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- Yellow Productions presents
a travel guide for visiting the Hawaiian Island of Kauai.
I'm Chris this is Topher, this is Yellow Productions.
We do travel guides that are fun,
informative and entertaining.
And in this video we're gonna be telling you
everything you need to know to visit Kauai.
We're gonna be hitting up some of the major attractions.
I've put time codes in the description to all of them.
But the highlight of what we're gonna see
in this video is the following,
We'll visit Waimea Canyon, the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.
We'll check out some of Kauai's really awesome waterfalls
then we'll see a blowhole that makes moaning sounds
like a giant lizard.
We'll then go for a hike on the South Shore
right along the coast.
We'll visit some of Kauai's historic towns.
We'll stick our toes in the sand at Kalapaki Beach,
a just classic Hawaiian beach
and then we'll conclude with a visit to
Kauai's lush North Shore.
Kauai is all about adventure,
zipline tours, helicopters, kayaking,
lots of exciting things.
There won't be a lot of that in this video.
What you just saw here that's about as adventuresome
as I'm gonna get but I'll let you know
there are a lot of those things in Kauai.
Alright on to my next adventure jumping.
One of the great things about visiting Kauai
is all the nature that's here, not just nature
but diverse types of nature.
You see it starts with the beach,
the beach is around the whole island
but quickly it goes from beach right here
to like a pine forest.
I mean the diversity of nature
and how quickly it changes from desert
to beats to pine trees, quite amazing.
The biggest attraction on the island of Kauai
is the Waimea Canyon, biggest in size
but one of the most popular too.
But it is 10 miles long, one mile wide and 3,600 feet deep.
This canyon was created by the eruptions of the volcano,
the different layers of sediment,
different eruptions by the volcano.
Mark Twain is commonly considered to have called it
the Grand Canyon of the Pacific,
though he actually never visited Kauai
but that's the island legend
and so come up here to view this legendary attraction.
It is free, free admission, free parking.
It is, you'd wanna allocate about a half day to come up here
'cause it's a bit of a drive
from the main part of the island
you'll be going up to a high elevation.
It can be about 10 to 15 degrees cooler up here.
This is the first lookout,
it's the Waimea Canyon Lookout.
There are more lookouts as you go,
this one's at mile marker 10 on the road,
they go up to mile marker 19
and also the major parking lots have bathrooms
so you don't have to hold your bladder too much.
Definitely make it to the last lookout at mile marker 19
and it's right here and the views here are breathtaking.
There's this valley down below
you can see the undeveloped coastline,
the soaring mountains, it's really neat.
And I'm sure the video doesn't do it justice
which is why you can't just watch my video to travel
but you have to come to Kauai to see it.
In addition to lookouts if you're into hiking
Waimea Canyon has lots of great hiking paths as well.
Though 'cause it is very wet
make sure to bring shoes you don't care about all that much
'cause the path can get pretty muddy.
Now these trails are not for those afraid of heights,
it is a long way down from here.
The second biggest attraction in Kauai are waterfalls.
It rains a lot here and so there's a lot of waterfalls.
The coolest waterfall that's really easy to get to
are the Wailua Falls, you can just drive right up to them.
You can see right back there, there's a parking lot
and here's the observatory right on the side of the highway.
And these waterfalls it's really cool 'cause you can get up
very close to them, you can feel and hear the waterfall.
These waterfalls at 173 feet
actually are taller than Niagara Falls,
though not quite as much water coming off of them.
And back in ancient times people used to jump off
these waterfalls as a test of manhood.
I'm sure if you searched on YouTube you can find
other people jumping off of them
and I was offered by a local here that if I jumped off,
he would put me on YouTube and make me famous.
So we'll just have to wait for that in another video.
And while it is possible to get up real close to the falls
or down to the bottom, you're technically not allowed.
So if you're a city slicker like me
just stay at the observatory where it's safe and dry.
Another twin waterfall is the Opaekaa Falls,
this one's just right outside of Wailua.
It's pretty close from the town.
They're 151 foot waterfalls, two waterfalls that go down,
they flow year round.
They're a little far away to see but they're kinda neat.
And on the other side I actually think
the view into the river
just across the street from the scenic outlook,
I actually think that might be cooler than this waterfall.
But there's a few river outlooks
along this road to the waterfalls as well.
If you like blow holes and who doesn't like blow holes
check out the Spouting Horn Park.
Here there are five different blow holes,
the main blow hole, right back there,
there's an observatory to see it.
