Kauai Beaches
Mahaulepu Beach
Poipu (Kauai)
HI
Update ListingSuggest Listing
Mahaulepu is the best-looking unspoiled beach in Kauai and possibly in the whole state. Its 2 miles of reddish-gold, grainy sand line the southeastern shore at the foot of 1,500-foot-high Haupu Ridge, just beyond the Hyatt Regency Poipu and the McBryde sugar cane fields, which end in sand dunes and a forest of casuarina trees. Almost untouched by modern life, Mahaulepu is a great escape from the real world. It's ideal for beachcombing and shell hunting, but swimming can be ri...
- Critic's rating
- LAT
Average User Ratings
- overall (1)
Attributes
Swimming: Risky, except in the reef-sheltered shallows 200 yards west of the sandy parking lot
Lifeguards: No
Restrooms: No
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice.
Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
Know something we don't? Update Listing
- Reader Reviews
Kauai's last best wild place?
Posted by chowhound from LA, CA on June 24, 2007
Amazing. Enough said. Enjoy it before developers 'improve' it....Bring your own everything, as wild beaches should be. For a bit of history, see http://www.malama-mahaulepu.org/
wherever it appears.