Product Description
by Uldra Johnson (Author)
Newly revised July 2022! Planning a trip to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park? Plan before you come! This is the guidebook you need if you want to go to the most beautiful places and experience the best that Kilauea Volcano has to offer. Still-steaming calderas, congealed lava wastelands, dreamy woodlands, a secret lava tube cave, exhilarating, inspiring treks through delicate, emerald rainforests...it's all here! And much, much more! Experience the evolutionary splendor of the forces of nature, the dual elements of destruction and creation in the land of the world's most active volcano. Written by a photographer, artist and avid naturalist who calls Kilauea home and loves to share its magic, it takes you on gentle-on-the-soul, easy-on-the-bones nature excursions as well as hale and hearty treks for intrepid adventurers. You'll visit Ainahou Ranch, Chain of Craters, Devastation Trail and Desolation Peak, Holei Sea Arch, Ka'u Desert Footprints, Kipuka Puaulu (Bird Park), Namakani Paio (Place of the Conflicting Winds), and the unbelievable Place of the Guardians (Pele's Playground). Other incredible sights include Pu'u Huluhulu (Shaggy Hill), Pua Po'o (Cock's Comb Cave, Wild Cave), Steaming Bluff, Sulfur Banks, Sandalwood Trail, The Enchanted Forest, and Tree Molds. These are only some of the places you'll love exploring! A helpful guide to the best of Volcano Village, the storybook pretty hamlet just outside of the Park, and the place where you will want to stay during your visit to Kilauea, is included. This is the Kilauea guide for both families on vacation and adventurers extraordinaire! You won't be able to wait to get there!
Author Biography
Uldra Johnson is an artist, photographer and avid naturalist, who makes her home on the slopes of the rainforest of Kilauea volcano. She is the author of "Bones of Love," "The Cry Room," and "Oklahoma Dust," as well as "The Insider's Guide to the Best Beaches of the Big Island Hawaii."
