Big Island Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

Big Island Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

• Big Island Overview
• Big Island Hotels
• Big Island Attractions
• Big Island Feature Articles
• Big Island Adventure Trips
• Big Island Airports

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• Big Island Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
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Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Big Island

• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI
  
• Kona Coast (Kekaha Kai) State Park, HI
  

Travel Guides In Big Island

• Kohala Coast, HI
• Hilo, HI
• Kailua-Kona, HI
• Honaunau, HI
• Kamuela, HI
• Waikoloa, HI
• Akaka Falls State Park, HI
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Kalopa State Recreation Area, HI
• Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park, HI

Hawaii Hiking and Backpacking Travel Area

• Big Island
• Maui

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

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• Top Destinations
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park		Hotels
Kona Coast (Kekaha Kai) State Park		Hotels

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Photos

Feature Articles

• Paths to the Past
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  Don't just hike—follow in the footsteps of famous explorers and naturalists
• Island Hopper, Island Hiker
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• GORP Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Backcountry Hiking
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• GORP Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Hiking
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• November Romantic Travel Guide
  

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
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• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Recovering from a Dislocated Joint - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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• GORP - Dislocated Knee - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Hawaii Three Islands Hiker
  The World Outdoors
  from $3698, 8 days
  Hike the lunar landscape of Haleakala Crater and the verdant, soaring cliffs of the Na Pali Coast. Trek near colorful Waimea Canyon and stark...
  
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  Hawaii: Volcanoes and the Kailua-Kona Coast Hiker
  Timberline Adventures
  from $2195, 6 days
  Vast, surreal lava fields streaming from towering, massive mountains that rise from the ocean floor; a lush remote valley whose parameters are...
  

Gear

• Osprey Exos 46 Backpack
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• Women's Hiking
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• Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3 and Trekker Chair
  The best sleeping pad and chair-maker
• The Gear You Need: Mountain Trekking in Peru
  Save for dense snow cover and crampon-required icefields, if you’re looking to outfit yourself for trekking in places like the Peruvian Andes, we’ve got the goods.
• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.

Fitness

• America's Best Cities: Charlotte, North Carolina
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  No. 10
• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Attractions

Kalapana Lava Viewing Area

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

end of Highway 130, Puna District
Big Island, Hawaii

Description: During the day, the Kalapana lava flow looks like a huge plume of steam, but at night it glows.... Read More

Editor Rated & Recommended

Native Guide Hawaii

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

HC2 Box 6908
Keaau
Hawai'i, Hawaii 96749

Description: Join your friendly, native Hawaiian host, Warren Costa, for a day of learning, sharing, and true... Read More

Editor Rated & Recommended

Kipukapuaulu Trail

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

Mauna Loa Rd.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii

Description: This trail leads one mile through an old-growth forest, which is surrounded by recent lava... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

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Lokahi Lodge

P.O. Box 998
Volcano, HI Map

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Volcano House

Crater Rim Drive
Hilo, HI Map

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Inn at the Volcano

P.O. Box 998 #1
Volcano, HI Map

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