The Grand Canyon of the Pacific

Waimea Canyon is one of our favourite sites on Kauai. The canyon stretches 22 km long, 1.6 km wide and more than 1 km deep. We have never seen much of a waterfall here but with all the rain we’ve had it was definitely flowing strong. When we arrived on Kauai we heard about a tourist helicopter that crashed into the side of a mountain in the Canyon, killing all 7 aboard. So sad to hear this but it’s fairly common in Kauai. Not our idea of a good time. We had perfect weather to view the Canyon as on some of our trips to the State Parks heavy clouds and rain moved in abruptly. Trails were very muddy though so we didn’t do any of the hikes but stopped at many of the viewpoints. We had such a great day!Read more