Most Popular Hawaiian Wedding Locations
Known as "the Garden Isle", Kauai has a charming atmosphere and is surrounded by sparkling lily-white sand beaches, with dashes of romantic churches and chapels throughout the landscape, sea cliffs sculpted from majestic mountains in the background, calming waterways and falls flowing into the ocean, and verdant gardens filling the spaces in between. Each of these aspects has its own wealth of natural beauty that make for a perfect Hawaiian wedding location.
Here are a few of the most popular places that past brides, and bride magazines, have written favorable reviews about:
Beach Weddings
Kee Beach Hawaiian package deals have the cliffs of the Na Pali Coastline as a backdrop. These cliffs are known as the "Cathedrals" because of their unique sculpted arches, making them a truly apropos Hawaiian wedding location that makes for a sacred wedding day celebration.
The wedding party and guests follow a winding coral roadway down to Kawailoa Bay, a beach situated on the mild and beautiful Kauaiian South Shore. This rustic beach has access to platforms that overlook the cliffs below, and is a lovely Hawaiian wedding location for a secluded and intimate ceremony. The area closes by 6:30pm, and is therefore not available for any Kauai wedding package that includes sunset nuptials.
Hanalei Bay is also a famous wedding location. This beautiful beach has wide softly sloping beaches with surrounding mountains making the perfect backdrop for wedding pictures.
Church and Chapel Weddings
For those who have a more traditional Kauai wedding location in mind, there isn't a lovelier or more romantic Kauai wedding location than the Wai'oli Hui'ia Church. Founded in 1834, this peaceful chapel, with stained glass windows and classic rich hardwood pews, sits in the heart of Hanalei surrounded by waterfalls. This quaint little church, complete with reverberating acoustics, is perfect for couples wanting a private ceremony with just the bride, groom, and minister.
Cliffside Weddings
Stone paths, lined by exotic tropical flowers, wander through the beautiful Moana Mele garden estate, and lead to a cliff-top vantage point that overlooks the sea. This gorgeous, and very private, site is well reported on by contented former brides who have used the estate for their Hawaiian wedding location ceremony. One such bride stated, "Once I walked into Moana Mele, I knew it was the place for the wedding." A local wedding coordinator is required, and several Hawaii wedding packages are available to interested couples.
Waterfall and Waterway Weddings
Situated on the North Coast of Kauai, the 40-foot Kalihiwai Valley Waterfall is shaded by a banyan canopy and flows along 30 acres of private land that is only accessible by 4-wheel drive. A lava rock wall, and the flora that cover it, that the falls flow over, and around, only add to the placid atmosphere of this cloistered environment. For the couple who is looking for a little adventure that ends in a serene and tranquil "I do," this is their perfect Hawaiian wedding location.
Garden Weddings
Meaning "Lands by the Sea" in Hawaiian, Na ‘Aina Kai is a unique and ever evolving member of the world's botanical garden community. Many of the plants and flowers found in the mosaic of their 13 gardens are endemic to Kauai; they are found nowhere else on earth. In among these gardens that are speckled in among a plantation, fern draped canyon, sparkling sandy beach, and in between a meadow and turquoise waters of the Pacific, are over 70 bronze sculptures. This richly unique variety gives you many options to choose from when choosing the perfect Hawaiian wedding package with the help of a local wedding coordinator.
Resort Weddings
With three outdoor venues to choose from, the Sheraton Kauai Resort is a Hawaiian wedding location that makes sure that your ceremony goes without a hitch. The ocean wing gets rave review, due to the fact that it overlooks the ocean spray as the waves crash into the rocks below. There are three available Kauai wedding packages that facilitate preparations, and allow the happy couple to enjoy their friends, family, and wedding ceremony.
Hawaii Wedding Packages
These, and other, Hawaiian wedding locations are generally available in customizable Kauai wedding packages. These packages typically offer a basic deal that includes the minister (or wedding officiant), the ceremony location, petals to be scattered during the ceremony, a Lei for the bride and groom, marriage license, unlimited phone consultations and e-mails, make-up and hair salon appointments, and a keepsake Hawaiian Wedding Certificate.
Other options can be added, at a slight additional charge, to adjust the wedding package, ensuring that each ceremony becomes just what the couple has dreamed their wedding would be!
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