We spent the first part of the day in the National Park. The first three pictures below are from our trip through the Thurston Lava Tube, including 384 meters of light only from flashlights. The rest of the photos are from around the park, including Tonia’s favorite, the Sea Arch.
Some photos from an afternoon at the beach.
Today is our last day on Kauai. There is so much to see and do here that one could spend 2 weeks just on this island. But I am very excited to see how the Big Island is different and to see volcanoes! It will be a whole new set of beaches and waterfalls to go see.
I had to have a nap before doing anything else on Wednesday. The early start had caught up with me! After the nap we went to another south shore beach — Shipwreck Beach. It was so named because it used to feature one but it is long gone now.
This beach fronts the Hyatt resort and a golf course but can be accessed by anyone since beaches are public in Hawaii. The scenery was spectacular with high surf and cliffs and lava rocks and palm trees! The sun went behind clouds to set so it was shady and cooler on the beach which was so nice!
Surfers and others boarders were enjoying the waves and we enjoyed watching them ride and crash in them!
The cliffs are called Makawehi Point and there is a path to the top. Popular spot for fishing and jumping off into the ocean. Yes I said jumping. Two young boys did just that while we were there! I was scared for them because the ocean was churning so strongly and the waves were crashing up against the rocks. But they made it not once but 3 times! I was so thankful Ryan and Nathan were not there! 🙂
I slept in a bit this morning….so it was 5:30 instead of 4:00! We went to Poipu beach for a few hours. I got a little red even with mass quantities of sunscreen. It was nice to lay on the beach and read and nap and people watch and nap. 🙂
At the beach, several sea turtles came up to the shore. One was huge! Must have been at least 3 feet long and wide. I got a got look at him in the clear water.
After some lunch and shave ice (more like sno cone) we ventured off to a lesser known beach. Amazing scenery. I didn’t know pine trees grew by the sea! We took a hike up a cliff and there was another spout-hole inland. No water but it did hiss and we noticed the sand in front of it bubbled. Cool!
Now we are in our Hawaiian best and heading to the lu’au. More on that tomorrow!