Resort: Princeville Hotel

Enjoy the best sunset views from the patio.
Walk down past the pool to shady Pua Poa Beach.

Dance, chant, storyFree, in the luxurious bay-view Living Room:
Thurs, Sun, 6:30PM

Resort: Kauai Lagoons Hotel, Lihue

• Be sure to wander the lobbies and grounds of this amazing hotel, enjoying the swan pond and beauty of the swimming pools.
• Play on beautiful, public Kalapaki Beach.
• Sip a drink or munch pupus at Duke's open-air cafe and bar.
• Then drive to the grounds, and enjoy the view of the bay from the lighthouse point.

Resort: Hyatt, Poipu

• Stroll the lobby and lagoon grounds of the hotel.
• Play in the waves on Shipwreck Beach or stoll the longer stretch of beach adjacent.
• Time your visit to have lunch by the swan lagoon at Ilima Terrace or pupus at 6:00 on the Seaview Terrace, where you can watch the sunset, during the Torch Lighting ceremony and Hawaiian show.

Sacred forest

7345 Kuamoo Rd.

Meditate or simply examine the unusual trees, beautiful flowers and shrines of a Hindu Monastery.

Explore a sea cave

When I made the long and strenuous day hike into Hanakapiai Beach on the Na Pali coast, I was rewarded with two large caves (opening from one small one into which I had crawled) and this small, private beach!

Shopping

• Kukui Grove, Puhi (a real shopping center)
• WalMart, Lihue (cheap needs) and next door to
• Hilo Hattie's, Lihue (cheap Hawaiian touristy items)
• Marketplace, Kapaa (free Polynesian show, local color, beach)
• Ching Young Village, Hanalei (a casual town of shops and restaurants)

Sight-seeing drive

Take a drive north, over dozens of one-laned bridges. The landscape gets even more lush and tropical, as you drive to the end of the road. Turn inland and explore new roads, or simply enjoy the ocean views around every turn.
Bridge hint: all cars traveling one direction continue to cross, rather than taking turns one car at a time in each direction. (Trust me, it works much better this way and the locals expect it!)

Spouting Horn

West of the Poipu Turnoff, you will find a wild area of volcanic beach in which the waves spout through holes, shooting upward in great gusts of mist.

Torchlighting ceremonies

Order a drink or pupus and enjoy the sunset with a free Hawaiian show.

• Hyatt, Poipu, 6:15 daily, from the Terrace
• Point, Poipu, from the Terrace

Tropical Botanical Gardens

• Limahuli Gardens,Haena $10/per person, $15/guided tours, Sun & Tues-Fri,terraced hiking, spectacular ocean & mountain views, local vegetation identified
• National Tropical Botanical Gardens, Lawai, Allerton:walking, McBride riding $30advance reservations (808-332-7631)
• Na Aina Kai Botanical Garden, Kilauea 12 theme gardens $25-70 tour

Waimea Canyon

"The Grand Canyon of the Pacific"

• Drive to various viewpoints of the Na Pali wilderness and sea.
• Enjoy wooded hiking.