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Sleeping Giant

One of Hawai‘i’s biggest attractions is the stunning 10,000-foot Haleakalā, the world’s largest dormant volcano. Haleakalā’s most magnificent feature is the crater itself: 3,000 feet deep, 2.5 miles across and a circumference of 21 miles. Take the Sliding Sands Trail inside the volcano mouth, descending 2,400 feet over four miles all the way to the crater floor. There lies a mini-range of nine cinder cones, the tallest being Pu‘u O Maui at 1,000 feet high. The surrounding Haleakalā Park encompasses 26,000 acres including dry forests, rain forests, desert...