Na Pali 12 mile hike - Part I

If you follow the main road Highway 56/560 northward it ends at one of the most amazing snorkel areas on Kauai - Ke 'e beach. Normally this beach is full of people in the water and all over the beach. I came here at 7:30 am to take this picture looking across the beach and down the Na Pali coastline. The northside of the Kauai island broke off and slid into the sea 100,000's of years ago creating the dramatic cliff faces of the Na Pali coast. There is a famous 11 mile hike to Kalalau valley which is beyond the last protruding cliff face in the horizon.