Makalawena Virtual Huakaʻi is an interactive online field trip that allows learners to explore Makalawena, a culturally and environmentally significant wahi pana in North Kona on Hawaiʻi Island. The resource combines moʻolelo and historical knowledge with the area’s natural and cultural features, allowing students to experience a remote place without physically disturbing its sensitive ecosystems and cultural sites.

Learners explore Makalawena through interactive 360-degree video, high-resolution photographs, and interviews with resource managers. The experience is available in both ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and English and was developed with input from West Hawaiʻi students and educators.

The place itself includes important features such as Kapoʻikai / ʻŌpaeʻula Pond, anchialine pools, native and migratory waterbirds, lava landscapes, coastal dunes, beaches, archaeological resources, and historic fishing and settlement areas. Kamehameha Schools manages Makalawena for cultural and natural-resource protection.