Hawaii - 2022

 MAUI

Day-1 (May 18)

Road to Hana

Seven Sacred Pools Trail

Pipiwai Trail (only first 1/2  mile to Makahiku Falls overlook)

Day-2  

Halekala NP

Pa ka'oao Trail (0.5 mile)

Sliding Sands Trail (up to first switch back)

Hosmer Grove Nature Trail (0.5 mile)

Day-3

Submarine tour

Nakalele blowhole

Dr Fleming Beach

Day-4

Snorkel lessons

Needle

KAUAI

Day-5

Opaeka Falls 

Wailua Falls
Poipu Beach

Waimea Canyon Drive 

Leila Napali Sunset Sail 

Day-6

Haena State park

Kee beach - Na Pali Coast (Kalalau) Trail begins at the Ke'e beach

Poipu beach

Day-7

Kauai's Hindu Monastery

Lydgate Beach Park (Snorkeling) Kauai

Day-8

Big Island

Pololū Valley Lookout

Waipo Valley Overlook

Hamakua Coast scenic drive

Akaka falls State park

Day -9

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Kilauea Visitor Center

Sulphur Banks Hike (1.4 miles) Crater Rim Drive to Kīlauea Overlook Steaming bluff/Steam vents Thurston Lava Tube (0.3 mile)

Hike to Eruption site (2.1 miles)

Hōlei Sea Arch (Drive) long drive not worth

Hilo - Rainbow Falls /Boiling Pont

Day -10

Kahaluu (Snorkeling) Beach park Two step beach

Utah National Parks, Antelope Canyon & Death Valley NP

Flight to Las Vegas

Drive to Springdale (near Zion NP)

Overnight stay at Springdale

Day-1 (April 27, 2022)

Zion NP

Riverside Walk Trail

Grotto Trail

Overnight stay at Springdale

Day-2 

Zion NP

Kayenta Trail to the Emerald Pools and Zion Lodge

Bryce Canyon NP

Scenic Drive to Rainbow point

Overnight stay at Bryce Canyon City

Day-3

Bryce Canyon NP

Shuttle bus trip to Bryce Amphitheatre (Bryce point, Inspiration point, Sunset point & Sunrise point)

Navajo Trail (Partly)

Rim Trail from Sunset to Sunrise and back to Bryce Lodge. 

Capital Reef NP

Panoramic view and Gooseneck view points

Scenic Drive to Capital Gorge

Overnight stay at Torrey

Day-4

Capital Reef NP

Grand Wash Trail

Overnight stay at MOAB

Day-5 

Arches NP

Scenic Drive
Windows Trail
Delicate Arch Overview Trail
Sand Dune Trail
Landscape Arch Trail

Overnight stay at MOAB

Day-6

Canyon lands NP

Mesa Arch Trail
Great View point trail
Upheaval dome trail
Scenic drive

Overnight stay at MOAB

Day-7

Lees Ferry (Paria beach)

Horse shoe bend trail

Lake Powell

Overnight stay at Page

Day-8

Antelope Canyon - Lower & Upper tours

Overnight stay at Las Vegas

Day-9

Death Valley NP

Zebraski View point

Visitor center

Mesquite Dunes (instead should have gone to Dante's view point )

Golden Canyon Trail (partly)

Artist Scenic Drive (Artist palate) - should have gone on the way back from Bad water point

Devil's Golf coure

Bad water point

Could not do Trails like Natural bridge due to heat

Overnight stay at Las Vegas

Day- 10

Flight to IAD

Yosemite NP

 Day-1 (29-May)

Tunnel view (Bridal veil falls)

El Capitan view point

Yosemite Valley Visitor Center

Lower Yosemite Fall Trail

Cook's Meadow Loop (Partly)

Day-2

Mirror Lake Trail

Royal Arches/Half Dome Mariposa Grove

Day-3

Vernal Falls Bridge Trail

Smokies NP (2022) - 5 days

Day 1 (18 April)

Foothills parkway

Day 2

Cades cove

Day 3

Roaring Fork Motor trail

Riverview trail (0.9 mile)

Sugarlands Valley nature trail (0.5 mile)

Day 4

Green Brier

Cades cove ( Elailjah Oliver Trail 1.2 mile)

Day,5

Fighting Creek Trail (1.4 miles)

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