- 4.5 Hours Duration 4.5 Hours
- Kauai Island Kauai
- Water Category Water
This is an easy-going Hawaiʻian Style paddle on a Class Zero river combined with a moderate hike through a rainforest.
Quick Details
Experience Kauaʻi by sea! This tour is offered mid-May through mid-September. Kayak the famous Napali Coast, an adventurous 15-mile tour. Paddle at the base of sheer 3,000′ sea cliffs, through waterfalls, and enjoy a beach landing! See marine animals such as turtles and spinner dolphins. Enjoy lunch ashore a private beach area.
Take a Kauaʻi kayaking adventure you will not forget. Meet in Poipu and ride together in Outfitters Kauai’s van to the launch site at Haena. After about an hour’s paddle, you come upon the famed sea caves of Napali, entering if sea conditions permit. You raft your kayaks for juice and snacks mid-morning.
It is an 11-mile paddle to the first landing at Milolii, an ancient Hawaiian fishing community. You enjoy lunch around 1 and 2 p.m. After lunch, you have a four-mile paddle in typically calm water to Polihale. A van is waiting here, ready to drive you back to Poipu. You will have circumnavigated the entire island on this Kauai Napali Coast Kayak Tour!
Adventurers should be ready to have fun. It is recommend you wear a swimsuit, shorts, t-shirt, windbreaker or light raincoat, sport-type sandals or aqua socks, waterproof sunscreen, billed hat with keeper, sun-glasses with keeper, towel, and waterproof camera. It is also recommend that over-the-counter medication (try Bonine) for seasickness that won’t cause drowsiness- best taken the night before the tour, as well as the day of the tour. You may also want to bring an extra set of clothing and extra towel for a more comfortable van ride home.
This is a very long paddle in typically heavy seas. Participants should enjoy vigorous exercise and be up for a challenge. Although this tour is best enjoyed by people who are physically fit and have some basic paddling experience, first time kayakers may participate if they are athletically inclined and quick to learn new sports. Of course, this trip is not for non-swimmers or those who are prone to motion sickness.
Includes picnic style lunch: turkey or vegetarian submarine sandwich and beverages.
PLEASE NOTIFY HAWAII ADVENTURE CENTER IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL OR RESCHEDULE AN ACTIVITY.
You can do so by calling (888) 207-0722 or contact us online.
If a tour operator cancels any trip due to weather, mechanical failure, unsafe conditions, or insufficient reservations, a full refund will be provided.