Hiking the Hawaiian Islands: A Guide to 72 of the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures, Paperback

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.

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.