REVERSE Hana Road Loop - Private Jeep Adventure in Lahaina booking from $620.00

REVERSE Hana Road Loop - Private Jeep Adventure

Overview

Choose your own adventure, and get the most out of your Maui experience, with our Reverse Hana Highway Adventure. Your tour begins along the less-explored southern coast of the Hana Highway, continues past Hana Town, and concludes along the more famous northern route. With your customized tour, you will get to see twice as much as those who travel only the northern route, then turn around and go back.

In your private, guided Jeep tour, you will see and experience some exclusive locations which are inaccessible by large buses and other vehicles.

2 person minimum per booking.

City: Lahaina

Fri 20 Sep

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What's Included

Private transportation

Bottled water

Air-conditioned vehicle

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

What To Expect

Harold Rice Park

Your first stop on this Reverse Road to Hana adventure will be at Rice Park, in Kula. This is a beautiful overlook at about 3,000 feet above sea level, giving you a view of the West Maui Mountains, the Islands of Lanai, Kaho'olawe and Molokini, as well as the Alalakeiki Channel.

Huialoha Church

This beautiful old Hawaiian church was built in 1859 and recently restored. The 4x4 access road leads you to a beautiful peninsula with epic ocean views in front and rolling hills behind you. A spiritual experience not to be missed.

Laulima Farm

"Laulima" literally translates to "many hands." This lush, organic family farm includes a roadside stand with unique and exotic fruits such as Jackfruit, Ice-Cream Bananas and Soursop, along with many others. Don't miss the secluded dining area, surrounded by a grove of bamboo trees.

Charles Lindbergh's Grave

Final resting place of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, you will find his grave in the Palapala Ho'omau Church courtyard. Enjoy the most eastern part of Maui, which receives the first rays of the morning sun. "When walking around this area, please be respectful of the land and the people that use the church on a regular basis. This is a special place for those that live here." Road to Hana website

Ohe'o Gulch

Commonly known as "The Seven Sacred Pools," this area is part of the Haleakala National Park and not accessible to commercial tour operations. However, you'll have a great view of rushing falls while driving over a picturesque bridge on the famed highway.

Wailua Falls

"Cascading approximately 80 feet down the side of a lush jungle wall into to a lovely plunge pool, this is easily one of Maui's most accessible and majestic falls." Road to Hana website

Koki Beach

Koki beach, with it's intriguing red sand, is one of those beaches that are pretty to look at, but in which we don't recommend you go swimming. Conditions can be quite hazardous due to riptides and high surf. Have cameras at the ready to capture the views from this beach, including Alau Island, a natural sanctuary for the 'iwa seabird. If this is where you this is where you choose to lunch, the you'll find delectable huli huli chicken and pork from a beachside stand.

Hana

This quaint, historic town is the namesake of the Road to Hana, yet blink three times and you'll miss it! Hana has remained relatively unchanged since the early days of Hawaii, and its residents work very hard to keep it traditional and authentic. Respect and aloha go a long way when visiting Hana! We don't usually actually stop here, but let us know if that's on your list!

Wai'anapanapa State Park

Commonly known as Black Sand Beach, and one of the most popular stops on Road to Hana, you'll want the full experience at this rare, natural feature. “The black volcanic sand beach is a highlight at this state park in Maui, Hawaii, but there’s plenty more to see, including caves, [a blow hole]...and a natural stone arch. Wildlife is abundant, and on any given day you might see an incredible seabird colony or watch the park’s tide pools turn crimson with the arrival of thousands of tiny shrimp.” – National Geographic

Hana Lava Tube

Descend into the cool, dark abyss and enjoy some peaceful time in this natural wonder. The half-mile round trip, 30-minute self-guided tour will show you many forms and variations of cooled lava in unique configurations. Rare stalactites, "the bowling alley" lava flow and dripping "chocolate fudge," all frozen in time. Use your flashlight to spot the glittering pyrite, or "fool's gold," throughout. There is an additional entrance fee for this feature.

Hanawi Falls

A beautiful falls surrounded by lush, tropical vegetation, get your camera ready, but leave your swimsuits and hiking shoes in the car... with danger of rockslides and flash floods down below, this aquatic rush is best seen from a distance.

Pua'a Ka'a State Park

If, "swim in a waterfall," is on your bucket list, this is the stop for you! An easily accessible waterfall in a picturesque park, the adventurous can swim in the pool below the falls. There are picnic benches nearby if you're feeling snacky, as well as a convenient restroom.

Makapipi Falls

Another amazing view along the Road to Hana, Makapipi Falls is especially breathtaking after recent rain. It runs right under one of the many bridges on Hana Highway, and plummets into a striking blue pool below. Get your cameras ready!

Upper Waikani Falls

Also known as "Three Bears" waterfall, these beautiful falls are visible from the road and triple your viewing pleasure.

