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
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
Around halfway along the Road to Hana is the Ke’anae Peninsula. A small spit of land that sticks out into the Pacific Ocean. This is a very popular stop in the Road t Hana and what we call a destination stop. It Marks the breakpoint in the journey and a place to take a break … Read more
A popular addition to Maui’s vast flora population is the Rainbow eucalyptus tree. A tall leafy gum tree that is not native to Hawaii nut grows in abundance in planted groves mot notably along the Hana Highway. These groves have become a regular stop for people heading down the Road to Hana due to the … Read more
The Road to Hana is one of the top attractions on the island of Maui, and in fact, is one of the highest-rated Road Trips in the world! However, like most things worth doing it is not always an easy journey. You need to pack a heck of a lot into a short stretch of … Read more