Hawaii The Big Island Trailblazer: Where to hike, snorkel, surf, bike, drive | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jerry Sprout, Janine Sprout
Publisher: Diamond Valley Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 22028
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0967007259
Dewey Decimal Number: 919.69104
EAN: 9780967007250
ASIN: 0967007259
Publication Date: September 28, 2007
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Product Description
A guide for families and outdoor adventurers alike, the new and completely revised 2007 Trailblazer takes you to all of the Big Island's famous attractions, as well as its hidden spots. Nearly twice the size of the rest of Hawaii combined, the Big Island presents a challenge to adventure travelers with limited time. Trailblazer comes to the rescue with its trademark organization and clear directions for . . . 156 hikes and strolls: the peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, the shores of Waipio Valley and Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, rain forests and tropical gardens, waterfalls, petroglyph fields, and the Kona Coast
75 snorkeling and swimming spots including remote hike-to specials
39 surfing spots: boards, bodyboarding, and body surfing
24 bike trails for adventure cyclists: mountain, coastal, forest, pasture
25 campgrounds and rustic cabin hideaways Hawaii the Big Island Trailblazer also includes . . . 9 maps and more than 200 photographs
A Trailblazer Kids section for adventuring famiies
A Best Of section that lets you pick the right activity for the right day
Resource Links with hand-picked accommodations and restaurants,recreational outfitters, transportation, and visitor information
Hawaiian culture and history
Museums, attractions and shopping
Driving tours to the Parker Ranch and Kohala Coast, Hilo and the Heritage Coast, and Kona coffee country
Safety tips and trip-planning advice
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Two island standouts January 8, 2009
Over the years we've used many of the Hawaiian guidebooks. Maui was always the island we favored. We decided to mix it up this year and explore Oahu and the Big Island of Hawaii and bought several books to fill in the blanks. By far the Trailblazer books were the most thorough with way more activities than all the others.
The authors have rated their favorite places in a Best Of section that we always turned to first. We'd then proceed to their map page to get oriented and then go straight to the directions how to get there. Plenty of photos capture each destination and we carefully followed their full trail descriptions. The format is identical in both books and designed for first timers like us. We read it in spurts and planned each day around the weather. Not having a set itinerary we could be more spontaneous.
The books are freeing and infused with enthusiasm but don't go overboard with opinion. These are bonafide excursion guides and are very deserving of five stars. Have fun!
Oahu Trailblazer: Where to Hike, Snorkel, Surf from Honolulu to the North Shore
Recommended: Big Island Trailblazer December 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This guide is different. It doesn't try to sell you the island. It lays it all out intelligently, just like you're going to a place for the first time and taking a drive. We found it to have the largest selection of hikes (153). They list 73 beaches but we only got to a handful, the Black Sand being at the top of the list.
Our kids were along and we used their Keiki Section to find calm coves where they could get in the water and play. The town of Kona had two beaches that we found perfect. They loved the spooky Thurston lava tube and we made a day of visiting the Volcano National Park.
The book has the right mix of information and opinion, maps, photos, all tightly organized into one beautiful package. For the price of $12 it's quite a deal.
early birds November 14, 2008
A special hotel/flight deal came up on Expedia that we couldn't pass up. We saw all of the Big Island in 7 days with this Trailblazer guide leading us from amazing site, to awesome stretches of beach and way up to the top of Mauna Kea. We liked the good driving directions following the highway milepost markers. Their freebie tips and Best Of lists were also appreciated.
I'd say if you're flying this far, adding a handy guide like this to show you around is a slamdunk.
Amazon carries it for the lowest price and it only took 3 days to reach us.
Totally worth it, recommend wholeheartedly July 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This guide gave our vacation itinerary a real boost. It has wonderful timeless images of places and people which simply exude calm, chill, beach culture latitude attitudes.
Photography is top notch and the information is partioned into sections so you can chew off each piece to explore at your leisure depending on how much time you've allowed for your vacation. Trailblazers do it good.
We enjoyed the Big Island Trailblazer. May 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Two years ago we took a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands. Unfortunately we were in port too short a time and only went on a few packaged bus tours. We returned to the island we liked the best (the Big Island) last month and fortunately had the Trailblazer along as our prime guide. We hiked to and swam in the Blue Lagoon which is on the cover: the highpoint of our vacation.
In the back of the book are hotel and restaurant suggestions from which we made our reservations and were quite pleased. For accuracy and good practical advice it's right on target.
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