Famous Road to Hana Waterfalls & Lunch by Mercedes Van in Maui booking from $229.99

Famous Road to Hana Waterfalls & Lunch by Mercedes Van

Overview

Maximum of 14 people in a Luxury, Air-Conditioned Mercedes Benz Sprinter van. Guided and narrated by a professional, highly knowledgeable chauffeurs with deep knowledge of Hawaiian culture and history and a personal touch.

Relax and let us pamper you as a VIP guest to show you the beauty on a road trip to magical Hana. Stop and swim at waterfalls, stroll unique sand beaches and swim at the most famous black sand beach at the Wainapanapa State Park. Our driver will select a perfect lunch spot. If time allows, we will stop at fruit stands with fresh fruits and vegetables for you to buy. We are ready to safely guide you through 617 curves and 56 one lane bridges and lead you back in time to the historic moments and legendary tales that shape the islands.
Food, beverages and pickups at majority hotels and resorts are included.

City: Maui

Wed 23 Apr

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What's Included

Driver/guide

Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)

Live commentary on board

Picnic style homemade sandwiches from local deli (ham, turkey or veggie), fresh locally grown fruit, snacks, water, Hawaiian cane juice, pastries

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Write your lunch preference under special requirements - HAM or TURKEY or VEGGIE SANDWICHES. We DON'T offer any food alternatives. If you are on a special diet (raw, vegan, or have food allergies), you must bring your own food.
Please indicate your hotel in 'Hotel Pickup' at time of booking in the "special requirement" section
Please provide a proper contact phone number to confirm food orders and pickup arrangements. If resort phone is provided please provide room number in the "special requirement" section
Provide your EMAIL address under special requirements
This tour is not confirmed until the operator calls you to confirm it and setup a pickup.
Due to circumstances out of our control (closures, traffic, inclement weather, etc.), routing and times are subject to change.

What To Expect

Hana Highway - Road to Hana

The Hana Highway is a 64.4-mile-long (103.6 km) , longest, coastal scenic route in the world. To the east of Kalepa Bridge, the highway continues to Kipahulu as Hawaii Route 31 (the Piilani Highway). This tour covers 59 single lane bridges, over 640 turns and curves, through lush, tropical rainforest. Most of the concrete and steel bridges date back to 1910

Paia

Just four miles into your drive to Hāna from Kahului, you'll discover the historic town of Pāʻia on Maui's north coast. Divided into Lower Pāʻia and Pāʻia, this hospitable community was once a booming plantation town during the heyday of Maui's sugar cane industry. Today Pāʻia is a town of colorful, rustic storefronts filled with local art galleries, one-of-a-kind shopping boutiques and restaurants.

Ho'okipa Beach Park

Ho'okipa Beach is considered the windsurfing capital of the world, you can enjoy watching wind surfers, kite boarders and surfers challenge the oceans waves and shoreline winds. This is also the Threatened Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle capital of Maui, with 200-pound turtles feeding along the shoreline and basking on the beach all day long.

Twin Falls Maui

Twin Falls is the first easily accessible string of waterfalls and pools on the Road to Hana

Haipua'ena Falls

Haipua'ena Falls is a small waterfall and pool along Maui's popular Road to Hana. Thanks to the unsigned trail and short hike over an often muddy path, the pool receives far less visitor traffic than the well-signed falls along the route.

Ke‘anae Point

Small Hawaiian villages doing their best to live like the Hawaiians of old. Hunting pigs and growing taro, bread fruit, and Bananas are all big parts of everyday life in this small community. It’s also the site of the famous Half Way to Hana Snack stand; shave ice, fresh coconut, cold drinks and of course the Original Fresh Baked Banana Bread. The Keanae overlook and peninsula offer views of one of the largest taro farms in Hawaii.

Ching's Pond

Very photogenic spot to get photographed doing something life threatening.

Upper Waikani Falls

Upper Waikani Falls is often referred to as Three Bears, thanks to the three separate but parallel falls of differing lengths—with the third and smallest being the “baby bear” falls on the right.

Wailua Falls

Wailua Falls is a picturesque, yet very easily accessible waterfall visible from The Hana Highway. You don't even need to get out of your car to see it!

Hana Lava Tubes

Lava tubes are formed when massive flows cool on the surface forming an insulating conduit for the lava flowing underneath. During the creation of Maui’s volcanic landscape these served like the veins of the volcano, channeling lava for many miles underground before being deposited as new landmass (in this case, into the ocean.) After a volcano has been dormant for some time, these tubes usually begin to cave in and disappear under the forces of nature. Since much of the surface of Maui formed long ago, we have few lava tubes of significant size remaining; Ka’eleku Cave is the largest known accessible lava tube on Maui.

Hana Bay

ocated within Hana Bay is Hana Beach Park, which has a long black-sand beach and is the safest swimming beach along the East Maui coast. The bay is protected by a coral reef and harbored from big swells by its curved shape.

