For those of you who maybe familiar with Maui and Key West Florida - Kauai is a perfect blend of the two places!
The first thing you will "see" as you exit the airport property are the wild chickens! They are everywhere... there is actually a ban on importing chickens to this island. The bad part is the wild can not be used for meat - apparently they have been wild for so long... their meat has become very gamey.
We stayed in Kapaa - nice relaxed atmosphere (like Maui) with a great local fare (like Key West). Our resort was the Waipouli Beach Resort (Outrigger). The view looking out of the lobby was very relaxing...
The BEST resort pool! There was a "main pool", lazy river with three waterfalls, two waterslides, two hot tubs (one adult only) and a "sand" beachy shallow area! The pool area exits to the beach... a very relaxing, calm and empty beach!
Only 20% of Kauai is accessible by car - helicopter tours are very popular on this island and boat tours especially on the Na Pali coast.
We elected to do a 6 hour deep sea fishing adventure. Deep Sea Fishing was on my bucket list - I LOVED it! We caught 5 large yellow and blue fin tuna - the largest was 35 pounds!
Now my word of caution... if you have never been sea sick and are used to boats - open ocean fishing is different - motion sickness is a real possiblity! My partner on this adventure was sick 5 out of the 6 hours of the trip - and the swells were only 3-4 feet - they are normally 7-10 feet! I recommend our charter company - Ohana Fishing Charters - Lance was very nice!
Like most islands - the different sides of the island have different qualities! Take the time to head north to Princeville on Kauai - the St Regis is a MUST see! Make reservations for the Makana Terrace to watch the sunset. The atmosphere was almost not real! I felt like I was on a movie set! It was absolutely spectacular!!!!!!
We LOVED Kauai and we WILL be going back!!!!
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