Blog Posts

Aloha and Mahalo: Our October Kauai Conference is Officially Sold Out

The response to this year’s VETS Kauai 2026 Seminars has been absolutely phenomenal. We have officially reached capacity for our upcoming October meeting on the Garden Isle of Kauai, marking a record-breaking attendance milestone for our continuing education programs. A massive thank you to the veterinary community for your overwhelming enthusiasm and commitment to growing […]

Kaua’i, The Garden Isle

Kauai the garden isle

Kaua’I is the wettest of the Hawaiian Islands and is in the form of circle.    The Island can be divided into four areas using a clock face and time to define each area. The North shore goes from about eleven to one o’clock and is green, wet and beautiful. It starts around the town […]

Kauai ATV Waterfall Tour

Picturesque view of Hawaii island

A guided tour taking about four hours and covering 23 miles of back roads and trails through tunnels, forests and farm/range lands.  Includes visits to a waterfall along with beautiful landscapes where parts of Hollywood productions including Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, Seven Days and Seven Nights, among others, were filmed. Wear a swimsuit […]

Na Pali Adventures with Cap’n Andy

Jagged hills from catamaran at the dramatic Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii Islands.

This amazing adventure involving the Na Pali coastline is a possible excursion options for your pleasure.  o   A dinner sunset sail using a sail or motor boat Cap’n Andy, our operator, has provided excursions for our meetings for many years and has been selected based on the quality of his people and equipment, safety, quality of […]

Waimea Canyon State Park– Grand Canyon of the Pacific

Landscape view of Waimea canyon at sunrise, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

During our “free day” of the conference, we decided to make the drive over to Waimea Canyon. It was a scenic drive on good roads.  As we left the east side of Kauai and drove west toward the park, clouds seemed to loom overhead. We vowed not to be beaten by the weather, even though we […]

Koloa Zip Line

“Holy Zip!!” This is a great course for both the novice and the experienced “zipper”.  The equipment is excellent, the guides are well trained and they provide a very useful “ground school” at the starting point.  I appreciated the attention to safety, the excellent launching and landing platforms and the unique options to match your […]

Just Horsing Around (on the Big Island)

A whimsical blog by Don Klingborg, DVM (with superb editing by Sophie Klingborg) Q.  When is a horse not a horse?        Answer: When it’s a fish!. One of the photos above is of a horse (Genus Equidae) (in this case named “California Chrome”) and the other is a seahorse (Genus Hippocampinae) (in […]