I’ve been pining to come to this rental cottage for six years, and first rented it in 2018. But first the Big 50” Kauai Rain in 2018, then Covid in 2020-21, postponed those plans. I want to report after this wait that the cottage was even more than I’d hoped it would be. While we (most notably!) used it as a well-positioned base to complete the iconic Hanakapaiai Falls hike, kayak on the Hanalei River, visit four beaches, savor the Limahuli Gardens and hang out in Hanalei, we were never even tempted to leave the north shore of Kauai. Theviews and lushness of the trees, flowers and mountains from our own windows and on our patio (and from the hot tub!) enthralled us for 10 days.
We’d highly recommend picking up different fresh fish at the Dolphin Fish Mark in Hanalei (behind the Dolphin Restaurant) almost every day and cooking dinner at home on the grill.
The cottage was a perfect space for the two of us. I can’t emphasize enough how responsive both owner Jeffrey and hi