Starting to plan my honeymoon - best place to visit in Hawaii?

[Beaverhausen]

I'm thinking Kauai - we like to visit "natural" sites and that looks like the best for that kind of stuff.

Of course we also like good comfy accomodations and a good bar closeby is a must. Ha.

Any tips will be appreciated.

We probably won't get hitched till the fall or later. (Doing the wedding very low-key, locally)

thanks

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

1. Sounds fun!

My uncle lived in Hawaii for 5 years. I don't think there are any "bad" places to visit there.

[KamaAina]

5. Just the area immediately surrounding my office

conveniently located between the men's and women's halves of the city's largest homeless shelter, and directly across from the city morgue.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Beaverhausen!

Did I hear about you getting married???

I do seem to remember something along those lines!

Congrats!

:toast:

[Beaverhausen]

4. Thanks Peggy

We've been together forever...well 8 years...he's my soulmate, that's for sure.

Going to either elope or do a very small ceremony here in LA, then take a nice trip for the honeymoon.

[Symarip]

3. I loved Maui

I stayed in Kihei. There's a series of travel books something like 'Maui: Revealed' (but for all the islands, obviously) that were a tremendous help.

[City of Mills]

17. Seconded

I used the Maui: Revealed guide as well, it was very helpful and lots to do. Supposedly the natives hate it though because it reveals all the 'hidden' local spots, so don't leave the book out in the open if you go!

By the way, stayed here for my honeymoon and loved it: http://www.diamondresort.com/

[Beaverhausen]

18. wow! that resort looks amazing

[KamaAina]

6. You might consider actually getting married here as well

(as long as you're a hetero couple, that is, thanks to a Prop H8-style referendum some years ago :grr: ) Weddings are a thriving cottage industry hereabouts; simply enter "hawaii weddings" into Mr. Search Engline.

[Beaverhausen]

14. I did check that out and might do it

If my local plan doesn't work.

[KamaAina]

7. Kaua'i is indeed the best for that kind of stuff

Fern Grotto, Na Pali Coast, Koke'e State Park for openers. It rains rather a lot, though, more than on other islands; while the resort areas don't see anything like the 400+ inches at the top of Mt. Wai'ale'ale ("lots and lots of water"), you wouldn't be beaching it nonstop.

edit: 'okina

[Mendocino]

8. Kauai !!

I highly recommend it. Get the book "The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook" by Andrew Doughty and Harriet Friedman. Take a boat trip with Na Pali Catamaran (NPC). They leave from a North coast port so you see all of the Na Pali both coming and going. The other Na Pali tours leave from the south shore, spend most of the trip along scenic but unspectacular shores, and only cover a small part of NP. NPC stops for snorkeling and lunch, the boat is small enough to go into numerous sea caves. You will see dolphins and sea turtles, waterfalls and some of the grandest coast on earth. Take some good hiking shoes and see these same shores from above. Visit Waimea Canyon, Secret Beach, Pu'u o Kila Lookout and Ho'opi'i Falls.

[Beaverhausen]

15. great tips. thanks

:hi: Those are exactly the kinds of things we like to do.

[CreekDog]

9. My aunt went to Maui and said it looked like

New Jersey. :wtf:

but i think she was referring to the suburban style development near the airport.

(and hey, i LIKE New Jersey, okay, not the Garden State Parkway or the Admiral Wilson Boulevard, but a all places have ugly highways here and there)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. I live in NJ and have been to Maui

They don't look anything like each other. Not even the suburban parts of Maui.

[CreekDog]

13. she lives in South Philly

maybe everything outside the city "looks like Jersey" :evilgrin:

[KamaAina]

16. Only one thing on Maui looks like New Jersey

this restaurant in Kihei, on the dry leeward side.

[livetohike]

10. It's been a long time, but borrow or buy "Hidden Hawaii"

and go get lost :-). We loved the big island - it was deserted when we were there, but Kauai is gorgeous. We camped and ate out every meal.

[Cant trust em]

12. Any of the cheap plate lunch places.

If you do wind up going to Kauai, do make sure to go to Hamura's. It's an awesome noodle shop.

Also it's a beautiful, peaceful island.

[Haole Girl]

19. You'll love Kauai

Try to stay on the sunny side - Poipu - instead of Princeville if you go in late fall or winter...unless you just enjoy the rain. :hi: