Karen Tilley, owner and lead guide

Kauai Eden Tours was started in 2010 by Karen Tilley to provide safe, fun and illuminating excursions for visitors and residents. She has been a forest and nature trail guide on Kauai for 21 years with a perfect safety record. Her eco-tour company leaves only footprints and strives to leave places better than when she found them.

 

Owner Background

Karen Tilley moved from Toronto to Kauai's northshore in 2000. She quickly became a Kauai Sierra Club Leader with a focus on beach clean ups, and plant identification.

She has been a lifelong student of herbal medicine and loves to share her knowledge and excitement of the plants and trees here on this tropical garden island.
 

Her select guides also share her love of Kauai and work to protect Kauai's natural resources through volunteerism and hands-on work.

 

Trivia

Karen's father is Alex Tilley, the inventor of the Tilley Hat and Tilley Endurables travel clothing brand. He’s a sailor, and world traveller.