Kauai Vacation

Known as Hawaii’s Garden Isle, Kauai Island features lots of different adventure activities for both the young and the young at heart. Kauai vacation activities range from exciting water and surf activities, hiking a steep mountain trail, to camping in a remote valley.

Or if you want enjoyable Kauai vacation activities equally fun but are less strenuous, then try Golf and helicopter flights, snorkeling, leisurely kayaking, and short, easy hikes. You can even rent a motorcycle for a proper island adventure tour around the island.

The island of Kauai is just the right size to allow you to do all these Kauai vacation activities from different locations even as you stay in one single accommodation and you travel on a budget. However, with development coming to the island in giant steps, more Kauai hotels, condominiums, and time share properties are showing up along with more tour companies offering more activities.

And all these come at a cost, of course.

So what happens now to your meticulously planned Kauai vacation budget?

Don’t worry, because the best activities on a Kauai vacation are still free or nearly so.

Snorkeling.

Kauai may not have the best snorkeling in the Hawaiian Islands, but snorkeling on a Kauai vacation is more fun than snorkeling hyped places like Des Moines. In fact, the most popular and unforgettable attraction of a Kauai vacation is snorkeling. There are few things in life to compare to drifting effortlessly among a school of brightly colored tropical fish in the clear, warm seas of Kauai.

If you want the best places for snorkeling, check out the inside of an island’s many protected lagoons. In Kauai the North Shore, where the stunning cliffs of Na Pali Coast provide you with the perfect amber and blue backdrop, is a perfect place to enjoy Kauai’s teeming marine life.

Kauai is not exactly known for its rainforests. The island is however known for some of the best hiking trails in Hawaii. In fact, if Kauai vacation activities are spectacular, then Kauai hiking tours or hiking on Kauai in general is at the highest level of spectacular.

How about beaches?

As the island with the highest of beaches in the Hawaiian chain, can you just imagine how much fun you can have in Kauai’s beaches? And the great thing about it is 45% of these beaches are generally secluded, so there’s less crowd to tackle with and more beach to enjoy.

If you want a stretch of sand all to yourself, just pick anywhere you like. But if you want the ultimate privacy, then head on to Polihale State Park – a two-mile long beach with very few folks around.

Check out the Boobies.

We mean the bird variety. Red-footed boobies, brown boobies, red-tailed tropicbirds, wedge-tailed shearwaters, and great frigate birds – these are just a few of the rare bird species available on Kauai. The best time to go boobie-watching in Kauai is March, when seabird diversity is at its peak.

And don’t forget to take a pair of binoculars with you to spy on the boobies. You’ll be surprised how fascinating and engrossing the lives of these cliff-dwelling birds can be. If you’re there between December and April, you might even spot a humpback whale off the coast.

So, with snorkeling, the beaches, boobie-watchng, hiking, and whale watching a Kauai vacation has everything within easy reach by foot, boat, car, or helicopter.

Just make sure when you do decide to squeeze in a lot in one day, time your travel properly. This is one way to avoid traffic and keep stress level down.

Hey, this is supposed to be a Kauai vacation. Have fun and check out these Sightseeing and one day tours of Kauai. . .

Kauai Waimea Canyon/Wailua River Day Tour
Enjoy a guided sightseeing bus tour of the "Garden Isle." See the spectacular "Grand Canyon of the Pacific," the Wailua River and Fern Grotto, plus many more locations along Kauai's famous North Shore.

Kauai Waimea Canyon Downhill Biking Tour
Bicycle 100% downhill, canyon to coast, from the rim of the famed Waimea Canyon, 12 miles to the shore of the blue Pacific.

Kauai Adventures in Paradise - Kauai Backroads Half-Day Tour
Enjoy a half day, 4-wheel-drive tour through along the private roads of the 22,000-acre Grove Farm Plantation. Behind locked gates, this adventure gives you exclusive access to scenic and historic areas of Kauai.

Kauai Adventure in Paradise - Half-Day Rainforest & Hiking Tour
Enjoy a full-day, guided, 4-wheel drive adventure into spectacular untamed areas of Kauai, otherwise inaccessible and off limits to the general public, featuring the beauty of Kokee State Park and Waimea Canyon.

Kauai Adventures in Paradise - Half-Day 4x4 / Rainforest & Hiking Discovery Tour
Journey to the Heart of Kauia for a 4-wheel-drive and rainforest hiking adventure.This half-day adventure combines 4-wheel-drive access and hiking to give you an unparalleled experience of the true Kauai.