One thing that I found amazing is how
varied the island's landscape is. After all Kauai is a
small island and still it has beach, mountain, rain forest,
plains and even rivers - four of them and a number of streams.
Wailua is one of them and it's a good spot for kayak trips.
It's very scenic, and together with the little kayaks you
can see large boats that are taking people to see the Fern
Grotto. The Fern Grotto is a natural amphitheater filled with
ferns and is worth taking a visit there even though I read
somewhere that the 1982 hurricane Iwa ripped many of the
ferns.