National Post - Financial Post Magazine
KAUAI, HAWAII
Known as the Garden Island for its lush flora, Kauai, Hawaii’s fourth-largest island, boasts towering sea cliffs, deep canyons and miles of white sand beaches.
The Treatment Uniquely Hawaiian rejuvenating treatments for the mind, body and spirit abound, including the Lomi-Lomi massage — meaning “loving hands” and derived from ancient Polynesians and master healers of Hawaii — on offer at Kauai Lomi Lomi, Touch Kauai and Angeline’s Kauai Lomi Lomi. At Grand Hyatt Kauai’s Anara Spa, the island’s largest spa, there’s an open-air fitness and yoga room, outdoor lava rock showers, meditation lounge and float pod, while massage treatments include Pohaku (heated stones), Anara (encouraging balance and a sense of lokahi, or harmony) and Lomi-Lomi.
Supplementary There is no shortage of outdoor activities in the most tranquil of tropical settings, from mountain tubing down a former sugar cane culvert and horseback riding complete with waterfall-side picnic, to surfing, hiking, yoga and golf.