Makana Charters

Becca and I were really excited today to go on our snorkeling trip. We found this really cool company that is owned and operated by locals. Captain Mike and Joshua were both born and raised on the island and are proud of it. Mikes great-grand father was among the last to leave the "old school" way of life in Kauai and join the "regular" way of life as we call it. We knew it was going to be a fun trip. When someone asked if the water was going to be calm today, Joshua said with a grin "We don't call it rough, we call it exciting". Their amazing stories and knowledge of the history was something that you can't buy on any tour. We left from Port Allen on the south side of the island and went up the West coast. We passed the military base with a bunch of silos with who knows what in them:) Mike even took us into places that only his boat can go. We saw the beaches that everyone uses in there movies and tons more. There was so much to see. They knew everything there was to know about Kauai. Someone on our trip asked, "How do you know so much?" and both of there responses were, "We were born and raised here Bro". Our tour all in all was 5hrs long. It was about 2hrs up- 30mins snorkeling- 30mins eating- and 2hrs back. We didn’t take very many pics with the digital while we were moving. We bought an underwater camera that we took more pictures with. When we get home we'll scan them in and put them up online. I(BJ) did get a little sea sick once I got back on the boat from snorkeling. It was only because the boat was rocking. When we got moving again I felt a lot better but sitting still in the water was not good for me. We cant wait to see the underwater pics!!!