A group of us hiked Ho'opi'i Falls- or as the locals who like to abbreviate call it, "Hopi" Falls. Its in Kapahi, just a few minutes drive away from our house. The trail leads to two separate waterfalls along the Kapaa Stream. (Ugh, I'm beginning to sound like a tourist guidebook.) The first waterfall is reached after an easy 10 minute hike. Some of the kids jumped into the pool beneath the falls. The second waterfall requires a longer, more "involved" hike along the river, through oodles of flora, vampire-ish mosquitoes, and up and down some slopes. My out-of-shape body considered the hike rigorous, according to Gee-Standards. I just plopped on the dirt several times, just to catch my breath and not... faint. On the other hand, a couple of Kauai-bred gals practically ran through the whole course barefoot, wearing swimsuits, and said that this trail wasn't really considered a hike. Parts of the movies Jurassic Park and Six Days, Seven Nights were filmed near here. Oh, and speaking of movies, Pirates is being filmed in Kapaa town. We passed the set at Coco Palms a few times, but alas! No Johnny Depp sightings yet!
A group of us hiked Ho'opi'i Falls- or as the locals who like to abbreviate call it, "Hopi" Falls. Its in Kapahi, just a few minutes drive away from our house. The trail leads to two separate waterfalls along the Kapaa Stream. (Ugh, I'm beginning to sound like a tourist guidebook.) The first waterfall is reached after an easy 10 minute hike. Some of the kids jumped into the pool beneath the falls. The second waterfall requires a longer, more "involved" hike along the river, through oodles of flora, vampire-ish mosquitoes, and up and down some slopes. My out-of-shape body considered the hike rigorous, according to Gee-Standards. I just plopped on the dirt several times, just to catch my breath and not... faint. On the other hand, a couple of Kauai-bred gals practically ran through the whole course barefoot, wearing swimsuits, and said that this trail wasn't really considered a hike. Parts of the movies Jurassic Park and Six Days, Seven Nights were filmed near here. Oh, and speaking of movies, Pirates is being filmed in Kapaa town. We passed the set at Coco Palms a few times, but alas! No Johnny Depp sightings yet!
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