Hawaii – Kauai – Beaches
We have recorded a small selection of beaches and coastal regions of the island of Kaua’i here. To list all beaches would go beyond the scope of this page, as there are so many small and smallest natural and still undeveloped beaches on Kaua’i. Kumukumu Beach (also called Donkey Beach) on the east coast is generally considered the most beautiful beach on Kaua’i, but we don’t think you can call it the most beautiful beach, as we think that each part of the island has its own specific charms. The beaches of Kaua’i stretch around the island like a string of pearls. Most of them are not signposted and simply have to be asked or searched for. Most interesting we found the crescent-shaped small bays, which are off the main roads. In general, it can be said that the beaches in the north of the island are less populated. Often you are even the only visitor. Where the large hotels and condominiums are concentrated, the beaches are already more frequented.
The famous beach at Ke’e Beach is particularly impressive. The photos can only reproduce a short and incomplete snapshot. Sitting there on the beach and breathing in the salty air of the sea and feeling the sound of the surf is an irretrievable sensory experience.
The beach at Hanalei (above) is as unreal as the entire scenery from a dream seems to be. It is not for nothing that this is the dropout paradise of the hippies of the sixties and seventies.
Ke’e Beach is located in the north of the island in Haena State Park and can be found at the end of Road No. 560. This is where the Na Pali Trail begins, which runs along the coast. To the west, the up to 1000-meter-high cliffs of the Na Pali Coast rise up.
Below is a house near Hanalei. Typical is the design that is open at the bottom. Here, in the “basement” on the ground floor, space was created for a shady place for the car and for the boat.
On the first floor you live (with a surrounding terrace) and on the 2nd floor are the bedrooms. The whole thing is of course framed by palm trees and banana trees. The beach is 50 meters away. For many, however, this remains a dream, as the prices for building land in this region are simply no longer affordable.
Kilauea Point is the northernmost point of the island of Kaua’i and is guarded by a lighthouse built in 1913. The small headland became a reserve for seabirds.
