Posts Tagged ‘Travel Guides’
Koloa Landing Resort Review: Is It Worth It?
We spent four nights at Kōloa Landing Resort in Poʻipū in the smallest room they offer, on the first floor, at the back of the property, and we would book it again tomorrow. The pools were beautiful, the people were genuinely kind, we could watch the Pacific over the rocky Poʻipū shoreline from our lānai,…
Read MoreAre Kauai Helicopter Tours Safe? An Honest Look At The Record
Here is the honest answer, because this question deserves one: a helicopter tour is statistically riskier than almost anything else you will do on a Kauai vacation, the overwhelming majority of flights land safely, and your decision lives in the space between those two true sentences. This is not an article that talks you into…
Read MoreWhere to Stay in Kauai: The Three-Way Fight Between Sun, Scenery, and Savings
Here is the short version: there is no single best place to stay on Kauai, but there is a best place for your trip, and it is one of three real choices. Most first-timers are happiest based on the South Shore around Poipu, where the weather is the island’s most reliable and the drives stay…
Read MoreThe Best Time To Visit Kauai, Month By Month (And Coast By Coast)
Here is the answer most guides make you scroll for: the best time to visit Kauai for most travelers is late April through May or September through mid-October. Those shoulder windows hand you dry-season weather, thinner crowds, and the year’s best prices at the same time. But “best” bends to what you are chasing. If…
Read MoreWaimea Canyon: Every Lookout Worth The Stop
Waimea Canyon gets sold with a quote. Mark Twain, the story goes, stood at the rim and called it the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, and that line now lives on every t-shirt, brochure, and tour van on the west side. Twain never set foot on Kauai. He toured the islands in 1866, skipped this…
Read MoreThe Kauai Hiking Guide: Which Views Are Worth the Hike?
Kauai is the hiking island. Oahu has the famous ridgelines and Maui has the crater, but nowhere else in Hawaii packs sea cliffs, a mile-deep canyon, a high-altitude bog, and jungle river valleys onto one island you can drive across in a morning. The catch is that the trails here do not scale gently. The…
Read MoreKauai Beaches by Shore and Season: Where to Swim, Snorkel, and Do Absolutely Nothing
Here is the thing no beach list tells you: the best beach on Kauai is a moving target. The island rotates through the year. In summer, the North Shore goes glassy and Hanalei Bay looks like a screensaver. In winter, that same bay produces surf that closes beaches and fills rescue reports, while the south…
Read MoreWhat’s Open on Kauai Right Now: Every Park, Trail, and Road That Matters
Last updated: August 18, 2026 ⚠️ Hurricane Lala: Parks Are Reopening in Stages Lala has moved away from the islands, and Kauaʻi’s parks are coming back in stages rather than all at once. Reopened Tuesday, August 18: Hāʻena State Park for day use only, Kōkeʻe and Waimea Canyon State Parks, and Wailua River State Park.…
Read MoreKauai Helicopter Tours: Doors Off, Doors On, and the Airplane Nobody Mentions
Most of Kauaʻi cannot be reached by road. The folded green cliffs of the Nā Pali Coast and the waterfall-cut interior around Mount Waiʻaleʻale are places you either see from the air or leave the island without seeing. That is the honest case for spending $300 or more per person on a flight that lasts…
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