From its soaring peaks to its scenic valleys, Kauai promises to fill your days with beautiful scenery and thrilling adventure. If, that is, you can pry yourself off one of its many stunning beaches.
With only a small percentage of the island navigable by car, helicopter rides have become one favorite way to see all Kauai has to offer. Services like Jack Harter Helicopters and Inter Island Helicopters will guide you over all the island's landmarks. Those less aeronautically inclined can take a drive to the legendary Waimea Canyon, a 10-mile-long crevasse of colorful strata, dubbed by Mark Twain the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.
Adventure and recreation are easy to find on this island of peaks and valleys. Take a leisurely tubing tour through the irrigation canals of Kauai's abandoned cane plantations on a Kauai Adventure Trek. Or fly through the sky on a Princeville Ranch Adventure, where you'll zipline from peak to peak at distances up to 750 feet. And afterwards you can cool off and drown your terror at the ranch's private swimming hole.
But when you think Hawaii, you think beaches, and Kauai doesn't come up short. From the clear, clean waters of Ke'e Beach and Tunnels Beach on the north shore of the island, to Poipu Beach on the south, you'll have ample opportunity to splash, swim and snorkel to your heart's content.
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