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 …
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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 …
The Kilauea Point Lighthouse was built in 1913, serving for 62 years before being deactivated by the Coast Guard in 1976 and replaced with an automated beacon. Extensive restoration to the lighthouse was completed in 2013. Today, the lighthouse is a popular tourist attraction renowned as much for the lighthouse as it is for the …
The Waikanaloa Wet Cave is a shallow cave in a rock wall at Haena State Park near Ke’e Beach. The cave was formed when sea levels were higher and waves carved an opening in the rock. The water in the cave is actually fed by springs in the porous rock. Though the water is freshwater …
Waioli Huiia Church is a landmark church built in 1912 in Hanalei, Kauai. The church, with American Gothic architecture, stained glass windows and green paint to match the mountains, is a perfect complement to the quaint town and tropical location. It is one of Hanalei’s most cherished, and most photographed, attractions. The church you see …