Feeling Like Her Royal Cat Lady-ness at Kauai's Queen's Bath - Makeup and Beauty Blog
These secluded, ancient pools were reserved for Hawaiian royalty way back when. Now the ocean turtles run the bear witness, and they're doing a keen job. This has been my favorite sight and then far on this trip!
"Queen'south Bath is actually a large puddle the size of several swimming pools carved by nature into a lava shelf with an inlet from the sea for fresh seawater to menses… If the surf is likewise high, you would never recognize this place as anything special. But during at-home seas, Queen's Bath is a marvelous puddle to swim in. Fish get in through the inlet, making it all the more charming. (Bring your mask; no fins needed.) Information technology's a swell place to have your underwater camera."
— The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed, 8th Edition
It's kind of a expedition to reach, both considering of the parking (VERY limited. We double-parked for 20 minutes to look for someone to exit the tiny parking lot.) and the tricky 10-minute hike across wet, slippery lava rocks. Having your hands costless helps with scrambling over the rocks. We basically left everything in the trunk of the motorcar (shh) except for a camera and snorkeling mask.
As well, wear booties/h2o shoes — or anything with good grip like Tevas — if you can. Climbing over the rocks (and you will practice a bit of climbing) is tougher in flip-flops. You could do it in flip-flops because I did see some people wearing them, but y'all'll probably experience more comfortable in better footwear. There was a gal hiking in front end of me wearing flip-flops, and she tripped a couple of times.
There are at to the lowest degree four split pools/inlets, all pretty close to each other. The first i has a spectacular waterfall fed by a nearby stream that empties right over the edge into the ocean.
The ocean was a piddling as well rough to swim at the get-go pool considering the tide was rising, and this puddle is completely open to the body of water — not enclosed like the third pool — so I was happy to just end and admire it from in a higher place.
The second pool was as well a footling too rough for me, so I opted out, only the bounding main turtles certainly weren't daunted by the waves (run into the infant on the right?).
The third and fourth pools were perfect and temporarily cutting off from the ocean.
Colorful fish get trapped in the pools during high tide and merely chill in that location for a while, then if y'all want, you can bring a mask and snorkel to look effectually…
If the pools are crowded (they are in the guidebooks, after all), you'll also meet some arms, legs and butts, so stick to the rocky edges, where the fish hang out, for the best snorkeling views.
And it's not just for teens and adults. We saw quite a few families with children, too, mostly kids 8 and up because of the hike. Then MUCH FUN!
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