Page 159 - Hawaii: Diving, Surfing, Pearl Harbor, Volcanoes and More

SIDE 2 DESCRIPTIONS part from Lihue’s heliport as well as from the Princeville airport.
Numerous operators offer well publicized tours.
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BIKING The Poipu area has wide, flat roads and dirt-cane roads, es-
SNORKELING Almost everyone who comes to Kauai goes snorke- pecially around Mahaulepu. You can ride the cane road to Makawe-
ling. The North Shore’s best is in the Tunnels to Kee Beach area, the hi Bluff and Haula Beach. On the east shore there are cane roads to
South Shore is best either at Poipu or Lawai, and the Na Pali side ride between Kealia Beach and Anahola, north of Kapaa. Some folks
is good anywhere your tour may take you. The East Side faces the take a 12-mile downhill ride from Waimea Canyon to the Pacific
tradewinds and is therefore not as good. Na Pali tours sometimes Ocean early in the morning from a tour operator, such as Outfitters
take in a stop at Niihau and Lehua, where snorkelers plunge into Kauai (808) 742-9667. From Hanalei experienced riders take their
remote and pristine waters. rental bikes out to Kee Beach and back. Experienced mountain bik-
ers head up the Powerline Trail.
SCUBA DIVING Kauai is a world-class dive destination, and thus
there is a need for a separate map - Franko’s Kauai Dive Map, which HORSEBACK RIDING Only in Kauai can you ride a horse across
is devoted to describing the island’s numerous dive sites. The North the wide-open pastures of a working ranch under volcanic peaks and
Shore and South Shore have fabulous diving, but the best adventure rein up near a waterfall pool. Stables for horseback riding are: CJM
may be to the channel between the islet of Lehua and Niihau. Country Stables, 2 miles beyond the Hyatt Regency Kauai, (808)
742-6096; on the North Shore, the Princeville Ranch Stables off
HAWAII MOVIE TOURS See where the movies and television Highway 56 just after the Princeville Airport (808) 826-6777; and at
shows were filmed on Kauai, supplemented by video clips of the lo- Silver Falls Ranch near Kilauea (808) 828-6718.
cation shots in an air conditioned 16-passenger van (800) 628-8432
or (808) 822-1192. HIKING: For information on Kauai’s hiking trails call the State
Division of Parks, (808) 274-3446; the State Division of Forestry
TOUR KAUAI FROM A HELICOPTER Watching the Kauai scen- and Wildlife, (808) 274-3077; or Kauai County Parks and Recrea-
ery from above is so beautiful that it is a spiritual experience. You tion, (808) 241-6670. Be sure to check out the weather as rivers and
will see spectacular canyons, razor cliffs, green mountains, waterfalls streams can quickly overflow, causing flash flooding. If you’re hik-
pouring down the face of Waialeale, the fluted cliffs of the Na Pali ing, avoid dry streambeds, which flood quickly and wash out to sea.
Coast, and the descending hues of ocean blues meeting with golden Check the weather forecast at (808) 245-6001. The Sierra Club at
beaches. This is some of the most amazing scenery you will ever see. (808) 246-8748 offers several hikes every month, varying from an

Every tour, every day is different as Kauai’s dynamic weather is the easy family moonlit beach hike to a moderate hike in the mountains,
ultimate deciding factor in your tour route. There are too few words or an 8-mile-plus treks for serious hikers only.
in any language to describe Kauai’s beauty from above. Flights de-