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These are eleven of the numerous books and guides that feature Hike Maui.

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Fodor’s Choice

*****FODOR’S CHOICE: Hike Maui is the oldest hiking company on the Islands, and its rainforest, mountain-ridge, crater, coastline, and archeological-snorkel hikes are led by such knowledgeable folk as ethnobotanists and marine biologists. Hike Maui supplies waterproof day packs, rain ponchos, first-aid gear, water bottles, and transporatation to every site.

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The Best of Hawaii

This is our top choice for natural history buffs or anyone interested in the biology, archaeology, geology, oceanography, even the philosophy of Hawaii--or just anyone who loves to hike. Ken Schmitt runs a very complete operation. Hike Maui offers the only way to experience the real Maui naturally.

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Frommer’s Hawaii

Maui’s oldest hiking guide company is Hike Maui headed by Ken Schmitt, who pioneered guided hikes on the Valley Isle. Hike Maui offers five different hikes a day, ranging from an easy 1-mile, 3-hour hike to a waterfall to a strenuous, full-day hike in Haleakala Crater. All prices include equipment and transportation.

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Hidden Maui

*AUTHOR FAVORITE: Hike Maui has been offering hiking tours longer than anyone else on the island. They emphasize natural history, and their affection for their subject matter shows. One of their hikes wanders through Kipahulu Valley, on the track of waterfalls and streams. You can swim through clear pools past ferns and hanging vines, then lunch at the top of a 200-foot waterfall.

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Maui Paradise Family Guide

Among the most incredible adventures to be experienced on Maui is one or more of the hikes your personal guide Ken Schmitt and his staff have available. (Ken has expanded from a one-man operation to a number of experienced guides, with specialties including archaeology, anthropology, botany, marine biology and Hawaiian history.)

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Hawaii for Dummies

Maui’s oldest and best-guided hiking company is Hike Maui. Hike Maui has been universally lauded for the quality of its hikes; you can’t go wrong with them. The expert guides are all trained naturalists who really know their stuff. Hike Maui is a fabulous way to see beautiful Maui at its natural best.

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Hawaii Handbook & Maui Handbook Moon Travel Publications

A day with Ken Schmitt is a classic outdoor experience. Don’t miss it! This special Maui tour is operated by an extraordinary man, Ken Schmitt, a professional nature guide. Hike Maui, as its name implies, offers walking tours to Maui’s best scenic areas. Ken has dedicated years to hiking Maui and has accumulated an unbelievable amount of knowledge about this awesome island.

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The Best of Hawaii

The Cadillac for the intrepid. An experienced and informed guide, Ken Schmitt takes the guesswork and fuss out of planning and charts a course tailor-made for you. Important elements of Hike Maui are the detailed presentations of Hawaii’s biology, geology, history, oceanography, legends, and all aspects of its natural history, given by a knowledgeable and earnest guide who can show you a side of Maui you could not find on your own.

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Fielding’s Hawaii

One of the best outfits for guided treks is Hike Maui run by Ken Schmitt, who leads half-day and full-day rambles along coasts, through rainforests or into the mountains. Swimming is often part of the trip. A naturalist, botanist, geologist and anthropologist, Schmitt has also studied history, zoology, mythology and classical languages.

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Magic Maui
The Best of the Island

Ken Schmitt draws raves. And rightly so. He’s good. He offers a service unique on Maui --hiking trips into the Hawai‘i of tropical dreams, where nature reigns, lush and elegant. “Most of Maui,” he says, “is wilderness. I like to introduce people to the spirit of the earth--to show them the wonder and beauty of it all."

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Driving and Discovering Molokai and Maui

The hike will be challenging, the views astounding, the occurrence unique. Long after you’ve forgotten what you bought while shopping on Maui or where you ate, the feelings you experienced on a Hike Maui trek will live on and on.

Hike Maui can lead you through wilderness without trails to waterfalls without names for an experience without parallel.

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