How about your hotel room?

We don’t want to tell you where our secret spots are because then they’ll be filled with tourists!

1st……….As far as stayin in the islands. You people will be ON the islands, not in them. so you will not fins any hotels in Kauai. you wil on Kauai. same goes for being ON the other islands.

In addition to vrbo.com, also check out vacationrentals411.com. For 5 people, you should be able to find a rental condo for around $1200 to $1500, which is about $300 each for accommodations. Also, vacation condos have full kitchens and sometimes laundry in the unit. The kitchen saves you a lot of money, since you can get supplies at the grocery store to make your own meals instead of eating out all the time.

The busiest area with the most convenient shopping is Kapaa. It’ll cost you more to get there from the airport than staying in the Lihue area. But, things will be close by and you can walk to most places. Since you’re not going to be driving, you can purchase excursions with tour companies to go places like Waimea Canyon.

I would pay a visit to and see what you find. You can find a decent place for a reasonable price. We used the site and ended up finding a three bedroom house in Wiamea for approximately $600 for the week, but we didn’t mind the 45 minute drive to Lihue. Like I said, try out VRBO and see what you find. Good luck.

As far as I know the Kalapaki Beac, Poipu Beach Park, Haena Beach and the Hanalei Beach are some of the best beaches in Kauai.

Personally, I think the best way to see them would be a helicopter ride. You get to see it from the top, so you see a lot more detail and more of the valleys. A boat ride is more for swimming, snorkeling, and seeing the beach, you don’t get to see as much detail, though you do get to actually stand on the beach.

Poipu on the south coast would get my vote. Very beautiful, not quite as pretty as the north shore, but less rain. You have a choice of top hotels like the Hyatt Kauai and the Kauai Marriott down to less pricy places like the Aston Poipu Kai and Poipu Point. So stay down south and make excursions dependent on the forecast.
Kauai is brilliant for hiking – challenge yourself with the Kalalau trail on the famed Na Pali coast, or walk the magnificent Polihale beach.
Kauai makes a refreshing change from Hawaii so why not do something new?

I would stay in Poipu– family friendly, amazing sunsets at Brenneke Beach, and far enough leeward to avoid most of the rain that would get in Princeville/North Shore. Although Kauai beaches are beautiful, many are unsafe for swimming— the water is pretty tame in Poipu.

Poipu is also close to other cool towns like Koloa Town, Hanapepe, and easy drive to town in Lihue. The reality is that nothing is too far away on Kauai.

Enjoy.

Jeremy DiMaio

There are also some good easy hikes in the general area (find Shipwreck Beach) and most of the hotels and resorts are right on the ocean.

Winter months (Middle of October to Mid February) for the whole state. Kauai would mainly be on the northern and western side.
They have zodiac boat tours that take you along the Na Pali Coast line and you can see the there. It’s a real beautiful boat trip