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Driving

If your plans include hikes that public transportation can’t get you to, you should arrange for a rental car well in advance of your visit. Ask for a modest vehicle in a drab color so it’s inconspicuous when parked at trailheads. Get a road map of Kauai in advance, perhaps from one of the national automobile clubs if you belong to one. It’s good to be able to study the map in advance and have some notion of the island’s roads before you tackle them. Some of the maps provided by tourist bureaus are so cute they’re useless.

An excellent map covering the entire island and especially good for driving is James A. Bier’s Map of Kauai from University of Hawaii Press. This is one in a series of similar, outstanding, color maps for all the major islands. They’re inexpensive and updated frequently. They include street maps of major towns and indexes to streets and points of interest. If you can’t find them on the mainland, you’ll find them in abundance in Hawaii, at nearly every grocery store, drugstore, and souvenir stand.