Planning a trip to Kauai? Learn about Kauai from local Kauai writers. Fun stories, events and things to do on Kauai.

Kauai in October
Exploring Kauai, Kauai Beaches
The temperatures are dropping, the leaves are turning and the days are getting shorter. It feels like fall. Not on Kauai. Right now, the temperatures are mild, just a few degrees shy of the summer heat. The skies are clear and the ocean conditions…

Kauai Laysan Albatross “What are those big birds walking across the street?”
Exploring KauaiEvery year in early November, Laysan albatrosses begin to arrive on Kauai. Some come to nest, others to find a mate.


Kauai Vacation A Family Destination
Exploring Kauai, Kauai Activities
Kauai is a paradise for families and children, a simple place, where flip flops, shorts and t-shirts are everyday attire and running barefoot along white sandy beaches and casual dining where shirts and shoes are optional.
Kauai is a…

Kauai’s Best Coffee Shops
Exploring KauaiWhat's your favorite Kauai Coffee shop or Cafe? Here are some of our Kauai's local coffee houses.

Keeping Kauai Green and Sustainable
Exploring Kauai, Kauai NewsEco-Tourism is a relatively new concept in the world of tourism, though it’s gaining popularity and for good reason. Eco tourism, or sustainable tourism, is a concept that is began in the 1950’s, but has started to become more popular in…

Kilauea Lighthouse celebrates 100th birthday
Exploring Kauai
The Kilauea Lighthouse, one of the most beautiful spots on Kauai for viewing wildlife including endangered birds, dolphins and whales, celebrates its 100th birthday this month with a $2.5 million facelift and a new name, the Daniel K. Inouye…

Kilohana Plantation: Shop Dine & Tour Kauai’s Sugar Era
Exploring Kauai, Kauai Events and Festivals
It is hard not to feel as if you have stepped back in time and a feeling of how life was lived during Hawaii's Plantation Era. The well manicured grounds of Kilohana's 1930's Managers Estate sits in the middle of what used to be a 27,000-acre…

Lydgate Beach Park, Boys and Sticks
Exploring Kauai, Kauai BeachesIf you are the parent of a toddler or preschool boy you are familiar with the joy that a simple stick can bring. You can replace the stick or alter the stick but it seems ironic with all the fancy toys they have they are pretty content when…

Meet Kauai’s Children’s Authors
Exploring Kauai, Kauai Events and FestivalsKauai children’s authors are hitting the road with an island-wide, year-long book signing tour. Kauai Children’s Authors Guild members, Monika Mira, Mark Huff, Wendy Lewis, Susan Dierker, and Carol Peacock will be signing copies of their…