The "Ironwoods House," nestled among Ironwoods
Pines close to the sea, is also a 700 square foot
(+decks) cottage with open beam ceilings and wood
parquet floors. In fact, it is identical in design to the
Sea Grape House, but oppositely oriented, like right
and left hands.
The Ironwoods is raised on 10' pilings. It is right next
door to the Sea Grape House. The ocean view is
wonderful because the ocean is just a few feet away,
yet in the distance is Niihau Island.
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Ole loves to play Hawaiian slack-key guitar. Eileen loves
to cook. We both love to lay around and be lazy, so an
important feature is our hammock. You're welcome to
use it, but there is a lot to see on Kauai! Beaches. Rain
forests with waterfalls. A high altitude swamp in a crater.
Farmer's Markets. Mount Waialeale. Hanalei Bay.
Princeville, Poipu, and Kukuiolono Golf Courses. The Na
Pali Coast. Etc, etc, etc! When will you find the time to
lay around in the hammock?
It is very dark in Kekaha. There are few lights, so star and meteor
watching is often superb. Want to watch a satellite pass overhead? Just
lie still on a deck chair looking up after sunset!
Below is covered parking. In the yard is an
extra, outdoor shower and barbeque grill.
Under the stair is a shared wash machine.
We use a solar dryer (clothesline). There are
beach chairs, straw mats, an ice chest, and
beach toys. Eileen has taped a library of
3-star movies.
Wireless Internet access is free.
Kekaha village, on the sunny leeward side of
Kauai, is a small bedroom community at the
foot of Waimea Canyon. We are three miles
from the Waimea River, where Captain Cook
first landed in Hawaii in 1778 and where ruins
of an old Russian fort guard the rivermouth.
Two miles to the east is Waimea Town. Salt
Pond is 9 miles, Poipu hotels are a 30 minute
drive, and it's 45 minutes to the airport.

In the cool air up the inactive volcano behind us is Kokee State Park with
its Natural History Museum, 40 miles of hiking trails, waterfalls,
endangered species of birds and plants, including some of the last
endemic Hawaiian Rain Forest, and views of the Waimea Canyon and of
the Na Pali Coast 4,000 feet below.
There are few tourists here, but there are restaurants, grocery & liquor
stores, a post office, gas stations, video rentals, and a library in Waimea.
Having lived over 30 years in Hawaii, we can answer many questions you
may have, but after we greet you we will not invade your privacy.
Aloha,
Ole and Eileen
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Directly across the street waves crash on huge boulders. A few feet
to the east is a dark sand beach stretching about two miles to
Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor. A few feet to the west is a hidden
"pocket beach." About 200 yards to the west is perhaps the longest
uninterrupted white sand beach in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Also in
that direction is a "Keiki pool" tidepool, a beach park with a lifeguard
stand, Barking Sands, and Polihale State Park at the western tip of
the Na Pali Coast (The End of the Road).
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