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North Shore (Part 2)

©Ann Cecil HANALEI BAY One of the Pacific's most perfect anchorages - the bay provides excellent sailing, surfing, and swimming, mostly in the summer. Accommodations / Activity / Weddings

©Ann Cecil HANALEI PIER Sunset at Hanalei Bay. The Hanalei River which starts high on the slopes of Mount Waialeale and flows over 16 miles through Hanalei Valley to Hanalei Bay, is designated as an American Heritage River.

©Ann Cecil HANALEI VALLEY SCENIC OVERLOOK Beautiful sweeping vistas of a magic place: 3500-foot cliffs laced with tumbling waterfalls. Accommodation

©Ann Cecil HANALEI TOWN A beautiful, small town on Kauai's North Shore. Unique shopping with many boutique stores, restaurants and galleries. Accommodation Agency

©Ann Cecil WAIOLI MISSION HOUSE MUSEUM Missionary home built in 1837 and later occupied by the Wilcox family - a classical American homestead.

©Ann Cecil PRINCEVILLE A combination resort and residential community occupying several thousand acres along the sea cliffs between Anini Beach and Hanalei Bay. Accommodations / Activity

©Ann Cecil PUU POA BEACH A long moderately wide beach in front of the Princeville Resort offering good snorkeling and swimming. Some of the best surf in the Hawaiian Islands - for experts only!

©Ann Cecil THE MAKAI GOLF COURSE One of two magnificent golf courses at the Princeville Resort designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. The Makai Course is really three courses in one: the Ocean Nine, the Lakes Nine, and the Woods Nine.

©Ann Cecil PALI KE KUA BEACH Known locally as "Hideaways", consisting of two nearly identical pocket beaches separated by a rocky point. Good swimming and snorkeling when the sea is calm. Accommodations

RUSSIAN FORT ALEXANDER The ruins of Russian Fort Alexander located on Puu Poa Hill at the Princeville Resort. Little remains of the fort but the view of Hanalei Bay is spectacular.

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