Kauai, Hawaii: A birthday celebration tour of Na Pali Coast

I'd dreamed of visiting Hawaii ever since I used to watch Elvis movies as a kid. So, when my brother invited us to celebrate his birthday with him and his wife on Kauai island, I couldn't have been more excited. One of the highlights of our Hawaiian holiday was a catamaran tour along the Na Pali coast, a key filming location for several Jurassic Park instalments. We marvelled at soaring, wave-like cliffs, waterfalls and arches etched into the rockface before arriving at an islet populated by Hawaiian monk seals. Endemic to the Hawaiian island archipelago, they're an endangered species; only around 1,570 remain. They might look cute but, like any wild animal, don't even think about approaching them. We went for a reef snorkel off the islet and spotted dozens of different species of tropical fish, including the unusual Squaretail Filefish and Lemonpeel Angelfish. As I was filming one seal that was hanging out close the edge of the island, exclusively populated with males, another seal appeared and attacked him, potentially to claim his turf; who knows. But I knew better than to hang around. I slowly moved back towards the boat, keeping an eye on both seals. In this video, I zoomed in for a better shot, so it looks like I was much closer to them than I actually was.
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