Kauai West Shore - Waimea

Island of Kauai

What to See - Hanapepe

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Hanapepe Walking Tour. Hanapepe has a very rich history that you can explore on your own. What’s great about going on your own is that you can either get through the tour in an hour or you can make a full day of it.

Quite a number of buildings (43 to be exact) in Hanapepe qualify to be listed on State and National Registers of Historic Places, assuming they are at least 50 years old, have a tie with significant historical events or people and have high artistic values or display the distinctive characteristics of a
type, period or method of construction.

You can purchase the Historic Hanapepe Walking Tour Map for $2 at most shops in town, including Banana Patch Studio, Talk Story Bookstore, Dawn Traina Gallery and Arius Hopman Gallery. You can pick up a Historic Hanapepe Walking Tour rack card (you should be able to locate them on
the racks next to baggage claim). These cards contain information about the tour and entitle you to a free map at shops in Hanapepe that sell them.

If you’re going to spend the day here, the best time would be Fridays, while business are open and setting up shop for the Friday Art Night. Sunday is the worst day to go as most of the shops are closed. It’s like being in an abandoned Western ghost town.

For more information about the walking tour, call the Hanapepe Economic Alliance at 808-335-5944 or visit their website www.kauai.net/hanapepe.

Hanapepe Valley Lookout, suspended bridge. Walk over this bridge for a great view of the river. You can’t help but feel you’re in an Indiana Jones movie when you cross this bridge. It’s pretty narrow, and yes it does swing when you’re walking across it. There are fantastic views of the Hanapepe River and Hanapepe Valley. Don’t wander off when you get to the other side of the bridge. You’re actually entering residential backyards, so it’s best that you make your way back to town.
Photo Hanapepe Valley & Makawele River

Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji, 1-3500 Kaumauli’i Highway Hanapepe, 808-335-3521. Open to the public. This Buddhist Temple is quite exotic, with intricate statues and altars in and around the temple. Buddhism was brought to the Hawaiian islands when Japanese immigrants came to work in the sugar fields. They brought their beliefs and built many temples throughout the island.

Robinson Family Adventures Visitor Center and Museum, 335-2824, Highway 50 at Kaumakani, mile marker 19, half-way between Hanapepe and Waimea. Mon- day-Friday from 8 am-4 pm and Saturday 11 am-3 pm. Free admission. wwwgandrtours-kauai.com. Along the way to Waimea, be sure to stop by Gay & Robinson’s Sugar Plantation Visitor Center. This is Kaua`i’s only remaining working sugar plantation. There are lots of photo albums and other artifacts on display that depict plantation life. Check out all facets of a working plantation, from cultivation, irrigation, harvesting, to laboratory analysis and factory operations. Daily guided tours are held at 8:45am and 12:45 pm.

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