Day Twelve: Napali Coast Dinner Cruise

What a day! We drove to Port Allen to meet up with the Dolphin Tours cruise company. Once everyone showed up (3:00) we walked down to the boat, took our shoes off and put them in a huge box that they locked, and then boarded the catamaran. Similar to the boat from the snorkeling tour, this was a boat that had seats on the bow and underneath, but in addition, there was a third higher level that was great during sunset. 

It took about an hour to get to where the official Napali Coast starts. This first hour was beautiful, but the rainforest area of Napali, with the caves and waterfalls was the best! Josh took all those pics with his real camera since the iPhones just could not do it justice! Will share once ready. 

It was such a nice day out and the ride was an adventure, very choppy and most of us on the bow got wet. After we saw the coast, we turned around and headed back to catch the sunset near the harbor. During this time a buffet dinner was served. 

During this trip, we saw turtles surface in the water,  a seal on the beach and many flying fish. There were terns as well flying low along the water's surface.

The crew was very friendly and very knowledgeable. The cruise started at 3:00 and we got off the boat about 7:45. An awesome trip for our last full day here in Kauai!

Tomorrow we fly back to Oahu. We are staying there one night and flying out about 10:00 p.m. Hawaii time on Tuesday. It will be exhausting to fly through the night! Gak! Not looking forward to that or our vacation ending. I am looking forward to seeing Mojo and family. :-)