The Hawaiian island of Kauai is a jungle and beach paradise, overgrown with tropical plants in every color imaginable. The interior of the island is rugged and roadless, and includes the wettest spot on earth (Wai'ale'ale mountain, 460 inches of rain per year). The island is ringed by small towns and beaches connected by the small coastal road. With one exception (the Marriott), buildings are limited to 4 stories or less, and pretty much everything closes by 8pm, which helps Kauai keep a small-town feel. Kauai and sister island Ni'ihau (the "forbidden" island off-limits to non-residents) are geologically the oldest Hawaiian islands, and the only islands to join Kamehameha's empire peacefully.
We stayed on the north shore, near the famous Na Pali coast and the sleepy beach town of Hanalei.
If you make it there, make sure to stop by the famous bar Tahiti Nui! We enjoyed some quality beach time and explored the Kilauea lighthouse and bird sanctuary.
Kauai is a favored site for filming Hollywood movies like Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lilo & Stitch, South Pacific, Tropic Thunder, and Supergator (for some reason everyone always loved to mention Supergator). We took an ATV tour which included a trip to some famous Jurassic Park scenes.
Kauai was the site of the (now closed) world's largest sugar mill, but still produces everyone's favorite sugarcane product: rum. We did a rum tasting at Koloa Rum Distillery. Their coffee rum is good stuff!
We also kayaked on the Wailua River and took a (surprisingly strenuous) jungle hike to Secret Falls.
Kauai is also overrun with wild chickens! The chickens have no predators (mongeese weren't invasively introduced here) and hurricanes in the 1980's and 1990's freed many chickens from their coops.
-Peter
We stayed on the north shore, near the famous Na Pali coast and the sleepy beach town of Hanalei.
If you make it there, make sure to stop by the famous bar Tahiti Nui! We enjoyed some quality beach time and explored the Kilauea lighthouse and bird sanctuary.
Kauai is a favored site for filming Hollywood movies like Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lilo & Stitch, South Pacific, Tropic Thunder, and Supergator (for some reason everyone always loved to mention Supergator). We took an ATV tour which included a trip to some famous Jurassic Park scenes.
Kauai was the site of the (now closed) world's largest sugar mill, but still produces everyone's favorite sugarcane product: rum. We did a rum tasting at Koloa Rum Distillery. Their coffee rum is good stuff!
We also kayaked on the Wailua River and took a (surprisingly strenuous) jungle hike to Secret Falls.
-Peter
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