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Where is the best area to stay on Kauai if you want a hotel on the beach?
Question: Where is the best area to stay on Kauai if you want a hotel on the beach?
My wife and I want to take off about 5 days in early May. Is there an area on Kauai where there are decent hotels on the beach, and where there will not be too much rain? Also, if we rent a car, we want to be within a couple hours’ drive from good hiking. Or should we just bag Kauai and go to the Kona coast on the Big Island instead, where we know we like it?
(kauai hotels)
Best answer:
Answer by jddimaio
I would stay in Poipu– family friendly, amazing sunsets at Brenneke Beach, and far enough leeward to avoid most of the rain that would get in Princeville/North Shore. Although Kauai beaches are beautiful, many are unsafe for swimming— the water is pretty tame in Poipu.
Poipu is also close to other cool towns like Koloa Town, Hanapepe, and easy drive to town in Lihue. The reality is that nothing is too far away on Kauai.
Enjoy.
Jeremy DiMaio
There are also some good easy hikes in the general area (find Shipwreck Beach) and most of the hotels and resorts are right on the ocean.
Poipu on the south coast would get my vote. Very beautiful, not quite as pretty as the north shore, but less rain. You have a choice of top hotels like the Hyatt Kauai and the Kauai Marriott down to less pricy places like the Aston Poipu Kai and Poipu Point. So stay down south and make excursions dependent on the forecast.
Kauai is brilliant for hiking – challenge yourself with the Kalalau trail on the famed Na Pali coast, or walk the magnificent Polihale beach.
Kauai makes a refreshing change from Hawaii so why not do something new?