Travel Reference
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Kauaʻi Sea Tours
BOAT TOUR
(
826-7254, 800-733-7997;
www.kauaiseatours.com
; Akaʻula St, Port Allen; adult/child catamaran
from $144/104, raft from $140/100)
Lets you opt for the Na Pali tour by catamaran or the
rougher, three-hour tour by raft. Book online for the best price.
Eating & Drinking
Kauai Island Brewery & Grill
MICROBREWERY
brewery imagined by the founder of the once beloved, now defunct brewery in Waimea.
Here he brews 10 beers, including two hoppy, high-alcohol IPAs, their lauded South Pa-
cific Brown with a roasted malt character, and they have wheat and porter varietals too.
They also serve pub grub.
Port Allen Grill & Bar
PUB
(
335-3188; 4353 Waialo Rd #7a; 11am-10pm)
Every port needs a pub, and this one
broils fresh fish and serves burgers along with tofu wraps and salads for veg heads. More
importantly, they pour a dozen beers, mix a mean mai tai and offer a lychee martini too.
Shopping
Kauai Chocolate Company
FOOD
(
335-0448;
www.kauaichocolate.us
; 4341 Waialo Rd; 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm Sat,
noon-3pm Sun)
They aren't just a chocolate store, they are a happiness factory suffused in
the scent of chocolate, caramel, fruits and nuts. The best seller is the
Happy Honu
, a
chocolate smothered cluster of cookie, caramel and macadamia, but they also have
truffles, brownies, fudge and all sort of other trouble in this glorious grassroots operation.
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Hanapepe
POP 2704
Hanapepe is a historic farming and port town that prospered during the sugar days; this
was once the island's main port. And although taro, a touch of cane and other crops are
still grown in this wide, red earth valley accessed by a sinuous riverside road and
hemmed in by craggy cliffs on both sides, the downtown has for sometime been the do-
