What are best things to do in Kauai if you have 5-6 days?

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What are best things to do in Kauai if you have 5-6 days?

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The Emerald Island of Kauai is perhaps the most beautiful in the Hawaiian Island chain. Vacationing on Kauai has become popular because of the fabulous Kauai weather, the exciting activities, the numerous packages featuring Kauai vacations, and the abundant rainforest and waterfall terrain.

Kauai is known for the Na Pali Coast where you'll find spectacular photography opportunities.

The island of Kauai is the oldest of the major islands in the Hawaiian chain and is the only Hawaiian island that has navigable rivers. Its volcanoes have been extinct for about 5 million years.

As the northern most island in the Hawaiian chain, Kauai is the first island that clouds from the northern and western Pacific basin are drawn to as they gather from thousands of miles in all directions. Kauai's 5000+ ft. peak is quite literally the wettest spot on earth and receives an annual rainfall of 420 inches a year. This tremendous rainfall over the years has eroded much of the soil from the higher levels and has deposited much of it on the leeward sides and created very flat areas called alluvial plains.

These plains are very, very flat and the water which rushes from the top in giant cascading waterfalls calms to a gentle presence when it hits the flat plains below. Here the water meanders, winds and serpentines for miles in a very gentle and tranquil flow to its eventual destination in the ocean.

These rivers are ideal for kayaking trips as the flowing waters ever so slowly wind their way through the ever present jungle. Kauai is the only Hawaiian Island that has such rivers and it is an incredible treat for those who choose to enjoy them. On the northern end of the island you will find the unbelievably beautiful Na Pali Coast.

The tremendous rainfall on the mountains above Na Pali has produced the most remarkable sheer valleys, razor sharp ridges descending to the sea and most amazing array of waterfalls to be assembled anywhere in the world. The extreme sea and wave action has also had a tremendous effect upon Kauai's spectacular coastline producing this 11 miles on Kauai's northern shore referred to as the Na Pali coast.