Wai'anapanapa State Park

Wainapanapa is Maui’s famous Black Sand Beach. Cobalt blue Ocean surrounded by black sand and black lava rocks from a recent flow only 10,000 years ago. Go for a walk along the edge of the bay and check out the blue water or just sit under a nice shade tree. This location is a great place to spend an hour relaxing, taking in one of the islands most beautiful locales. Simply stated, Wai’anapanapa State Park is among the very best of the Road to Hana sites. It offers outstanding nearly 360-degree sweeping panoramic views. On land, the hills and valleys of green jungle give way to rugged and dramatic black basalt lava coastline. Out to sea, the deep blue ocean and white cresting waves are dramatically blasted into spray and mist as they pound against the jagged cliffs.

Pua'a Ka'a State Park

It is fairly easy to access the waterfall from here. Some people like to take a dip in the chilly waters by the waterfall and on a hot day. Wear swim suit layered and bring change of clothes. Don't forget the towels.

Upper Waikani Falls

Located just beyond Mile Marker 19 on the mauka—or mountain side—of Hana Highway, Upper Waikani Falls is often referred to as Three Bears, thanks to the three separate but parallel falls of differing lengths—with the third and smallest being the “baby bear” falls on the right.

Wailua Valley State Wayside Park

Wailua Valley is an ahupuaʼa that sits just after the Keanae peninsula on the road to Hana. The area, though small, is rich in Hawaiian culture. It is here that an abundance of rare culturally significant fish and plant life can still be found. The area holds many ancient taro, or kalo, patches; a number of which are still in operation. In Hawaiian legend, taro is literally the older brother of all Hawaiians. And, so “Mahiʼaiʼana”, or cultivation of the land, is an ingrained principle that has endured for the people of Wailuanui.

Honomanu

Right beyond Kaumahina State Wayside Park you'll find a pullout that gives a good view of Honomanu Bay. From this vantage point you can get another good look at the Ke'anae Peninsula. The views from Kaumahina Wayside park are superior to this pullout, so if you can, be sure to stop at the Wayside Park instead.

Kaumahina State Wayside Park

Kaumahina State Wayside Park or Kaumahina State Park, is located in Maui County, Hawaii, 28.3 miles East of Kahului and 22.4 miles West of Hana along the Hana Highway. The park consists of 7.8 acres of forest and exotic plants

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (815)

Amy A

Jul 2019

This was by far the best tour we have ever done! Tony, our guide on the road, was very informative, friendly, and took great pictures. Bruno, our pilot, made us feel safe so we could really enjoy the breathtaking views. Would definitely do again!

Response from Host

Aug 2019

Aloha Amy, We really appreciate your time and positive review. We're really glad to hear you had a great time on your tour. Mahalo and A hui hou.

donnah355

Jul 2019

We’ve taken several tours to Hana over the years and especially enjoy the full circle tours. It’s a gorgeous and amazing trip around the island and well worth the long day it takes. We’ve had some terrific tour leaders that made those trips fun, interesting and memorable so this year when our adult children joined us on Maui for a week we booked a circle tour for all five of us. My husband and I were so disappointed in the tour!In retrospect I wish we had called and asked for a refund. Our driver was a nice young woman, a college student, who has only lived on Maui for two years. Nice though she was, she simply does not have a local depth of knowledge that enabled her to provide the rich context and history of the sights on the circle tour. We passed the closed sugar mill and deserted sugar cane fields, a huge part of Maui’s history, and only received a comment that the mill had closed “two or three years ago, I think.” Pointing out the island of Molokai’i, we were told that a leper colony is there and that a “vaccine” was developed for the disease. It was a cure, not a vaccine and there is so much more to say about the leper colony and Molokai’i. And Charles Lindbergh, who is buried near Hana, became Charles Lindenberger and he “had a really tragic life.” These are just a few examples of a truly lackluster tour. Lunch was a mediocre huli huli chicken, the air conditioning on the bus did not work well, the driver had difficulty starting the bus at each stop and by the end of the day all we wanted was to get off the bus and have the day over with. We were sad because we felt that our family missed so much. We got a drive but not a tour. We learned from this expensive and abysmal experience to ask whether a tour leader is a longtime local resident. Do by all means take a circle tour of Maui but with another company.

Response from Host

Aug 2019

Sorry to hear our tour didn't meet your expectations. We try to provide as much information as possible but Maui has such rich history it's impossible to fit it all in just one tour. Maybe next time you visit, try to book several different tours and learn more that way. Also you could research the area prior your visit that way you might have richer experience while staying here. Best of luck to you! Aloha

Alyssagould3

Jul 2019

Rebekah was our guide, although the bus was packed, we had fun. It was a long day, well worth it. Thankfully we decided to book a tour instead of driving it ourselves. Way too dangerous to drive for the first time for me ans my husbands taste. The food, stops and events were great. I got to do everything i wanted to do. Was upset we didnt get to stop at the seven pools. But buses arent allowed to stop there. Rebekah was knowledgeable and very friendly. Id do it again if we come back.

Response from Host

Aug 2019

Aloha, We really appreciate your time and positive review. We're really glad to hear you had a great time on your tour. Mahalo and A hui hou.

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