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Rental car prohibitions

As noted above, rental-car contracts may forbid you to drive the car on the Saddle Road or on the road to the southernmost tip of the island, Ka Lae. Neither road is that bad. You will have to decide for yourself whether to risk the drive.

What to leave in the car

Nothing. Never leave valuables in your car, even in a locked trunk. “Valuables” include not only jewelry, money, checks, and credit cards but things you can’t readily replace: glasses, prescription medication, identification, keys, snapshots of loved ones, etc.

Hiking

Road maps are useless for hiking trails. For trail maps, I recommend the maps in this book and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7½’ series of topographic (“topo”) maps for Hawaii. Topos show elevation details as well as roads and trails. However, topos are not updated as often as you’d like. That’s why you should use them in conjunction with the maps in this book and information from the agencies in charge of the island’s hiking areas—the Division of State Parks, Hawaii District, and the Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Hawaii District (I can’t recommend their map). If you do not write for these in advance, you will need to go into Hilo to get them. See their addresses in “Getting Permits or Permission” in this book.