Shorebirds migrate through Kaua’i each year, creating a spectacle for bird lovers. The most dramatic (and educational) place to see shearwaters, red-footed boobies, nenes, great frigates, and the great Laysan albatross is Kilauea Point. Just the walk out to the windswept point, passing cliffs housing mating birds swooping into the brilliant sea is enough for most visitors. However, it is...

As if on demand, water shoots through an emerged lava tube 25-60 feet into the air (depending on surf conditions—high tide is best), creating a sound like a large groan right before it spouts. Spouting Horn was created by waves that cut through soft lava rock layers to make a hole in the harder layer. Today you can see where...