While on the neighbor island of Kauai for the So Much More Hawaii bloggers tour, we had the chance to take a short hike into what some have called the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific,” the 10-mile-long and 3000+ foot deep Waimea Canyon.
It was about 3.5 miles of trail, mostly along the Canyon rim, with a lot of up and down….you can’t go down into a canyon without paying the piper and going back up.
The reward for our effort was the beautiful 800-foot Waipo’o Falls, my son’s favorite spot on the hike.
Our guide’s name was Web; he works with local company Kayak Kauai and has been leading land and waterborne tours into the wilds of the “Garden Isle” for a long time.
Web was full of information on local plants and wildlife, and he was great with my son when things got a little interesting on steep, rocky or root-filled parts of the trail (we’re not exactly a family that hikes every day.)
He also brought a picnic lunch for us that included a really juicy fresh pineapple.