Travel Reference
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The 3½-hour zip tour includes seven ziplines and five bridge crossings, 60ft to 80ft off
the ground in 200ft Norfolk Island pines. Minimum age is nine.
Kauaʻi Backcountry Adventures
ZIPLINING
(
888-270-0555, 245-2506;
www.kauaibackcountry.com
; 3-4131 Kuhio Hwy; zipline/tubing tour
incl lunch $130/102;
) Offers a 3½-hour zipline tour with seven lines, elevated as high as
200ft above the ground and running as far as 900ft (three football fields). Afterward, re-
fuel on a picnic lunch at a swimming pond. They also run a tubing tour through remnant
forest. Groups run as large as 11. Minimum age is 12.
Outfitters Kauaʻi
ADVENTURE TOUR
(
888-742-9887, 742-9667;
www.outfitterskauai.com
;
2827A Poʻipu Rd, Poʻipu Plaza; 4hr tour
adult/child $114/104, 7hr tour incl lunch $184/144;
) Offers two multi-activity tours at Kipu
Ranch (just outside Lihuʻe) that combine aspects of zipping, hiking, and kayaking. Half-
day tour includes six zips. Minimum zipping age is seven. Book in Poʻipu.
Kauaʻi Lagoons Golf Club
GOLF
(
241-6000, 800-634-6400;
www.kauailagoonsgolf.com
; 3351 Hoʻolauleʻa Way, Kauaʻi Marriott;
greens fee morning $150-205, afternoon $115-135, club rental $35-50)
Once 36 holes, there are
now but 27 holes, including the original - and recently renovated - Jack Nicklaus -de-
signed 18-hole par-72 course. That one is called
Kiele
with nine holes each tucked into
the mountains and the coast. There are nine additional inland holes here too. They call
that the
Waikahe Nine
.
Puakea Golf Course
GOLF
(
866-773-5554, 245-8756;
www.puakeagolf.com
;
4150 Nuhou St; greens fee incl cart before 11am
$99, 11am-2pm $85, after 2pm $59, club rental $40, after 2pm $25; 6:30am-6pm)
The lush
cliffs of Mt Haʻupu serve as a backdrop to this Robin Nelson-designed course, which
first opened in 1997 (with an odd 10 holes) and became an 18-hole course in 2003. It's
near Kukui Grove Shopping Center.
Lahela Ocean Adventures
FISHING
