Kauai Trip August 2015 Day 4

Kalalau trail

The top of the trail looking at Na Pali coast

We hiked the Kalalau trail today. It was closed for the last 2 days as the hurricane brought too much rain for the trail.
We got to the trailhead at 745am and the parking lot is already filling up.
This is a trail that provides Na Pali access via the Kalalau trail on the ocean side via foot.
http://kalalautrail.com/

Na Pali is not accessible by car. The only options are to go via boat, foot or helicopter.

The first 2 miles was hiking on the cliffs side to reach the Kalalau Beach.

View of Kalalau beach from the trail

There's a stream that we have to cross over once to get to the beach. There's a bunch of rocks stacked up on Kalalau beach that is amazing.

Fast flowing Stream

After we got to the beach, we decide to try and hike an extra 2 miles to go to the water falls.
That's when things got a little hairy as we are climbing fast in muddy trails (not surprising) and we stop at the 3rd stream crossing, about 1 mile into the 2 mile hike. We are exhausted from hiking in the high humidity and I lost my footing in one of the streams and got soaked.
Good thing that my cell phone survived the fall!
It's interesting how we started out trying to stay pristine from the mud and water and finally just  gave up.

2nd stream crossing where i fell in

Forest foliage where we rested before turning back

Bamboo bunches in the forest

After the hike, we met Bill's friend Meg and Bob for lunch after a quick shower in the hotel. 

Bob and Meg

They live in Kauai and introduced us to a good Mexican place that definitely hit the spot for the 2 weary hikers.