It makes a moaning sound when it squirts.
And the moaning sound is owed to the Hawaiian legend
that this part of Kauai was once guarded by a lizard and so.
(water crashing)
That's the sound of the lizard
that guards this part of Kauai.
There's also a little flea market
selling trinkets and souvenirs, you can check that out,
though you might find better souvenirs
on other parts of the island.
For a cool coastal hike on the South Shore of Kauai,
check out the Maha'ulepu Heritage Trail.
I'm sure to have mispronounced that
but it's just next to the Grand Hyatt Kauai.
And here you can hike along the coast
and see the undeveloped Kauai coast.
By the way it also is pretty windy in Kauai,
they have pretty big trade winds
so be prepared to be blown a little bit.
But this trail, pretty casual,
it runs in front of the Poipu Golf Course.
One of the nice part about the hiking trail here
'cause it's right next to the coast
and the wind keeps it cool
and there's actually a decent amount of shade on it.
And it's sand so it's soft,
there's a lot of sharp things though
so make sure you wear good footwear
if you're gonna hike this trail.
Kauai has lots of old quaint historic towns.
My favorite of them is this one, it's Old Kapaa Town.
And the thing to know about these towns is
they often have one night a month or a certain night a week
they stay open late and have festivals.
In Old Kapaa Town it is the first Saturday of every month
the stores, restaurants are opened late, 5 to 9 p.m.
So there's special stands set up, there's musicians
maybe you can hear some drums in the background,
very lively.
So if you're staying near one of these historic towns
check out what their late night a month they stay open.
The one that we went to, we didn't go to the late night one,
we just went there at night was Hanapepe Town.
And at night that historic town it is a ghost town.
And I think Hanapepe Town is a ghost town
but at night extra ghost town.
Then after you're done exploring Old Kapaa Town
if you're here in the daytime you can visit the beach,
just two blocks over
and it's also got a beachfront sidewalk
so you can walk over there too.
Kalapaki Beach in front of the Kauai Marriott
is a popular beach that is fairly protected from the water
so this is a great place to swim,
it's a sandy bottom, not too many currents here.
It's also really popular place for stand up paddle boarding.
Also around this beach is the famous Duke's restaurant
and there's a number of other restaurants and shops
right in this area as well.
So just and you can see it's a big wide sandy beach,
pretty peaceful and open.
All you have to do is find the Marriott
which is this big building right up here.
It's kinda ugly and pink, you can't miss it.
But that's the Marriott and this is the beach.
So check this one out for a ...
(sighs) it's just a nice beach.
Right next to the beach in the Anchor Cove Shopping Center
is one of four Kauai locations of the ABC Stores.
Stop here to pick up all your sundry needs
and Hawaiian souvenirs.
Kauai has quite a few more beaches
but I don't have time to talk about them all in this video,
if you wanna know more about Kauai's best beaches
then you'll want to watch my video
on the best beaches in Kauai.
You'll find the link in the description
or as one of the cards attached to this video.
Check out Kauai's North Shore
for the lush most Jurassic Park side of the island.
As you can see a lot of clouds here,
the mountain formations cause clouds and rain,
they get the most rain out here.
Also the beaches on this side of the island,
the best in the summer, they're kinda calm
in the winter, they can be kind of choppy.
For the best views head out to the St. Regis in Princeville,
that's where I'm standing right now.
There's about eight parking spots in front of it
or the valet will actually valet park you for free.
Then the beaches, they're down below
you can either get there via 200 steps
or a couple elevators through the property.
To further illustrate the lushness on the North Shore
'cause I know that's far away,
I wanna show you what the lushness
right on the beach looks like.
This is the beach, beachy, beachy, beachy
but there's these trees on the beach
and there's a stream and there's dead trees
and there's rocks and then pretty soon
there's something back here that looks like Jurassic Park.
I mean, I just hope there aren't any dinosaurs.
In front of the St. Regis Princeville,
they've got a display that tells you that here
where the hotel is now used to be the site
of a former Russian fortress.
In fact there were two of them in Kauai
by this famous Russian
that was actually chased off the island
'cause he was such a crook.
If you wanna know more about it
well you're just gonna have to come to Kauai
and read these signs.
And finally I just wanna briefly mention food.
To keep this video under 10 minutes
I've broken the food out into another video
if you're interested in food in Kauai
then watch my video on the best cheap eats in Kauai.
You'll find the link in the description
or attached to the card to this video.
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