We missed our flight from Maui to Kauai, which meant missing our booked open-door helicopter flight over the Nāpali Coast. We were fortunate to capture a cancelled flight on the next day. The day we were supposed to take the helicopter, it rained heavily. The day we jumped on the helicopter was sunny, and all the waterfalls flowed at total capacity from the previous downpour. Near the end of the flight, the pilot took the chopper right into the center of the dormant Kauai volcano. He then spun the helicopter around, and we were in awe of all the waterfalls flowing down the nearly vertical three-quarter-circle wall of the caldera. It was truly a spectacular sight to witness.
Dan & Joyce bording the Open Door Chopper
Napali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
Waterfalls on the Nāpali Coast
Kauai
Kauai Island
Nāpali Coast
Kauai Island
Nāpali Coast, Kauai
Kauai, Hawaii
Nāpali Coast Beach
Nāpali Coast, Kauai
Hawaii
Napalm cliffs
Nāpali Coast, Kauai
Waimea Canyon meets the Ocean
Nāpali Coast
Waimea Canyon
Nāpali Coast
Waimea Canyon
Nāpali Coast
Waimea Canyon
Nāpali Coast
Waimea Canyon
Nāpali Coast
Waterfalls on the Napali Coast, Kauai
Nāpali Coast
Kauai
Nāpali Coast
Kauai, Hawaii
Nāpali Coast
Nāpali Coast Beach
Kauai, Hawaii
Nāpali Coast
Nāpali Coast
Napalm cliffs along the Kauai Coast
Nāpali Coast
Kauai Beach
Nāpali Coast
Nāpali Coast Beach
Kauai Beach
Nāpali Coast
Kauai Beach on the Napali Coast
Nāpali Coast
Kauai Island
Nāpali Coast
Lighthouse near the Nāpali Coast
Nāpali Coast
Taro Fields in Kauai
Hawaii
Napalm cliffs
Nāpali Coast
Napalm cliffs
Nāpali Coast
Waimea Canyon meets the Napali Coast
Nāpali Coast
Nāpali Coast
Waterfalls
Nāpali Coast
Caves on Kauai
Waterfalls
Nāpali Coast
Kauai, Hawaii
Kauai Beach on the Napali Coast
Nāpali Coast
Kauai, Hawaii
Nāpali Coast
Summit Caldera of the Kauai Dormant Volcano
Waterfalls at their Peak
Summit Caldera of the Kauai Dormant Volcano
Last Eruption was in the Pleistocene Era
Summit Caldera of the Kauai Dormant Volcano
Large Pliocene debris avalanches extended to the north and south
Summit Caldera of the Kauai Dormant Volcano
Napali Coast
Summit Caldera of the Kauai Dormant Volcano
Large Pliocene debris avalanches extended to the north and south