[1] Honopū Valley and Beach sit along the northwest shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, on the Na Pali coast.

[3] As the valley is hidden and isolated, it is believed to be spiritual: it is a place of temples and burial grounds, and the source of multiple Hawaiian legends and myths.

[4] In 1983, 3 people from a sailboat while climbing up the arch discovered a skeleton while exploring the valley that led to the source of waterfall that fell on the beach.

[5] The land on Honopū Valley is highly fertile; a castaway could survive there simply on the large amount of wild fruit, such as guavas and grapefruit, that grows along its coast.

[8] Producer Dino De Laurentiis, however, was so pleased with Hawaii that he decided to film all the beach scenes at Honopū and Kalalau Valley.

The producers and production crew of King Kong were told that Honopū Valley was uninhabited, but on the day that they arrived to start filming, they were shocked to find honeymooners on the beach.

[11] Other Hollywood movies filmed in Honopū Valley include Honeymoon in Vegas, Acapulco Gold, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[citation needed] More recently the beach and surrounding scenery were used as location for the fourth in the Pirates of the Caribbean series of movies, On Stranger Tides (2011).