rare Adventure has had to suspend its mule tours after a landslide damaged the bridge ...

A bridge along the Kalaupapa Trail that’s been out of commission since a landslide in December is expected to be rebuilt starting in October and finished by the end of the year, according to the ...

WAILUKU — A steep trail to the Kalaupapa leprosy settlement in Hawaii has been closed indefinitely after a landslide took out a bridge along one of the switchbacks.

The Kalaupapa Peninsula is located on the north ... including the safety of trails, a restructuring of flights into and out of the peninsula, and a unique tour operator arrangement, among others.

HNN was told four patients are still living at Kalaupapa, one over a hundred years old. A working group is said to have already formed to determine the area’s next steps after they leave.