Customer Reviews

Kauai - Mile by Mile Guide: The Best of the Garden Isle

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Used the book to tour and sightsee the entire island with ease. The descriptions are very accommodating, thorough and the photographs are exceptional. We were able to experience some of the recommend hiking in the guide as well, something we had not previously planned on doing due to time constraints; but it was well worth it and was one of our favorite activities on our trip. Best part of the book was the top spots chapter. Allowed us to quickly ID which spots were worth visiting during our 4 days on the island and which were best saved for another trip. I would highly recommend this guide to any Kauai visitor.

I understand that it's difficult to top The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook, but this book reads like whole passages were lifted from that much better volume. What appears to be original reads like it was written by 15-year-olds, and is mostly just naive drivel. Don't waste your time or money.

Kauai is a beautiful island and words alone aren't enough to convey this. As such, any book on Kauai needs great pictures to complete the message. Unfortunately, this book contains black and white, low-resolution pictures. In some cases, you can hardly make out the object of the picture.

The poor quality of the pictures earns it poor ratings. The words may be fine, but words alone aren't enough in a book about Kauai.

Hesitant to buy the book due to some reviews - we were pleased to find the guide is quite resourceful in visiting Kauai. The location coverage was very good and the planning chapters were quite helpful. The authors seem very sincere and clearly love the island. I'd recommend the book to others.

How can one turn beautiful, green, lush Kawai into boredom? Look at this book. The pictures are black and white, blurry, muddy (lack contrast), and appear to be dark grey holes in the page. Honestly I can't even start to read the text as the photo illustrations are so distracting.

I purchased and used their Maui book last year and was very pleased with it. The organization that I loved so much about that book they also used in this one. And personally I think this Kauai book really blows away the competition; it's fantastic. The itineraries section was incredibly helpful for our trip, and as usual their photography are phenomenal. Another excellent guide by the Derrick's and a must have for Kauai travelers.

The book i received has the Kauai Mile by Mile cover, but the contents are "Embarking on the Mariposa Trail"

I bought every book available to prepare for our 10 day trip to Kauai but this was one of the three I brought with me to the island itself. This mile by mile breakdown of the sights to be seen is an excellant resource and accompanied us everywhere we went. It is really more like a personal travel log written by the Derrick's for freinds and family then an offical travel guide and I found this very refreshing. The directions were supreb and very accurate and helped us find many out of the way places and reduced wasted time spent getting lost! It does have black and white pictures but who cares when you are here seeing the real McCoy? No travel guide is the be all of guides but with this one in our arsenal we were well prepared to have the best timepossible. Highly recommneded!!