Kauai Beaches
Best Places to Snorkel on Kauai
Summertime is Snorkelin’ Time… winter swells are months away, and calm waters rule the day. Three of the ten best places to snorkel in Hawaii are right here on Kauai: Ke’e, Anini, and Poipu Beach.
Kauai App!
Ok, so here it is… A must for all iPhone and iPad Kauai Travelers, the ‘FREE KAUAI’ App! What is it? Where do you get? Why is it a ‘must have’? Ok, it is a app for all you iPhone and iPad users (smart people… Love our Apples!!) that gives you the total low-down & [...]
Kauai’s Tops the Charts… AGAIN!
Kauai has done it again! ‘Travel and Leisure Magazine’ votes’ have just been tallied for their annual ‘World’s Best Awards’… Kauai has topped the charts as the #1 island to visit in Hawaii, and has come in a close 2nd place for most sought after island to visit in the world! Now is your turn [...]
Kauai’s Bali Hai is Calling…
Woohoo! I just got invited to do a guest post on OneTravel.com (a source for Cheap Tickets) about Kauai’s Best Vacation Rentals, and I led off with a quote from South Pacific: Bali Hai may call you, Any night, any day, In your heart, you’ll hear it call you: “Come away…Come away.”
A Saturday in Hanalei….
My family has a pretty ‘typical Saturday’… the morning starts at Java Kai, the local Hanalei coffee shop where mom gets her morning espresso and the boys get the usual, Kauai Waffle (home-made waffles with fresh fruit, whip cream, toasted coconut and macadamia nuts). Next stop on the list, the Hanalei Farmer’s Market… heheheee, my [...]
Snorkel Bob Foundation: Protecting our Ocean
Jean & Abbott encourages our guests and visitors to check out the Snorkel Bob site… rent their gear, book their activities… why? because of their efforts to protect our oceans through the ‘Snorkel Bob Foundation‘.
Kauai Beaches: Secret Beach
Nestled at the base of a sheer cliff just north of Kilauea, Secret Beach is well off the beaten track for good reason. You must hike down (and back up!) a rocky trail which zigzags through trees, gullies, and brush. You can drive only to the trail’s beginning at the top of the cliff. From [...]
Kauai Beaches: Polihale Beach Park
Polihale Beach Park: From the time you leave the paved road behind to jolt north through a maze of sugar cane fields, you know you’re in for something special. Gradually, beyond the tall sugar cane rustling in the breeze, a dark ridge of jagged peaks appears on the right. As you get closer, these giant [...]
Kauai Beaches: Shipwreck’s Beach Poipu
Kauai’s Shipwreck Beach along Keoniloa Bay and in front of the Grand Hyatt Kauai was never much of a beach -until the hurricane blasted the south shore of Kauai and created a new coastline. What was once a thin curve of sand is now a long, golden crescent divided by lava rocks. It’s called Shipwreck [...]
Kauai Beaches: Tunnels Beach, North Shore
Popularly know as Tunnels Beach, Makua Beach has a large lagoon perfect for swimming because it is protected by two reefs, the outer reef favored by surfers for the great waves, and the inner reef filled with cavities and crevices for snorkelers to explore for fish and sea life. Divers love the outer reef for [...]
