Learn about the Hawaiian Archipelago, the Island's Ecosystems and it's Cultural History.

 

This full-day trek leaves from Poipu at 8:00 am and returns by 6:00 pm. A deli-style lunch, drinks, bottled water and snacks are provided.
Trek the uplands of Kauai along a stretch of trail early Hawaiians may have used for gathering plants for medicines, lei and building materials. Travel through an evolved, mature, native cloud forest, dry scrubland and mixed wet-dry forest to reach majestic valley and coastal views. See native birds that represent the island’s unique evolutionary web of life. This is the great western slope of Kauai, a remnant of the 5-million-year-old shield volcano that once stood 10,000 feet above sea level and now measures 4,500 feet. View the spectacular 2,500-ft cliffs of Na Pali, evidence of large-scale subsidence and sculpting by catastrophic faults, wave erosion and waterfalls.