KAYAK TRIP January 25,2006

We went on a guided kayak tour along the Pali coast of Maui to celebrate Gwen's birthday. On this trip we started at Papalaula Beach park, which is across the road from the Pali Trail head on the Lahaina side. (See previous entry) and kayaked south along the pali coast, visiting a couple of coves to snorkel, including the Coral Gardens cove. We saw lots of humpack whales, some of them came well within 100 yards of our group, we had to hold position and yield to the whales. Some even went swimming right were we had been snorkeling not two minutes before. The most pleasant susprise of this trip was that we were able to clearly hear the whales singing while we were snorkeling. Also, our tour guide dove down on the reef and pulled a small octopus out of the water, which he placed in our arms.

View of West Maui Mountains.

Another pair of Kayakers on our tour, watching the whales.

Another view of the West Maui Mountains.

The tour started at 7:00 AM and ended about 11:30 AM. Our Kayak tour company was South Pacific Kayaks, they also provided lunch. We were satisfied with their service.

Aloha.