Synopses & Reviews
The Hawaiian islands offer more than high-end resorts, luaus, and hula dancers. This state's vast reaches of undeveloped land are ripe for outdoor experiences, from seaside strolls to more challenging adventures along rugged mountains, past waterfalls and volcanoes, and even through deserts and swamps. Describing fifteen to twenty hikes on each of the four main islands, this guidebook covers the best of the best, with a range of hikes to suit all tastes and hiking abilities.
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Hikes suited to every ability
Directions to the trailheads
Comprehensive trail descriptions with mile-by-mile directional cues
GPS coordinates
Difficulty ratings, average hiking times, and best hiking seasons for every featured hike
Information on fees and permits, contacts, zero impact hiking, canine compatibility, flora and fauna, the state's history, how to speak Hawaiian, and more
Synopsis
Hawaii is more than high-end resorts, luaus, and hula dancers. Its vast reaches of undeveloped land--from wonderful seaside hikes to more challenging adventures along rugged mountains, past waterfalls and volcanoes, and even throughdeserts and swamps--are ripe for outdoor experiences. Describing fifteen to twenty hikes on each of the state's four main islands, this guidebook covers the best of the best, with a range of hikes to suit all tastes and hiking abilities.
Synopsis
A guide to 72 of the state's greatest hiking adventures covering the best of the best, with a range of hikes to suit all tastes and hiking abilities.
About the Author
Suzanne Swedo is the director of W.I.L.D. (www.wildswedo.com), which offers a variety of natural history events and expeditions around the world, and she has led groups into the Hawaiian wilderness for over twenty-five years. She is the author of the FalconGuides Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite National Park, Hiking Yosemite National Park, Hiking California’s Golden Trout Wilderness, Adventure Travel Tips, and Wilderness Survival.