Product Description No other guide provides such detailed information on hotels at all price levels, restaurants, shopping and other activities - from climbing the volcanoes to finding the best beaches and dive spots. The authors live on the Big Island so they know it as only insiders do. Color maps and photos throughout show the all sights and even the hotels and restaurants. The best spas, golf courses, horseback riding, hikes and bike rides. Night dive with manta rays, swim with dolphins, ski down Mauna Kea volcano, snorkel in a coral garden, ride a helicopter over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, even learn to do the hula. The authors tell you how and where to do it all.
Superficial book June 30, 2008 3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had hoped to find a new guidebook for the Island of Hawaii. Sadly, this was not it. The book may be OK as an overview for a first trip to the island (week or less) but it is too superficial to be of enduring use.
Very Useful January 10, 2008 Well-written and rich with up-to-date local information. We will travel with it later this year. Some minor editing glitches.
Great ideas and Entertaining!!!! November 8, 2007 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love the Big Island, and every time we go I like to get a new guide book to find the new cool things we haven't done yet, and THIS BOOK has lots of COOL ideas of places to go and things to do as well as lots of information about the traditions and also about local flora and fauna. And, better yet, it's funny! As a busy mom of 3 kids, I don't get a lot of time to read so even planning a vacation, I want to be entertained. And I was while I was reading this book. Great stuff like comparing a maze at a botanical garden to the one in Harry Potter. You can tell the authors had fun with this one. I also really loved all of the quotes by famous people that they included. It also provided helpful information about Hawaiian culture and history, which I shared with my kids to help them enjoy and learn about the island. We love b&bs and this offered a lot of choices. It really helped us appreciate our recent trip so much more. I wish I'd had it years ago!!!!
Discover Hawaii October 27, 2007 2 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are lots of guidebooks out there, and if you're planning a trip to Hawaii, this should definitely be one of them! Fryklund and Reeder pull the best the Big Island has to offer into this information-packed volume in the Hunter Adventure Guide series. Literary and Hawaiian quotes abound, making it an enjoyable read as well. Full color illustrations and photos - this is on my list of recommended books for anyone visiting the Big Island!
Island Life As If I Were A Local October 18, 2007 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the best guidebooks I've ever read. It has 500 pages and then there's also bonus material on a website. I could never do everything in this book even if I had a year of vacation instead of two weeks. But it'll be fun to try. Definitely like the chapter on Hawaii Volcanoes National Park . It talks so much about hikes and drives and how to see lava, but also about the native songbirds and the goddess Pele and her "curse." Good stuff.
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