Kauai — The Garden Island

Driving Tours
from Hawaii Travel Experts
    

If you're off for the North Shore, first stop will be the Wailua River for a fascinating, three-mile ride on one of the river launches. At the very end passengers disembark to explore the hauntingly beautiful Fern Grotto. Your North Shore trip will be liberally sprinkled with a host of perfect beaches, sugar and pineapple fields, and a variety of unusual churches.

The northern highlight will be the incredible beauty of Hanalei Valley and Hanalei Bay. Their magic will linger in your memory for decades to come. Past Hanalei and Haena Point is the unmatched spectacle of the Na Pali Coast. Helicopter services offer flights into this lost world of breathtaking beauty. Boat trips are also available along this spectacular coastline.

Kauai's South Shore is equally as lovely. You'll travel high up into Kokee State Park to view Waimea Canyon — the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. While there you'll also visit Kalalau Lookout for a view of awe-inspiring Na Pali Valley whose emerald cliffs plunge 4,000 feet to the crashing surf below. Enroute down from the park you'll glimpse the privately-owned Island of Niihau. Stops at the Menehune Ditch, Spouting Horn, Hanapepe Valley, Captain Cook's Landing, Poipu Beach, Menehune Fish Pond, and Nawiliwili Harbor are other highlights of your memorable South Shore tour.

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