North Shore Hiking
All hiking tours include transportation from our Hanalei or
Kapa'a office. Depending on hike location (e.g. Awa'awapuhi and
Sleeping Giant) hotel pick-up can be arranged for south and east shore
hotel locations.
All hiking tours include:
- Guide
- Transportation
- Day-pack
- Scrumptious Lunch
- Assortment of bottled water and juices
Limahuli Valley and Gardens
- Rating: Very Easy.
- Time: 2 to 4 hours.
- Everyday except Saturdays and Mondays
- Price person: $84/person (4 person minimum)
In Hawaiian "limahuli" means turned hand and this is a soft
adventure stroll suitable for all ages; well within everyone's
abilities. Associated with the Pacific Botanical Tropical Garden of
Lawai, this valley is being restored back to its pre-contact (i.e. Capt
Cook) splendor. Some of the lois (taro patches) have been restored and
are functioning units and growing the heart shaped kalo (taro). Well
landscaped and a maintained trail, meanders up the valley and east
facing hill, with benches strategically located to rest and to take the
beauty and essence of this emerald valley. For all participants a
guidebook in English/or Japanese is provided for reference along the
way and to take home as a souvenir. Native botanical plants are
numbered and identified along the trail and explained in detail in your
guidebook. In route to Limahuli, time is taken along the way to
appreciate some of the roadside attractions.
Hanakapi'ai Beach and/or Falls
In Hawaiian one of the meanings of this valley is "bay
sprinkling food". In pre-contact times, its valley floor was terraced
with rock walls and auwais (irrigation ditches) that diverted up-stream
and allowed water to continue to flow through the taro patches and back
to the stream. For a short time after post-contact, coffee was grown up
the valley and these plants can be still seen growing wild with their
red berries.
This hike can be broken up into two segments.
Hanakapi'ai Beach
- Rating: Moderate to Strenuous.
- Time: Three to six hours round trip.
- Everyday of the week
- Price person: $126/person (4 person minimum)
This trail, which is part of the famous Na Pali Coast trail,
begins at the end of Hwy. 560 at Ke'e Lagoon. You begin gaining
elevation along a garden of coco palms, lianas, ferns, exotic and some
native plants. Half-hour into you journey you will come to the first of
many lookouts and vistas of the Na Pali Coast with waves breaking
below. If you know where to look and depending on the time of the year
you can see the green sea turtle, humpback whales, or dolphins in the
distance. One hour and half late we will descend to Hanakapi'ai Beach
where we can take a long break for lunch and swim in the stream.
Hanakapi'ai Falls
- Rating: More Strenuous.
- Time: Six to eight hours round trip.
- Everyday of the week
- Price person: $168/person (4 person minimum)
Where the beach ends, the trail to the beautiful falls of
Hanakapi'ai continues. In a shady trail we will gain elevation
gradually with several crossing of burbling streams. Along the way you
cannot but feel the old Hawaiian presence as we climb and skirt the
many elaborate rock walls and terraces. An hour and half later we will
arrive at the base of the precipitous Hanakapi'ai waterfalls for lunch
and for a swim in one of the many clear pools.
For more information or to make a reservations contact:
To place a reservation :
Hiking/Trekking Reservation
On Kaua'i call us at 826-9844
Or call us toll free at 1-800-437-3507
E-mail Kayak
Kauai
* Special rates can be arranged for large groups.
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