The majestic Limahuli Garden and Preserve is a botanical garden and nature preserve situated in a 1,000 acre valley on Kauai’s North Shore. The garden is a living classroom where you can learn about ancient Hawaiian plants and culture in a spectacular and natural setting. Approximately 250 varieties of native plants and birds can be …
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The Hanapepe Valley Overlook (aka Hanapepe Valley Lookout) is located just past the 14-mile marker on Highway 50, about a half-mile from the town of Hanapepe (from the Lihue side). The overlook offers a beautiful view of Hanapepe Valley and provides the first taste of the canyon geography on the west side of the island. …
The Mission House Grounds The green Waioli Huiia Church in Hanalei is one of the town’s most cherished landmarks. What most tourists fail to see is the parsonage for the church, the Waioli Mission House, hidden behind the church in a grove of trees. The Mission House was built by the first permanent pastor Reverend …
Popularly known as the Club Med Ruins, the “ruins” found at the Old Hanalei Plantation property overlooking Hanalei Bay are actually from a failed 1980s development. There actually was a Club Med Resort on this property in the 1970s, and before that there was a 1960s hotel development (the Hanalei Plantation Hotel). The Club Med …
An interesting piece of Kauai history can be found at the McBryde Sugar Plantation Cemetery near Port Allen. The cemetery contains the graves of Chinese and Japanese sugar plantation workers of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some of the graves are rather ornate. Fifteen work camps surrounded the cemetery during the heyday of the …
One of the most beautiful spots in the world can be taken in from the Hanalei Pier on the North Shore of Kauai. Located in the surf town of Hanalei at Black Pot Beach Park, the renovated pier offers gorgeous 360 degree views of Hanalei Bay and the surrounding tropical mountains. The pier is one …
Beautiful southern Kauai deserves a grand entrance, and this tunnel of trees surely provides one! You’ll be awestruck as you drive through the Kauai Tree Tunnel on State Highway 520 between Kaumualii Highway (50) and the town of Koloa. The highway is lined with more than 500 Eucalyptus trees imported from Australia and planted by …
The 86-foot Ninini Point Lighthouse, built in 1932, is a navigational aid for Kauai’s Nawiliwili Harbor. Today, the concrete structure is rather plain (and missing its “top”), having lost the lantern room and Fresnel lenses to an automated beacon in 1984. The lighthouse is not a tourist attraction like the famous Kilauea Lighthouse, but it …