Kauai Highlights
- Botanic Gardens - Only in a Kauai
garden can you find such beauty, aroma and myriad of exotic plant life and flowers. Vist
the National Tropical Botanical Gardens which is a 180 acre garden in a rainforest
environment. You will see tropical plants and speices that no longer exist in this
world.
- Fern Grotto - Take a boat cruise from the
Wailua Marina to this hauntingly beautiful cave filled with growing ferns.
- Hanalei Valley - meaning
"glorious." You'll be amazed by this scene of majestic tranquillity. Visit the
Lush farmlands of Hanalei and enjoy lunch at any of the hometown restaurants. Spend
a day and drive to Hanalei side of Kauai. Swim and Snorkel Hanalei Bay where the
movie "South Pacific" was filmed.
- Hanapepe Valley - red cliffs and
handsome color accents give the valley's shades of blue and green
- Kalalau Lookout - Where peacocks preened
their plumage and natives cultivated terraces of taro. Nothing remains but one of the most
beautiful views on earth.
- Kamokila Hawaiian Village - here lie the
ruins of an Old Hawaiian Village where, where war canoes of the King of Kauai, Kaumualii,
once assembled down the Wailua River
- Ke'e Beach Park - This find bathing
beach at the end of the road where the trail begins to the Na Pali Cliffs.
- Kayak
or Jet Ski the Kauai River. Go trout fishing at the Kauai Stream.
- Lumahai Beach - chosen for "Nurses'
Beach" when filming South Pacific, this lovely spot is undoubtedly the most
photographed beach on Kauai.
- Opaekaa Falls - Hawaiian for 'rolling
shrimp', swarms of shrimp were seen rolling in turbulent water at the base of the falls
where the Wailua River dramatically plunges over a high cliff.
- Napili
Coast - take a zodiac boat tour to the Napali Coast and enjoy the pristine
beaches and mountains. You may remember
scenes from movies like King Kong and Jurassic Park. For the adventurous a must!
Hike Napali Coast and/or get a permit and spend a day camping at the beaches.
- Poipu Beach - On the Sunny side of the island
you will find this exceptional bathing beach voted "Best Beach" in the U.S. 2002
by Dr. Beach. Nearby enjoy a swim at Shipwrecks beach.
- Kukui Trail - The only hiking path into Waimea Canyon,
this well marked trail is three miles long downhill. There are also other trails
leading to Waipoo Falls which has a pool that is popular for swimming and sunbathing.
- Smith's tropical paradise - This
23-acre site has gardens, lagoons, exotic birds and unique narrated train ride which
meanders through a rain forest, a Polynesian village, a Japanese island, a Filipino
village and other interesting areas.
Kauai's ethnic heritage is reflected nightly in a 75-minute musical production in the
lagoon theater.
- Spouting Horn - when tide is running high,
waves pressured through lava tubes are forced through a hole in coastal rocks to burst
noisily into spectacular fountains of salt spray and foam.
- Wailua Falls - nicknamed Fantasy Island
Waterfalls.
- Waimea Canyon - Take a helicopter ride to
Hawaii's equivalent to the Grand Canyon. More than a view, it's an experience!
You'll treasure its grandeur and jewel-tone colors, its awesome depth and breadth.
Breathtaking!
- Wet and dry caves of Haena - these eerie
caverns, one dry, the other two filled with limpid green water, are where chiefs are said
to have gathered in ancient times.
- Visit more Kauai Beaches like Kekaha, Salt Pond Beach,
Kalapaki, Tunnels & Lydgate State Park
- Have a sunset drink at the "Library"
of the Hyatt Regency at Poipu or the Italian Restaurant at the Princeville Resort
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