It's also worth a wander round the 1912 Waioli Mission Church and the 1837 white clapboard Mission House, the island's oldest church building. The white sands, pier and crescent-shaped bay are a magnet for sunset watchers and painters and notorious for inducing marriage proposals, while the Hanalei Valley Lookout delivers more of those photo-perfect Kauai vistas. The magic in this north shore spot can't be denied, though.
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You can disappear into these Edens for a day and even do a volunteer stint.įrom locations for the movie South Pacific to inspiration for '70s trippy ditty Puff the Magic Dragon, Hanalei's popular culture credentials are formidable for such a small and sleepy town. Not just a pretty face, McBryde is the centre of groundbreaking agricultural research and conservation initiatives, while Allerton is famous for its exquisite landscaping and various "rooms", water features and installations created by talented designer Robert Allerton on an estate once owned by Hawaiian royalty. The National Tropical Botanical Gardens' two flagships, McBryde and Allerton Gardens, stretch over 140 coastal hectares on the south shore. As well as its untouched landscape, Kauai also has magnificent cultivated spaces filled with protected plant life. Hawaii's "Garden Isle" takes its title very seriously.
You won't want to put your camera down, but try to at least for a moment, just to soak up the grandeur.
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It's the only way to glimpse some of its otherwise impenetrable beauty spots, and to grasp a full sense of the scale of all those cliffs, peaks and valleys. While joy flights are a luxury novelty in other destinations, in Kauai it should be compulsory to soar above the island by chopper or plane. Three major lookouts and a number of smaller vantage points along a climbing road provide vistas of crimson lava rock, lush foliage and volcanic formations as well as rare native birds. 3 WAIMEA CANYONĪnother one of Kauai's geographical marvels, on the west side, is known as "The Grand Canyon of the Pacific", by virtue of its epic dimensions: 22 kilometres long, 1.7 kilometres wide and about 1 kilometre deep. Hundreds more trails for hikers of all abilities take you among flora and fauna unique to Kauai and reveal the ancient geology of Hawaii's oldest island. The most famous hike is the Napali Coast's 17-kilometre Kalalau Trail it's strenuous, but even a short stretch rewards you with panoramas from those towering peaks.
With only 10 per cent of Kauai's dramatic landscape accessible by road, on foot is the best way to unearth its full range of treasures.
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