Kauai Trails: Walks, Strolls and Treks on the Garden Island (Paperback)

by Kathy Morey (Author)
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Product Description
The most popular of the Hawaiian islands for backpacking and hiking. Explore miles of seldom-trod trails through areas of magnificent natural beauty: immense waterfalls, untrammeled golden beaches, dense banks of ferns dotted with wild orchids, and more. Dayhikes and backpacks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: Wilderness Pr; 2nd edition (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899972144
• ISBN-13: 978-0899972145
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #255,887 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book - but here's an update!, October 27, 1998

By	Keith Evans (Santa Rosa, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is easily the best Kaua'i hiking book - buy it if you intend to do any hiking on Kaua'i. A small nit, the information on the Alaka'i Swamp Trail is out of date. This trail is now boardwalk right through to it's end at the Kilohana lookout (an amazing feat of engineering!). Far from being the endless slog through inhospitable "telephone pole bogs", this hike is now a snap, rewarded by an awesome view of the whole NE quadrant of the island from the edge of the Wainiha Pali (weather permitting!).

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential book for First Time Kauai Hikers, July 22, 2000

By	MARC STEIN & JENNIFER STEIN (NORTHRIDGE, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This book was very helpful as we used it during our first stay on Kauai. We have two young children, and we found the Hiking Table very useful to easily locate hikes we could bring our kids on. We felt that we saw alot more of the island using these hikes then we would have with other guide books.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good information but not well organized, September 3, 1998

By A Customer

Has good detailed hiking information, but not well organized. Book is essentially a list of trails. Trails in same area tend to be grouped, but there is no real breakdown by area to give a better idea of choices and how hike routes could be put together by combining connecting trails or to help choose hikes by by area. The information is there, but you have to work to sort through it and make your actual plan. Improves upon a key flaw of Robert Smith book(s) which is poor directions to finding hike starting points (except where does things like tells you to refer to #92, and #92 then refers to #85), but would recommend it more as a supplement than a substitute.