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Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous, hiking boots recommended

Highlights: A varied rainforest trail in Maunawili Valley leads to a lovely waterfall with a fine pool.

Title

Pretty self-explanatory

Trail type

There are four types of trips described:

Loop trips: You follow trails that form a closed loop. You don′t retrace your steps, or retrace them only for a relatively short distance. Semiloop trips: The trip consists of a loop part and an out-and-back part. Out-and-back trips: This is by far the most common type of trip in this book. You follow the trail to a destination and then retrace your steps to your starting point. Shuttle trips: You start at one trailhead and finish at another, "destination" trailhead. The trailheads are far enough apart, or walking between them is sufficiently impractical, that you need to have a car or a ride waiting for you at the destination trailhead.

Terrain type

General type of area this hike is in. For those hikes that include both coastal and inland segments, this is a judgment call.