Top Trails: Maui: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone
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Publishing Details
Top Trails: Maui: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone
By (Author) Sara Benson
Wilderness Press
Wilderness Press
10th May 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Walking, hiking, trekking
919.69210442
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
340g
Description
Whatever youre looking for today, theres a trail for you on Maui.
In the latest title in the award-winning Top Trails series, author Sara Benson covers the best hiking trails on this Hawaiian island. Top Trails: Maui presents 37 premier day-hikes and overnight backpacking trips suited to all levels of ability and interests in west Maui, central/south Maui, east Maui/upcountry, and Haleakala National Park. All of the trails offer scenic beauty and ease of access for hikers. Some of the hiking trails described here are popular with both locals and visitors, while others remain local secrets. All trails are within a two-hour drive from virtually any point on the island. With the Top Trails winning formula of easy-to-follow maps for every hike, trail-feature charts, feature icons, "don't get lost" trail milestones, and GPS waypoints, travelers can easily identify the right trail for their interests, abilities, and available time.
Reviews
"There are loads of helpful details for hiking in Maui, all of which are well organized and easy to find!" —Paradise-Found-in-Maui.com, February 2011
Author Bio
Sara Benson is a prolific travel journalist whose career has taken her skipping across the Pacific from California to Japan and back, including stints living on Maui, the Big Island of Hawaii, and Oahu. Her first backpacking experience in Hawaii was at Haleakala National Park on Maui, to which she has returned countless times over the last 15 years. Sara has worked as a national park ranger and is an avid hiker everywhere she travels. For this guide, she rehiked every trail on Maui described in this book, racking up well more than 100 miles on all types of terrain, from jagged lava flows and cinder deserts to misty cloud forests and muddy waterfall paths. Sara is the author of dozens of travel and outdoor activity guidebooks, including for Lonely Planet and Fodors. She has traveled to every continent except Antarctica and has visited over 30 countries. Her writing regularly appears in newspapers and magazines around the world, including the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Backpacker, as well as on popular travel and news websites.
