Day 2 Ho'opi'i Falls, Kapa'a

Our 2nd day started with coffee on the beach and perusing our bible, The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, loaned to us by the wonderful Theresa Helus. We decided it was a good day to go north, so we started at Ho'opi'i Falls. This was neatly hidden away in a residential neighborhood and disguised by huge shrubs. Luckily, we encountered several others who were searching at the same time. we were all lost, until a couple emerged from the rainforest and showed us the way. It was a MUDDY, STEEP and very BUGGY trail, with a nice little waterfall as a payoff. The teacher in me was very scared and judgemental of the teens who were risking their necks to jump into this torrent of water and rocks. The lower falls were featured in the movie Jurassic Park (movie sets are a continuing theme in Kauai) We didn't stay long. When I googled the falls, the first entry was "Ho'opi'i Falls death" and there were 2 in the past 6 years, so...Read more