Kauai, the Garden Isle

 the oldest HAWAIIAN ISLAND AT 5 Million years old.  and THE Only HAWAIIAN island not taken by force by King Kamehameka

Has the wettest point on earth, Mt. Wai’ale’ale (rippling water) standing tall at 5,148 ft with average annual rainfall of 450 inches.

Legislation mandates that no building be taller than a coconut tree

10 BUCKET LIST OPPORTUNITIES

1.) NA PALI COAST BOAT RIDE

2.) HELICOPTER RIDE OVER ISLAND

3.) WAILUA RIVER – kayak and secret waterfall hike

4.) WAIMEA CANYON

5.) PRINCEVILLE/HANALEI BAY

6.) HANALEI SHOPPING

7.) KE'E BEACH & CAVES

8.) OLD KOLOA TOWN

9.) BOTANICAL GARDENS

1.) Na Pali coast boat ride

See dolphins, snorkel, whale watching, coral reef fish and sea turtles

Explore sea caves

2.) Helicopter ride

See where Jurassic Park, Fantasy island, Lost

3.) Wailua River – kayak and secret waterfall hike

Fern Grotto – smithskauai.com/fern-grotto

Short nature walk through the rainforest to the lush fern grotto filled with upside down ferns growing from its roof that were formed millions of years ago. 

4.) Waimea Canyon – Grand Canyon of the Pacific

5.) PRINCEVILLE

 Makana Terrace

Overlooking Hanalei Bay and Makana Mountain at the St Regis Princeville Resort,

Sophisticated casual luxury

Kauai Mini Golf and Botanical Gardens

 6.) HANALEI

prob what Kauai looked like in the 1800s

Bouchon

Postcards Café

7.) Ke’e Beach – caves

8.) OLD KOLOA TOWN – shopping, Hawaiian ice Koloa Tunnel of Trees

Archway of Eucalyptus trees planted more than a century ago. A welcoming gateway to one of Kauai’s historic plantation towns. Koloa was the birthplace of Hawaii’s sugar industry, the economic engine of the Hawaiian Islands for 100 years until 1960s.

9.) CHOCOLATE TOUR & TASTING

Princeville Botanical Gardens and Chocolate Tours

Learn how chocolate is grown and made

10.) POIPU

Poipu is the jewel of Kauai’s south shore, where luxury resorts and codos have lined up for the influx of sun seekers. 

Grand Hyatt –

Anara Spa

Tide Pools

Roy’s, Eating House by Roy Yamaguchi in Koloa

Keoki’s Paradise

Puka Dog

Red Salt

Zipline