Kauai Adventures

Vacationing in Kauai has become most prominent among visitors primarily because of the fabulous Kauai weather, the exciting Kauai adventures, the numerous packages featuring Kauai vacations, and the abundant rainforest and waterfall terrain which also features the with spectacular opportunities for wonderful Kauai pictures.

The island of Kauai is the oldest of the major islands in the Hawaiian chain and is the only Hawaiian Island that has navigable rivers. Since its volcanoes have been extinct for about 5 million years, visitors enjoy the from the rim of famed Waimea Canyon (elev. 3500 feet) down 12 miles of smooth winding blacktop all the way to the shore of the blue Pacific.

Being the northern most island in the chain, Kauai draws clouds from the northern and western Pacific basin from thousands of miles in all directions. Kauai's Mt. Waialeale (5148 feet) is quite literally the wettest spot on earth and receives an annual rainfall in the vicinity of 420 inches a year. This tremendous rainfall over the years has eroded much of the soil from the higher levels and has deposited much of it on the leeward sides and created very flat areas called alluvial plains.

These plains are very, very flat and the water which rushes from the top in giant cascading waterfalls calms to a gentle presence when it hits the flat plains below. Here the water meanders, winds and serpentines for miles in a very gentle and tranquil flow to its eventual destination in the ocean.

These rivers are ideal for as the flowing waters ever so slowly wind their way through the ever present jungle. Kauai is the only Hawaiian Island that has such rivers and it is an incredible treat for those who choose to enjoy them. On the northern end of the island you will find the unbelievably beautiful Na Pali Coast.

The tremendous rainfall on the mountains above Na Pali has produced the most remarkable sheer valleys, razor sharp ridges descending to the sea and most amazing array of waterfalls to be assembled anywhere in the world. The extreme sea and wave action has also had a tremendous effect upon Kauai's spectacular coastline producing this 11 miles on Kauai's northern shore referred to as the Na Pali coast, a

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