Kauai Trip 2025
Got another Westin resort deal and off to Kauai we go! I have forgotten how beautiful Kauai is. Everywhere is a postcard view. Going during March which is winter season is also cooler. We got lucky that only one day was too rainy to go out. Most of the days it just have sporadic rain that clear out in 10 mins.
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| Waimea River at Waimea Canyon |
The Westin at Princeville is great. Arrival day usually involves grocery runs and setup for the next 5 days. Did a Costco run to get steaks, produce and booze to last us 5 days. We are supposed to have an Island view room but we can see the ocean from our patio and whales sighting for the whole time. Find myself perching in the balcony whenever we are in the room during day time to watch for whales =)
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| View from the room with whales spouting periodically |
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| View of our balcony with the mountains behind |
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| Westin studio apt |
Day 2 Waterfall Hike10 years ago Bill and I failed to conquer the trail to the Hanakāpīʻai Falls.
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| This time we did it! |
It's a 300ft waterfall that is about 4 miles from the start of the trail head. So 8 miles round trip. But it took close to 7 hours as half of the time it's on non-maintained trail.
This time we are better prepared and the weather is cooler.
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| Homemade Spam sandwich before the hike.. yum |
The waterfall is spectacular but I never understood that as a destination to be honest 😁. Why do people hike to waterfall just to eat some trail mix and walk back? hmm..
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| Putting a human being to give the perspective of how large this fall is |
The parking lot to the trail head is no longer open to public easily. So we have to meet at a parking lot to get a shuttle ride to the trail head. So if you are not back by 530pm, be prepared to hitchhike!
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| Shuttle to trail head |
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| Alrite.. let's do this |
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this is same trail head as Kalalau trail
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But it's still a very grueling hike with lots of slippery mud and treacherous rocks.
There's 6 stream crossing with relatively fast water. But I love the stream as it allowed me to clean my shoes and hands which just gets sooo dirty in the trail (I know, I have OCD)
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| One of the stream crossing |
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| Are we really doing this again? hmm |
Loads of mud and sharp slippery rocks that takes a lot of balance and concentration to navigate
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| Mud and more mud.. |
But the view along the way is still one of the best in my life and reminder of why it's done by everyone all the time
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| View of Kauai craggy coast behind us |
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The beach where the trails split
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| Peekaboo of the waterfall .. so near yet so far |
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| Craggy mountains |
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| Streams along the way |
I was glad that we made it and check it off our list.
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| yes.. we didn't die.. just all muddy |
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| Before and after! muddy shoes! |
After the hike, we went back to the room to clean all the muddy stuff and had dinner at the Bistro. This is a nice restaurant at Kilauea area that has a good pork chop and local shrimps. They also have a fried croquette that's quite tasty.
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| Bistro dinner |
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