Maui, Hawaii



Exciting Activities

Proflyght Paragliding

Surfing- Royal Hawaiian on Prison St
Monday through Friday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM (with still 30 minutes prior check-in).
Saturday: 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM. 

There will be no lesson on Sundays, but we will be open for rental and reservations.


Outstanding Tour Guides and Companies

Hula Girl Excursions

Maui Bombers

O’o farm
808.667.4341
Gourmet lunch tours are $50 per person and run every Monday-Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Need reservations

Maui Gold Pineapple - The Pineapple Tour


Sights

Ali’I Lavender farm
Daily tours at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 1 & 2:30

Surfing Goat Dairy—*close to Lavender Farm

Haleakala Crater
At one of three amazing locations in the crater by calling the U.S. National Parks Service. This is an excellent hike/camping trip but you need to be prepared and in top shape. The Elevation Starts at about 9,700 feet and drops rapidly to the crater floor at about 8,000 feet. Plenty of sunscreen, water, food, a rain jacket, winter coat, and winter sleeping bag if sleeping in a tent as it is cold at night. The farthest hike is Paliku cabin at 20.4 miles round trip, Or you can hike straight out Kaupo Gap and into Hana 17.9 miles one way and steep going down the gap. I don't recommend Summit to Hana and back 35.8 miles unless you have a mean grudge against your legs or are an ultra-marathoner. Sunrise/sunset on Haleakala is the other bonus to this trip!

Road to Hana
Banana bread, coconut ice cream and coconut candy are my favorite road side stops along the road to Hana. Keep your eyes peeled for some yummy treats!

Hana Lava Tubes

Maui Chocolate Tour


Beaches & Waterfalls

Black Rock (Pu'u Keka'a in Hawaiian)
by the Sheraton Maui at the northern end of Kaanapali Beach, is hands-down the easiest site to snorkel with the widest variety and number of fish. If you're not staying at a hotel or condo in the Kaanapali resort, go early in the day and park in the public-access garage near Whalers Village (or pay for a spot in the Whalers Village lot). Follow the boardwalk to Black Rock (an old lava flow that has burnt-orange tones to it) and step into the usually calm, clear waters.

On a recent visit I saw many-hued parrotfish, convict (striped) and yellow tangs, bluespine unicornfish, Hawaiian sergeants, black durgons (called humuhumu'ele'ele in Hawaiian), needlelike trumpetfish, Moorish idols and a spotted trunkfish — and those were just the ones I could find on my inexpensive "Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fish" plastic card. Just past the rock, where you should only go if you're comfortable with swimming and if the waves are small, a spotted eagle ray glided several feet underneath me — an amazing highlight of any snorkel trip. Schools of small silvery bait fish accompanied me as I reluctantly swam back to shore.

Napili Beach

Baby Beach
Three Entrances - Kai Pali Pl.., Puunoa Pl., Ala Moana Rd., Lahaina, Maui, HI 96761-1656

Polo Beach
Wailea, Maui, HI

Launiopoko Beach Park
Just south of mile marker 18 on Honoaliilani highway

Red Sand Beach - Kaihalulu Beach
Uakea Rd Kaihalulu Bay, Hana, Maui, HI 96713

Ulua Beach
Off Wailea Alanui, Wailea, Maui, HI

Olivine Tide Pools
It is located off of Highway 340- just a few miles north of  Kaanapali- when you see the Dip sign, park to the left and hike down a few miles, down a steep cliff. is only about 15 minutes from the car. The Tide Pools are a fun place to hang out for a couple of hours. Kids are fine here and they should bring swim wear as one of the pools is 7-12 feet deep and 12 feet by 20 feet with fish and other ocean life. you can also enjoy the romantic "hot tub" A small gravel road on the left is located just prior to Mile Marker #16. Park and walk toward the ocean. A rock platform overlooks the pools. To the left of this overlook is a lava bench and a trail leading down to it and the lava shelf.

Nakalele Blowhole
Nakalele Point, Blow Hole is 45 minutes north of Lahaina on Honoapiilani Highway, you will find the Blow Hole. It is a moderately strenuous very short hike with about a 200 foot elevation change. If there are any swells to the north this is a fun adventure. Don't swim in ocean here, it is very rough. Follow Highway 30 (Honoapiilani Highway) north from Kapalua. The Acid War Zone trail is near Mile Marker #38 where a gravel parking lot is located. A dirt, jeep road begins the trail which takes approximately 30 minutes to hike. The second trail to the blowhole is located . mile past Mile Marker #38 and is marked by a dirt pullout along the side of the road.

Twin Falls
Twin Falls hike is found where the mile markers start over at 0 again going towards Hana, you will come to mile 2 and be at the Ho'olawanui Stream. The far side of the bridge has a 2 minute hike to the lower fall, a beautiful waterfall that is a great hike for kids and less adventurous adults. For the more adventurous, Hike to the upper fall. Park just before the bridge and follow the trail through the cow pasture for about 1 mile. 


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