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Hawaii The Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook |  | Author: Andrew Doughty
Publisher: Wizard Publications Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
Buy New: $11.53
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  312 reviews
Sales Rank: 1120
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5th
Pages: 308
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 098146100X
Dewey Decimal Number: 919.6910442
EAN: 9780981461007
ASIN: 098146100X
Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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Product Description
The finest guidebook ever written for the Big Island and the only one written by writers who anonymously review the island. They visit every beach, restaurant, activity and trail on the island. The result is this comprehensive, humorous and easy-to-read full color guide that will lead you to more adventures than any other book. A must for travelers.
Book Description
This all-new fifth edition is a candid, humorous guide to everything there is to see and do on the Big Island to plan your best vacation--ever. Best-selling author and longtime Hawai'i resident, Andrew Doughty, unlocks the secrets of an island so vast and diverse that many visitors never realize all that it has to offer. Explore with him as he reveals breathtaking trails, secluded beaches, pristine reefs, delicious places to dine, relaxing resorts, an active volcano and so much more. Every restaurant, activity provider, business and resort is reviewed personally and anonymously. This book and a rental car are all you need to discover what makes the Big Island so exciting.
The most up-to-date and accurate information available anyplace with up-to-the-minute changes posted to our website
Frank, brutally honest reviews of restaurants, hotels and activities show you which companies really are the best
and which to avoid--no advertisements
Driving tours let you structure your trip your way, point out sights not to be missed along the way and are complemented by 120 spectacular color photographs
38 specially-created maps in an easy-to-follow format with mile markersso youll always know where you are on the island
Clear, concise directions to those hard-to-find places such as deserted black sand beaches, tropical rain forests, hidden waterfalls, the most dramatic part of the erupting volcano, freshwater lava pools (some volcanically heated) and scores of other hidden gems listed nowhere else
28 pages on Big Islands beaches with detailed descriptions including ocean safety
Exciting chapters on adventures, hiking and activities
Fascinating sections on Hawai'i's history, culture, language and legends
Companion website with links to every business, events calendar, over 80 resort reviews complete with aerial photos--so youll know if oceanfront really means oceanfront
"Hawaii The Big Island Revealed" covers it all--from the snow-covered top of Mauna Kea, to the sparkling underwater reefs. This is the best investment you can make for your Big Island visit. Whether you are a first time visitor, or a longtime kama'aina, you will find out more about the Big Island from this book than from any other source. Discover the island of your dreams with "Hawaii The Big Island Revealed."
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The Big Island Revealed March 8, 2010
Misty D. Yort (Oklahoma)
This book has a lot of great information including a lot of background and history. We all have been passing this book around getting ready for our vacation.
Great book! We used for snorkeling, hiking, and visiting multple beaches. March 7, 2010
Flipper fiend (Portland, ME)
This book made our two visits to the big island absolutely amazing. The big island has so many pristine beaches beyond the lava fields that are a blast to visit, and this book makes these visits possible. I have found that the descriptions are right on and very complete, and the historical tidbits are interesting and amusing.
The only downside to this book is the organization - quite frankly, the big island is so big and varied that I applaud how the authors handled organization, but there still is some room for improvement. For example, information on a certain beach may be found multiple times throughout the book - the driving section, the beaches section, the activities section, and/or the adventures section. On our second visit to the big island we partnered this book with "Hawaii the Big Island Trailblazer" and liked the pairing (with `Trailblazer' not having near the sense of humor that `Revealed' has, but having very delineated organization!) Aloha!Hawaii The Big Island Trailblazer: Where to hike, snorkel, surf, bike, drive
The must have book for traveling to the Big Island March 5, 2010
Tiffany Crop (Windsor, CO)
My family owns a condo on the Big Island of Hawaii. We keep a copy of this book in all of our rental cars, condo, and home. It gives a fun, comprehensive look at the Big Island. We have tried several of their hikes, excursions, adventures, and restaurants and have never had a bad experience. It is fun to read, and we have spent much of our vacation driving around the island and reading the Ultimate Guidebook as we go. Much of what we have explored on the Big Island comes from the book and what we have found we have written about on our condo's website. [...] If you're going to the Big Island, buy this book early and you will have a vacation of a lifetime.
 Everything you need to know about the Big Island February 25, 2010
Kirsten Burwell (San Diego, CA United States)
Has almost everything you need to know about the Big Island except there is very little about traveling with children. It would be very helpful to have a section on things to do with children and places to eat. Overall an excellent book to have if you are traveling to Hawaii.
Don't bother with any other book February 20, 2010
Donald T. Prather
This was our first trip to the Hawaiian Islands. We were on the big island 4 days. The suggestion to stay on one side of the island was dead on. We found it very hard to see even the one side in the time we had.
Their reccomendation of the Volcano House (they booked us in the Volcano Inn) was absolutely perfect for us. Amazingly inexpensive lodging (less than $100 per night TOTAL, in a corner room with 2 sides glass walls, and a private, incredible view of a tree fern forest, with a light to illuminate it to boot. Talk about an erotic and ecologically stimulating view.
The Kilaues Lodge and Restaurant had incredible food, my wife had ostrich one night and antelope the next. The rabbit stew was amazing. The food here was as good as food we had a the Beach Bistro, a restaurant on Anna Marie island in FL, which is every year rated one of the best in FL, and at 1/2 the cost. Yes, a meal without down restaurant meal elsewhere in Hawaii is $40 or $50 with nowhere near the quality or service.
They were correct a 4-wheel drive vehicle is not required to get up to the volcano-top observatories. They suggested the University of Hawaii free trip which was excellent.
The only fault I can find is they did not stress the absolute necessity of a GPS unit. Bring one or rent one. It is nearly impossible to see the road signs at night and even if you can the street names are all Hawaiian. The names have nothing do do with anything you are used to and even if you can read the entire name you can't remember it, and if you can it is so near to other names you can't distinguish them. I am an excellent navigator and we got lost almost everytime we trid to go anywhere at dark or dusk.
Buy the bood. Everyhwere we went that was anywhere off the beaten path folks had it. Supplement it with a specialized book such as one on snorkeling but it should be your main guide. Carry it eveywhere. The maps are amazingly helpful-only if you need very detailed urban directions do you need anything else.
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