Sleeping Giant — Attraction in Kauai

First, there are three trail options. Apparently many of the comments are about the west trail (not as steep, not as long, no crazy bouldering). We did the east trail, because we didn’t know there were three and were very confused about how much more difficult it was compared to the comments. However, we did do it and the views are well worth the effort. If you take the east trail our advice is schedule 3 hours, bring poles for the hike down, make sure you have enough water and snacks, it is a constant ascent, there are sections where you are crawling up rocks. Keep going until you see the shelter and picnic tables then continue to the summit. I am in my late 60s, my daughter is late 30s, both of us are moderately active and did it by going slowly and...

PLEASE don’t leave trash on the trail. It sucks to see such a beautiful place disrespected like that. If you also think littering sucks, bring a bag and pick up ANYTHING you see that doesn’t belong there. But besides that - incredible hike! Unbelievable 360 views at the top and beautiful views through out the hike as well. 2 miles up and took us about 1 hour, longer if you’re stopping to take pics which I’m sure you’ll want to do. I’d definitely wear good boots and if you want those 360 views at the end, be prepared to climb straight up some rocks. For that part, keep going up past the picnic tables and I would not bring kids for...

This was an AMAZING hike. I went with my mom, and it took us 1 hour up to get to the very top, and 1 hour back down, so it’s a solid 2 hour hike round trip. There is some minor bouldering/ rock scrambling but that’s only if you want to go past the bench area to the two higher up viewpoints (it’s definitely worth the scramble). You get to see TWO full 360 degree viewpoints, it is GORGEOUS! I definitely recommend...