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Owned by Kate Enoka, a previous manager at Nihi Kai Villas. The Bright Side Gallery – Carefree fine art. Many local artists set up kiosks to show their work and local performers play Hawaiian music in the streets.Īloha Spice Company – Seasonings and rubs made on Kauai in small batches. There are more than fifteen galleries and stores that stay open late on Fridays including restaurants and food trucks. Kauai Movie Trivia: Hanapepe was also the inspiration for the hometown in Disney’s Lilo and Stich and featured in the TV miniseries, The Thorn Birds. This quaint community offers a glimpse into an era long gone with weathered storefronts that are now housing art galleries, antiques, gift shops, clothing stores, restaurants, books and a coffee bar. Watch our Kauai video above and see the charm that awaits you. Also not to be missed is the Hanapepe Swinging Bridge which is a fun activity for all ages. It has been an island tradition for over 20 years.

Promo Collection – Current Special Rates & Dealsĭrive 15 miles west from our Kauai vacation rentals at Poipu Beach to Hanapape for Art Night every Friday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.

Athletic fields in the park are well used by community sports leagues. The beach fronting the park is wide and sandy, providing good conditions for sunbathing and swimming. The Waimanalo Sugar Plantation, established in 1878 by John Cummins, a wealthy part-Hawaiian nobleman, closed in 1947. Interisland steamers and other ships that circled the island used the landing while visiting O’ahu’s sugar plantations and rural communities. The park was the site of the former Waimanalo Landing, which was located at the intersection of Huli Street and Kalaniana’ole Highway. Waimanalo Beach Park, a thirty-eight acre park, was set aside for public use by presidential Executive Order in April 1921. The big trees that grew in those days died because the roots could not get moisture. The sugar cane, ti and wauke plants were destroyed.

The taro patches that were neatly built in the time when chiefs ruled over the people and the land were broken up. the whole ahupuaa of Waimanalo was leased to white men except the native kuleanas and because the cattle wandered over them, they were compelled to build fences for protection. Grass houses occupied the dry lands, a hundred of them here, and sweet potatoes and sugar cane were much grown. There were taro patches, with banks covered with ti and wauke plants.

At that time, it seemed that the valley was filled with breadfruit, mountain apples, kukui, and coconut trees.