Kauai Golf Courses

Home to three of Golf Digest’s top ten courses in Hawaii, Kauai offers unmatched golfing opportunities for your Hawaiian vacation. With eight award-winning golf courses to choose from and special Kauai golf vacation packages available, Kauai offers more golf than most people can play in a week. Guest Services provides tee times for all golf courses on island.

Snorkeling on Kauai

One of Kauai’s most popular attractions by far is snorkeling. Rarely does one get to experience the joy of drifting along in clear blue, warm water in a school of colorful fish above a beautiful tropical reef. With numerous protected lagoons and coral reefs, Kauai provides some of the finest snorkeling opportunities available to both beginners and snorkeling veterans alike. Guest Services can provide snorkel gear and other beach rentals delivered to your door before you arrive.

Kayaking and Paddleboarding on Kauai

Kauai is the only island with navigable rivers and streams. You don’t have to be an experienced kayaker to enjoy kayaking on Kauai. Low cost family fun allows even the novice paddler a chance to enjoy the beauty of the Wailua or the taro fields and serenity of the Hanalei. Kayaking and now Paddleboarding are perfect outdoor activities for the Kauai visitor looking for a unique outdoor adventure. Contact Guest Services for kayak and board rentals and tours.

Allerton Estate and National Tropical Botanical Gardens

Once the summer cottage of Queen Emma, wife of King Kamehameha IV, the Allerton Estate features stunning grounds in a beautiful tropical valley. On the north shore of Kauai, the National Tropical Botanical Gardens maintains a garden site featuring information about Kauai’s history, culture and tropical plant life.

Sunset Picnics and Stargazing

After a day experiencing some of Kauai’s other outdoor activities, nothing completes the day like experiencing a sunset picnic on Kauai’s western shore. There are several pristine parks and beautiful locations to choose from.

Birdwatching

With more than 80 species of birds present on Kauai including many rare and endangered species, ornithology is a popular pastime for both tourists and residents. for the bird enthusiast includes Kauai land and sea bird pictures is recommended.

Whale Watching

Between Late November and early May, the Grey Humpback Whales can be seen from shore breaching, spouting and showing some fine. Visitors and locals alike gather along the wall at the base of the Poipu Kai property and watch the action a few hundred yards off the beach. Of course the best way to see whales and other marine life like dolphins is to take one of a variety of raft or catamaran tours. These amazing animals are not to be missed.

Your Island Tour and Activity Booking Service Guest Services explains your tour and activity vendor options as they pertain to your party. We provide discounts on most tours (over 45 vendors.) We keep track of your bookings, give advice about weather issues and make changes when necessary. Most accommodations have a phone with a direct dial to us so nothing could be easier. You pay at the time of the event and most bookings can be held with one credit card but split up at the time of the tour when traveling with multiple parties. We want you to have a great time so you comeback and stay with us again. Visit the Suite Paradise Guest Services web site email Guest Services here call Guest Services at 866-977-3239 (between 9-5 HST everyday).

ATV

ATV or All Terrain Vehicles are fun for the whole family. Consider it horseback riding with more comfortable seats. The ATV allows the rider or driver to go to areas of the island that would be otherwise inaccessible such as waterfalls, the rope swing from Raiders of the Lost Ark or the valley as seen in The Descendents. Both companies have machines that allow a driver and one or more passengers. Kids have a great time. Drivers must be 16 or older with a valid id but a drivers license is not required.

Hiking

Kokee and Waimea Canyon – a great resource on Waimea Canyon and Koke’e parks. Waimea Canyon, the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific” as Mark Twain once described it, is a huge, impressive canyon over 2,700 feet deep cut in the heart of the island of Kauai. One of the “must see” things to do on Kauai. For added experience, Guest Services has hiking tours with naturalists in different locations on island.

Horseback Riding

CJM Country Stables – ride through Kauai’s magnificent South Shore, guided by a local paniole (cowboy). Since 1986, this family-owned business, has been offering well-trained quarter horses with top quality saddles and tack.

Princeville Ranch Adventures – ride side-by-side through Princeville’s extensive ranch to a private 80 foot waterfall or combine an hour and a half of riding with three ziplines.  There is Adventure at PRA.

