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With more than 50 miles of sandy beaches and 100 miles of hiking trails, numerous navigable rivers and waterways and plentiful waterfalls, rain forests and valleys, every day on Kauaʻi is an adventure to behold. That makes life-changing experiences about as easy as stepping outside.

Kauaʻi is known as The Garden Isle for one very simple reason: It’s pretty much all wilderness. There’s the volcanic crater of Waiʻaleʻale and the high-elevation bog of the Alaka‘i in the middle of the island. The desert-like terrain of Waimea Canyon occupies the west side, and the roller coaster of cliffs and valleys line up along the northwestern Nāpali Coast. Together they majestically span across a majority of the island, leaving much of Kauaʻi inaccessible by road. That translates to adventure, anything from an evening sunset stroll along the beach to a multi-day backpacking trip in the wilderness and everything in between. ATV explorations. Bird watching. Horseback riding. Kayaking. Stand-up Paddling, Tropical gardens. Ziplining. Kauaʻi bursts at the seams with adventures.

The palm-lined crescent-shaped Hanalei Bay on Kauaʻi’s north shore and the refreshing,100-foot Uluwehi Falls on the Wailua River may spell romance for couples celebrating marriages and anniversaries, but those same physical features say, “family vacation” to a whole other demographic. As the visitor make-up during summer months and school holidays indicate, when it comes to vacation on Kauaʻi, nobody gets left behind.
 
Thanks to the popular Disney movie, Lilo and Stitch (2002), we all understand the importance of family, and on Kauaʻi, visiting families come in all shapes and sizes, from the traditional nuclear type made up of two parents and two children and the multi-generational family groups that include the grandparents to mixed families and mixed relations. Kauaʻi’s wide family appeal is simple: The Garden Island offers something for all varieties of “families.”