If thinking about Maui, Hawaii conjures up images of beautiful golden beaches and drinking cocktails while the warm waves lap your feet then you are in luck as that is EXACTLY what you can expect. If you hit the RIGHT beaches. Maui’s shoreline is teeming with beaches, some peaceful and remote, some busier tourist beaches, and some truly … Read more
The Road to Hana is one of the Hawaiian island’s top attractions and a road trip that often features in the top 10 road trip guides, including our own. We love the Highway and love sharing its beauty and secrets with our readers. However, the Name is misleading. While the Road goes to Hana, this … Read more
You may have heard about the infamous Road To Hana or the Hana Highway on the island of Maui. We adore this road trip and rate it as not only one of the best things to do in Maui but also one of the best things to do anywhere in the world. It should be … Read more
Many, wrongly, see Hana as the destination for the Hana Highway, the real destination is the journey itself, however, so when they arrive in this quaint little backwater and find relatively nothing to do and only a murky brown beach, a few shops and some low-end eating establishments, they feel pretty disappointed. They clearly have … Read more
Whether you are visiting the Beach park as part of your Road to Hana Trip, or are here specifically for the turtles or are just check-in out Maui’s great beaches and surf spots, Ho’okipa has a lot going for it. Its main claim to fame is the incredible Honu or Green Sea Turtle Haul-out. Every … Read more
Deep in the Mesic Coastal Forest of Hana’s Waianapnapa State Park Lies a small cave filled with a pool of clear cool fresh Water. While the pond is fairly striking and the Cave displays some incredible Rock formation due to the Basalt Lava that formed the pond, There is a legend surrounding the water that … Read more
Waianapanapa State Park is one of the most visited stops along the Hana Highway. We rate it as a Must stop and what we call a Destination stop. The Park is home to the seriously beautiful Honokalani Back Sand Beach. However there is a lot more to this location than just the beach and we … Read more
The Back Side of Hana is the alternate route to and from Hana in Maui. It has a kind of mystical allure, partly as it is considered forbidden, partly as it seems a much quicker route back and partly as it does not require any backtracking. However, it is a journey fraught with many potential … Read more
November 1st, 2022 Today would be the start of two big days, that would take us along the stunning and world-famous Hana Highway. We head to Hana pretty much every time we visit Maui as the remote jungle scenery just feels like nowhere on earth, you really are stepping into a lost world and there … Read more
The Road to Hana is a stunning and beautiful ribbon of tarmac carving through the Remote Tropical rainforest that covers the undeveloped backside of Maui. The route is littered with stunning waterfalls, Breathtaking Vistas, and dense jungle foliage that transports you to a lost world you really didn’t know existed. The only thing missing is … Read more