Kayaking, Paddleboarding, Ziplining and Bicycling

Outfitters Kauai – offers ziplining, kayaking in the ocean (strenuous), on a river (pretty easy) and paddleboarding  adventures for all ages.   Outfitters also offers the only downhill bike tour from Kokee state park all the way to Waimea.

Kauai by Air

Kauai has many spectacular sites that can be seen only by air – the Jurassic Park Triple Falls and the waterfalls on the face of what is misnamed the Waialeale Crater (it’s not a crater but it looks like one). Viewing Waimea Canyon and Na Pali from above or along side is equally as stunning. We have different helicopter companies that we book that have varying length of tours, configurations (3,4 and 6 passenger), weight limits and costs. This really is the tour people go home and talk about being the highlight of their trip. Call Guest Services for the rundown on your options.

Mountain Tubing

Kauai Backcountry Adventures – offers tube rides down the Lihue Plantation irrigation ditch and tunnel system. This irrigation system, which once irrigated sugar cane fields, runs through some of the most beautiful lands on the island of Kauai with spectacular views of the ocean, coastline and valleys.

Na Pali Coast Tours

Guest Services note – Na Pali is Na Pali, no matter what boat you book. There are many different kinds of craft that cruise Na Pali.  You can take a kayak, raft (Jacques Cousteau-style), small power catamaran (12 passengers), mid-sized catamaran (32), large catamaran (49) and sailing catamaran (35.) All have different configurations and attributes that may or may not fit your party’s needs. Some are better with children or older folks than others, for example.  Call Guest Services for more detailed information before booking any boat.

Liko Kauai Cruises - bench seating for everyone in front of the bridge with outside shade makes for a comfortable cruise. Narrow enough to fit into sea caves.

Blue Dolphin Charters Kauai – offering Na Pali coast whale watching tours, Poipu Beach sunset sails, Hawaii catamaran ocean cruises and whale watching tours. One of the “must see” things to do on Kauai.

Holoholo Charters – providing snorkeling, sightseeing, and whale watching tours to Na Pali Coast and the Forbidden island of Niihau. They offer three vessels: a high-speed 65′ power catamaran, 48′ sailing catamaran and new rafts from the North Shore.

Scuba Diving

Fathom Five Dive – Offers novice first time shore dives to premium advanced 3 tank dives and trips to dive at Niihau.  They can teach up to Rescue Dive certifications.  This dive company (started in 1995) has been the premier dive company on the Southshore and Tunnels dives to the Nort.

Stargazing

Kauai Educational Association for Science and Astronomy (KEASA) – created for amateur astronomers, this organization offers monthly stargazing “starwatches” on the closest Saturday to the new moon.

Tropical Gardens

National Tropical Botanical Garden, “Allerton Gardens” – the official web site featuring Allerton Gardens, a beautiful masterpiece of garden art. Reserve tours online.

There are numerous restaurants, in the Poipu Beach area and throughout Kauai ranging from local, ethnic, seafood, family, and fine dining restaurants. Since restaurants change frequently, a good source for finding up-to-date restaurant info is Kauai Menu Magazine or other tourist publications available free at our Guest Reception and many places in Kauai, consequently we are not listing restaurants here.
Friday brings the festive air of Art Night to Hanapepe, with its many galleries open for pleasant browsing. Island musicians and working artists add to the nighttime charm of this quaint town. There are pop-up restaurants for the casual dining experience.

Vintage Aloha- A Gallery of Hawaiiana – features fine art and vintage treasures from the Hawaii of days gone expressed in art, sculpture, jewelry and books. Owner Melinda Morey, a respected and accomplished artist whose work is in the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), displays her work plus the work of a other fine Hawaii artists in her gallery. Vintage Aloha is located in Historic Hanapepe at 3900 Hanapepe Rd. Kalaheo, HI 96741 Tel: 808-335-5797

Kela’s Glass Gallery – established in 1994, Kela’s presents high quality glass art at the best possible value. An experienced art glass gallery representing over 120 fine glass artists, located in Kapaa, Kauai.

Nite Owl T-Shirts – offering a wide variety of high quality Hawaii-inspired original tank tops, beach cover-ups, sweatshirts and combination outfits, all reflecting the true spirit of aloha. Visit their store in Eleele, Kauai.

The Kauai Beach Guide App – An indispensable app for your iphone.  It gives you up to the minute beach information, driving instruction and ocean safety tips.

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