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Kauai is Home to Some of the
Rarests Species on Earth

You would expect that the Garden Isle would offer a cornucopia of flora and fauna. You would also anticipate the opportunity to see a variety of unique and distinctive animals and birds on a tropical island. Kauai delivers on both counts and easily surpasses expectations.

Kauai's glorious weather provides the just right amount of sun and rain to nurture kiawe trees, blackberries, java plum, guava, eucalyptus, bamboo, sandalwood, pineapple, and sugarcane, to name just a few. One of Kauai's specialties is the indigenous mokihana vine and berry, found only on the island. Other great finds include orchids, coconut palms, plumeria, hibiscus and other tropical plants throughout the island, with its arid to lush climate enhancing the beauty and fragrance of Kauai's flowers and vegetation.

Native birds include the iwi and the State bird, the nene goose; other birds on the island are doves, cardinals, egrets, and numerous others. You will also see the occasional rooster along the way.

Marine life is incredible -- dolphins, monk seals, sea turtles, reef fish, coral reefs, whales, and so much more. Reef fish you may see are the bandit angelfish, knifejaw, and the whiskered armorhead -- and the nearly impossible to pronounce humuhumunukunukuapuaa.