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June 11, 2017
It's time to end the upkeep of this information as businesses continue to open and close on an almost weekly basis. Since its creation in the mid-1990's, online searching is more current and abundant. I've also moved on to new pursuits and have not been able to canvas the town to keep this page constantly new. Mahalo for 20 years of "checking me out!"
Kapaa is a fairly small town even though it's in Kawaihau, one of the largest districts on Kauai. Kawaihau has one third of Kauai's 70,000 population. And as little as Kapaa is, it's quite full of many small businesses and shops catering to visitors and locals. You can also use the Kauai County Bus to go to most areas of Kauai if you don't have a car.
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The beach is only a
block or two away from the highway! Kapaa
Beach is usually quiet, calm and never crowded. It faces east so you'll
get to see a beautiful sunrise if you're up
early. Since 2009, there's an absolutely wonderful pedestrian and bicycle
path along this shore that takes you from across the Safeway Store area north
past Kapaa Beach Park and the Kapaa Library. Continue on this wide concrete
path across Moikeha Canal to the Kapaa Neighborhood Center, the County swimming
pool and out of Kapaa Town past Kealia Beach along beautiful, pristine shorelines
all the way to Donkey Beach and Kuna Bay for a total of 5 miles. For more
info, visit www.KauaiPath.org, the organization promoting more paths
throughout Kauai. If you're
adventurous, you could continue bicycling further north through old cane field
roads all the way to Anahola Beach Park! The latter is truly off-road
through bumpy gravel sections and dirt trails overgrown with thick cattle grass
and bushes. A southern section of the path was completed between Coconut
Marketplace heading south another couple miles across Wailua River all the way to
Lydgate Park, which also has more than 2 miles of multi-use paths.
