Kalaupapa National Historical Park is an isolated and primitive outdoor recreation area open to a small number of tourists each day throughout the year. The park has no facilities but provides some breathtaking scenery to those who come here to hike, take photographs, or appreciate the landscape and wildlife. Kalaupapa NHP is located on the island of Moloka'i and can be reached by arranging a mule trip in advance or hiking the trail, which is steep and rough in some places. The park has a community, the Kalaupapa Settlement, located near the southern park boundary; the park extends northward on a peninsula and is surrounded by ocean on three sides.