Take A Tour Of Blair Estate While Visiting Kauai

By Dean Prater


The island of Kauai is most likely one of the most underrated vacation locations in the US. Far less developed in comparison to the neighboring Oahu and Maui, Kauai is an unspoilt hidden treasure. In spite of its small size, Kauai delivers a wide range of landscapes. The venue provides beautiful shorelines, high rising cliffs, museums with intriguing artifacts and a creative blend of great food, music and hula. As well as amazing waterfalls, mountains, gardens and museums, this island also offers some unique opportunities for visitors. Such as:

A Tour of Blair Estate

Cigars and Coffee, just like wine, are things to be valued. At Kapaa, Kauai you'll be able to take a tour of Blair Estate and understand all about the operations, which eventually result in your favorite coffee or cigar. The lush estate is spread over 5 acres, which includes two acres of tobacco and 3 acres of coffee plantations. In accordance with an article in the Star Advertiser, the estate just recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. Here tourists get a one of a kind opportunity to look at everything, from the tending of coffee and tobacco plants all the way to the manufacturing of the final products.

The tour includes a walk through the organic farms during which tourists are presented details about harvesting coffee and processes of pulping, drying, fermenting, classifying and roasting coffee. Cigar buffs will like the next part of the tour during which tourists are given information about harvesting tobacco and the way leaves in different parts of the tobacco plant are used for different purposes in a cigar. Overall the tour is highly recommended for coffee and cigar aficionados.

Helicopter Ride over Kauai Region

If you're in an adventurous type of mood, you can take a helicopter ride for a bird's eye view of this exquisite place. A large part of the diverse landscape of this region is inaccessible and so the only method to discover these areas is thru a helicopter. The ride provides a close look at breathtaking canyons, waterfalls, valleys, mountains, shorelines as well as forested acres of the region. Typical features of many Kauai helicopter tours, that last for approximately one hour, include the famous Jurassic Park Falls, the Waimea Canyon, the Hanapepe Valley, the Menehune Fish Pond, the Hanalei Valley, the Wailua Falls, Mt. Waialeale, the Na Pali Coast and Nawlliwili Harbour. A number of companies also offer doors off helicopter tours, that not merely present stunning views, but also enable you to take some great photos. A helicopter ride over Kauai is definitely an experience you aren't likely to forget.

The island of Kauai also offers some fantastic lodging alternatives, which is necessary for an enjoyable vacation. If you are looking for a magnificent and relaxing place to stay with your family, you can choose a bluegreen vacation at Pono Kai Resort. The banana, papaya and palm trees, lush vegetable and herb gardens, as well as Japanese gardens at the resort instantly takes you to a tropical paradise. You can rest by the pool, take a stroll on the golden sands or soak yourselves in the aqua waters of the sea just a couple of steps away from the resort.




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