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KAUA`I FOR KIDS ZIP! You can build an entire family scrapbook on ziplining. The ultimate thrill for families, it’s a unique way to see the island: from the air, flying like a bird, looking down at verdant forests, streams and waterfalls, listening to birdsong and feeling the wind and sun on your face. You can even zipline in tandem and take video and pictures of each other.
HIKES & BIKES Canyon trails, waterfall trails – all kinds of trails! It’s a hiker’s paradise in the Waimea Canyon-Ko-ke`e State Park uplands of west Kaua`i. At the Waimea Canyon lookout, you might hear the echo of distant bleating goats and glimpse a white-tailed Tropicbird soaring overhead. At the Ko-ke`e Natural History Museum, you can see owls, rare honeycreepers, and rare plant and wildlife up close and personal. For a unique wheeled adventure, you can cycle to the coast from Waimea Canyon rim, more than 3,000 feet high, in Kaua`i’s version
of the Tour de France. Children 12 and older are eligible for the downhill Waimea Canyon bicycle cruise, led by expert guides over panoramic views of Ni`ihau and the island’s west coast. The Ke Ala Hele Makalae trail is Hawaiian for ‘The Path that Goes by the Coast’ and stretches along the easter coast of Kauai. Walk, bike or run 6.5 kilometres on the Ke Ala Hele Makalae trail Hawaiian for ‘The Path that Goes by the Coast’- that stretches along the east coast of Kauai.
EATS & TREATS Shaved ice, saimin, plate lunches, taro burgers, teriyaki beef sticks,
pineapple and mango smoothies, lilikoi sorbet, coconut ice cream — there are taste treats throughout the Garden Isle. Saimin is the noodle soup that reaches its pinnacle in the small kitchens of this island. Plate lunches —rice, macaroni salad, and beef, chicken or fish in local-style preparations — are the dine-and-dash specialty for Islanders, and a Hawai`i signature available at diners and takeout counters around the island. Enjoy the island’s roadside fruit stands, where fresh chilled coconut can be cracked and served for its cool, refreshing coconut water and freshly picked fruit is blended on the spot for smoothies.
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