Kauai

Pros: Kauai is a beautiful place sadly being absorbed by "progress." See it now.
Cons: Kauai is a beautiful place if you avoid the tourist side of town. Immerse yourself.

My wife and I recently spent two lazy weeks on Kauai mainly in Ka'paa. We rented a fully-stocked but tiny private cottage ($800/week) at Baby Beach behind the Chevron station in town. Baby Beach is where the locals go to fish, drink beer and watch their ...

Pros: Low priced, no frills, clean, centrally located hotel on the beach; "Meal Deal "is a good value.
Cons: Beach is pretty to look at, but not good for swimming

The Kauai Coconut Beach Resort is located near Kapaa, on the Coconut Coast (west side) of Kauai. This budget resort is located on ocean front property, near shops and restaurants. I normally don't write about places I have never stayed, but my sister...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, quiet, less commercialized, not crowded
Cons: No nightlife, no direct flights from the US

I went to Kauai with my girlfriend in October of 1998 for a week and had a spectacular vacation that I highly recommend to other couples. Kauai has incredible beaches and landscapes, but is not as commercialized and over-touristed as more popular Oahu...

Pros: convenient to all necessities
Cons: beaches aren't as nice

Poipu and Kapaa are the main towns on the island. I spent most of my time on the North Shore of Haena and about 10 days in Kapaa in a private house on the beach.

The scenery of the North was much more beautiful with spontaneous waterfalls,...

Pros: Beautiful Beaches, deep blue water and lot's of sun.
Cons: Having to go home.

Kauai is the place to go to get away from it all. They actually have a law that states it's illegal to bring your worries with you to the island. That just says it all. These people are laid back and very friendly. It's so much different than Oahu....

Pros: great beaches, beautiful botanical gardens, and much more.
Cons: can be costly, lot's of rain

Of all the vacations that I have ever been on, my favorite would have to be the two times that I went to Kauai. Kauai has many different beautiful sites to see. You could spend years looking at all the marvelous sites in Kauai. Some of the many...

Pros: clean, much to see
Cons: expensive

This trip was worth the 30 hours of travel time on a plane to get there from Maryland. Kauai wasn't what I had expected. There isn't a flat piece of land on the entire island. It is all canyons, mountains, and hills. There are many beautiful beaches...

Pros: NONE
Cons: As above and more

When visiting Kauai, I decided to rent a private house instead of staying at a hotel or resort since we had planned a 6 week vacation. We made a booking through Sue & Greg Strickland (husband/wife team) or Garden Island Properties:

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Pros: Close to some of the best hiking in Hawaii
Cons: If it rains, you're doomed...torrents of water & later, mud

Having grown up in Hawaii, there are few places that really draw me back to childhood; back when Hawaii was just becoming a state, we went to school barefoot and really did eat sugar cane. Okay, that's pretty much gone, but on Kauai, you can catch a...

Pros: Relaxing, absolutely beautiful, not crowded
Cons: Nothing

My wife and I were recently on the island of Kauai. We spent a total of 3 nights there. Previous to going to Kauai we were in Oahu, very crowded and hectic. Upon exiting Lihue Airport, in Kauai, we were in for a complete 180. Kauai is much more...

Pros: Amazing all around, Like nowhere else on earth, Wonderful beaches, hikes,etc.
Cons: Verrry expensive!!!

We decided to commit our family to a serious luxury vacation. We booked, using our air miles, a vacation for the five of us to Kauai, Hawaii. We left on a Saturday in August, heading for Chicago O’Hare airport where we would make our transfer. At O’Hare,...

Pros: beautiful, surfing, scuba diving
Cons: not a one

There's only one word to describe this majestic island: Wow. We were lucky enough to book a few nights on this island during a trip three year ago for Christmas. Honestly I cannot say one bad thing about this great island.

There's plenty to...

Pros: great scenery and adventure possibilities
Cons: gets more rainfall than other parts of Kauai

Of all the places on Kauai, we love the north shore best! The north shore is more beautiful and less crowded than Poipu in the south. From majestic mountains to white sandy beaches-north shore scenery is truly awesome.

These are the things...

Pros: Unspoiled natural beauty away from it all
Cons: no night life, but wasn't looking for it

Just came back from a week long vacation in Kauai. Other than the long flight from New York, the trip was great.
Before the trip I did some reading up on the Island, as well as reading through the epinions, and I thought I might expect a little bit...

Pros: Everything! Read the review!
Cons: Things are pricey, especially food, but who cares?

Kaua'i is the quite simply the most lush, tropical, and all-around beautiful islands of the chain. The big island is big, Oahu is too populated, and Maui is too commercial. Kauai, however, is what Hawaii used to be. It is quiet, inspirational, and...