The Beaches of Kauai

Hideaways Beach

Hideaways Beach is exactly what it sounds like, a small private beach. There were very few people there and its no wonder as this beach is not exactly easy to get to. With the help of our guidebook we found a small path that lead us to some rickety old stairs. Once past these it was a dirt (since there was fresh rain it is better to say mud) path down a steep incline. Lucky for us someone had come along before and tied ropes along the way to hold on to. The Beach is worth the climb as it is absolutely beautiful! The swimming was nice, waves just right, and tons of coral reefs for snorkeling.

The hike back up - we conquered!

Mana Oka'aina Beach

Sadly we did not swim at this beach, but we did pull over to take some silly pictures. We attempted the 'jumping' pictures and Andrea's turned out the best.

Erica looks great.

Windy looks like she's an airplane.

And Andrea looks awesome.




Hanalei Bay

We went to Hanalei Beach in the morning and found it fairly empty but by the time we were leaving for lunch it was looking to get busy and more crowded. The water was very shallow for a long ways out. This was a very calm and pleasant beach.

I don't know why, but I had fun taking several pictures of my feet and the view.



Ke'e Beach

Ke'e was by far the busiest beach we went to and the only one with an actual lifeguard. Again there was lots of reef excellent for snorkeling.

This was just a funky looking tree at the beach that looked too cool to not snap a quick picture.

Ok, I have no idea what that one dude on the right is doing, but it made us all laugh pretty hard. He kept at it for some time.

Salt Pond Park

We happened upon this little park on accident when we showed up for a tour about half an hour early and decided to go exploring. It had a fun and family friendly atmosphere.

Erica and Andrea