Biking in Kaua’i – Is it Possible

This past week my family and I decided to make a long planned trip to Hawaii — yes, the trip has been in the planning stage for several years, until all of a sudden it was decided and booked only 3 days prior to departure… The Web is great in that regard – we were able to get it all booked and confirmed – plane tickets, hotel, car rental in a manner of an hour after we finalized the avalable days.

So, we went!  The plan brought us to the "Garden Island" – Kaua'i.  How was it?  In summary — GREAT!  

You can see for yourself — the nature, the weather, everything was extremely beautiful – and we got great weather…!

Hawaii - Kaua'i      Kaua'i Poipu

There you have it – the majestic and rugged mountains of the Napali coast and the great sand Poipu beach…

The rough part — we did not see much of an opportunity or places to go mountain biking.  The one option that we were told about was to do downhill bike ride from the Waimea State Park (the Waimea Canyon – which is spectacular) down to the bottom of the long-long descent which ends in a coastal town.  Here are some views from that

Kaua'i Waimea Canyon please note the elevation.  At some points the road actually may be getting close to 4000 feet.  So quite a rush going downhill on the road then….

Kaua'i Waimea Downhill This is essentially route 550…

Well. more on Kaua'i later…

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