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Most
Popular Trails in
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hiking,
road biking, mountain
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Kauai:
Kalalau Valley &
The Na Pali Cliffs
Hanalei, HI-The Kalalau
Valley stretches more
than 4,000 feet up
from the Pacific Ocean.
Once they have seen
the Kalalau Valley,
visitors have no questions
about why Kauai was
nicknamed the Garden
Isle. On the sides
of this spectacular
stretch of green the
etched mountains rise
out of the sea, with
waterfalls cascading
into the valley floor.
Hiking
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Kalalau
Trail on Na Pali Coast
Hanakapiai Beach to
Hanakapiai Falls
Lihue, HI-The Hanakapiai
Falls Trail begins
two miles up the Kalalau
Trail on the Na Pali
Coast at Hanakapiai
Beach. This side trail
leads up Hanakapiai
Valley, a steep-walled,
stream-fed valley,
to a 300-foot cataract
and pool in a natural
amphitheater.Hiking
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Kalalau
Trail on Na Pali Coast
Kee Beach to Hanakapiai
Beach
Lihue, HI-The Kalalau
Trail along the Na
Pali Coast is an undeveloped,
ancient Hawaiian route
accessible only by
foot. The 11-mile
trail follows the
Na Pali Coast along
the edge of massive,
windswept cliffs to
Kalalau Beach.Hiking
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Awaawapuhi
Trail
Waimea, HI-This hike
descends to the edge
of the sheer cliffs
and razor-edged ridges
of the Nualolo and
Awaawapuhi Valleys.
There are inspiring
panoramas of the steep,
3000-foot vertical
cliffs to the isolated
Na Pali coast, accessible
only by waterHiking
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Maui:
The Seven Pools of
Kipahulu
Hana, HI-Here are
perhaps the most spectacular
seaside cliffs in
Hawaii, weaving along
the coast, dipping
down through green-ferned
valleys, and crossing
ravines with waterfalls
plunging to the lava-formed
coast far below.Hiking
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Aiea
Loop Trail Keaiwa
Heiau State Park
Aiea, HI-The park
sits in the foothills
of the Koolau Range
above the town of
Aiea. The Aiea Loop
Trail snakes along
a ridge descending
from the Koolau Mountains
in the state park.
The trail winds through
tall forests of eucalyptus,
Norfolk Island, koa,
ohia, ironwood and
guava trees.Hiking
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Hawaii:
Waipio Valley &
Mauna Kea
Kamuela, HI-Near the
northernmost point
of the Big Island
of Hawaii, there is
a special place called
Waipio. Once the home
of 50,000 Hawaiians
and later of President
John F. Kennedy’s
first Peace Corps
training camp, today
it is a remote and
little-visited place
which modern man has
forgotten –
and nature has reclaimed.
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North American wonders reach from from the lofty peaks
of the Cascade Mountain range to the watery paradise of Florida's Everglades.
The South American natural forces can be witnessed in
countless forms--you'll find them cascading over the Devil's Throat of
the Iguazu Falls, flooding Llanos grasslands.
The Australian Great Barrier Reef stretches to Papua
New Guinea, while New Zealand's Tongariro volcano towers above waves of
rugged hills.
The African Congo Basin is a network of swamps and emerald
forests as diverse as the four counterpoints it unifies. The European
and Middle Eastern natural histories include building castles on its rocky
peaks, painting frescoes in its caves, trading through its passes, and
perishing at its mercy.
The European and Middle Eastern natural
histories include building castles on its rocky peaks, painting frescoes
in its caves, trading through its passes, and perishing at its mercy.
The dual Asian power of nature is demonstrated through
the elements at play in Asia. Fire-spewing volcanoes raise new lands from
their summits.Ocean-worlds house water-kingdoms. Finally earth-bound and
sky-stretching mountains--figures of inspiration.
The Polar Regions are an icy wilderness where the frozen
fingertips of polar icecaps feel their way across stretches of land and
water, the Arctic and Antarctic form the polar regions of our globe.
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