General Guidelines: Camping in Kauai Forest Reserve Areas

• Permits are required to camp in forest reserve areas. In order to process a permit, full names of the campers, desired campsites and date requested are needed


• A Kauai Police Department emergency information from must be filled out. This will aide in notifying family and assist in the rescue efforts of any lost hikers or campers.


• Camping is only allowed at designated campsites.


• No commercial camping is allowed.


• Open fired are only allowed in agency-established fire rings. All other fires must be in a contain device (gas stove or Weber/hibachi grill.


• Please pack out what you pack in. Keep the areas clean.


• There are no potable water at any campsite. Any water collected from the streams must be treated before human consumption.


• All the campsites are equipped with a composting toilet system. However, the system is not managed on a regular basis in the remote campsites of Waimea Canyon and Waialae (bring your own personal hygiene supplies).