Wailua Valley State Wayside Park

Wailua Valley Overlook offers a quick stop that's blink-and-you'll-miss-it...but we won't let you miss it! Look for the "hidden" steps and walk up to the overlook that gives you an expansive, breathtaking view of azure ocean and emerald landscape like nowhere else.

Ke‘anae Point

Ke'anae is an historic village, where you will find taro patches that have grown there for generations. The peninsula is well-known for its many picture-ready locations, crashing surf and rugged terrain. "On your drive down, you'll pass a stone church built in 1856, the only remaining building after the devastating tsunami of 1946, which killed twenty four people when waves topping 35 feet crashed into the village with no warning. Following this tragedy, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was implemented, which still sits on Oahu's Ewa Beach." Maui Information Guide You will also find our favorite, warm, oven-fresh, baked-daily banana bread on Maui at this picturesque location!

Garden of Eden Arboretum & Botanical Garden

"Maui’s scenic wonderland on the road to Hana!" Maui Garden of Eden Walk through 26 acres of nature trails and stunning vistas. Stop by the waterfall overlook, as well as the spot where they filmed the opening for Jurassic Park. Look out for local wildlife, including peacocks, ducks and mongoose. Separate entrance fee required for admittance to this feature.

Ho'okipa Beach Park

A world-renowned beach for surfers and windsurfers, as well as a resting spot for sea turtles, Ho'okipa is a favorite stop for our guests. Take in the view from the lookout up top, or venture down the path to the beach and discover that all those "boulders" were actually turtles!

Paia

Paia is a former plantation town, with an eclectic array of buildings, food and people. A picturesque way to end your tour, and a great place to come back for good food and live music.

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Reviews (236)

Amy5182

Nov 2022

I’m not often fond of giving 1-star reviews, but in this case - especially considering the price point of this experience - I feel it is absolutely justified. We booked this tour after reading multiple rave reviews from past customers and word of mouth recommendations which told us that this was the best way to experience Hana and that Hoaloha Jeep Adventures’ tour guides were amazing assets to add to the trip. After taking the tour, I can assure you that this is not always true. I don’t know if the “tour guide” (and I use that term very loosely in this case) we received is indicative of the typical quality provided by Hoaloha Jeep Adventures, but for the sake of anyone else that may gamble on taking this tour, I surely hope not. Most of the fun we had on this glorified Uber ride was in spite of our driver and not because of them. The tour started out well enough and seemed like it would be an A+ experience. We ended up with a local to Hana driving our jeep which we expected would be a massive plus to the experience. Spoilers: it was definitely not. The first leg of the tour along the southeastern shoreline of Maui was great. The views were beautiful, we stopped at a few gorgeous overlooks and one fantastic black sand beach with some great crashing waves for photo ops. Then we pulled into a steep driveway to what we would find out is the property of our driver. A little weird at first, but we did get the opportunity to use a rather nice outhouse, see a pretty view of the bay below, and try a piece of fresh fruit from one of their trees, so that was pleasant. What was less pleasant was the repeated urging from our driver to take a rest at the benches at their overlook or the all to frequent mentions of the homemade candies her mother and children were selling at the bottom of the driveway. The place was nice enough, but it felt somewhat awkward being on their private property and feeling obligated to buy something from their homemade stash. After a couple urgings that we were ready to move on, our driver finally put her phone down, finished talking with random family members, and we set off again. This would set the stage for many of the stops along the tour to follow. We would be dropped off at some farm store with a garden path, chocolate stand, or lunch spot and given a couple wave of the hand directions after which our driver would go start chatting with whichever of her local friends happened to be running the place at which we stopped. On more than one occasion we had to stand awkwardly awaiting the driver to finish their conversation because our polite attempts to indicate we were ready to go were either unseen or ignored – and we didn’t want to risk being overtly terse given that we’d be spending the next few hours at the whim of this person. Then, when we would finally get on our way to the next spot we’d inevitably come upon one of the driver’s cousins, aunties, brothers, or other random insert family member here that was either working a stand on the road, doing some sort of maintenance in the area, or just happened to be driving along the road in the same or opposite direction. And on over a dozen occasions (I stopped counting after 14), we would stop so the driver could hand something off or receive something from the person and then chat in Hawaiian with said party for a minute or two while we sat in the back awkwardly, unable to understand a word being said. On the occasions that we would stop somewhere that didn’t have a fellow local/family member for her to talk to, we’d be given the same wave of the hand, half-coherent directions as we were dropped off at a parking lot and she would pop out her phone to sit in the jeep while we explored alone. Or at least partially alone, as on more than one occasion we just tagged along slightly behind another group with a proper tour guide who would be telling their lucky patrons some interesting facts about the area or engaging with them in some meaningful way. So, a massive thank you to the other tour guides out there that gave us a much more enjoyable experience while we were in the area, proving that it is indeed possible to have a good tour guide along the road to Hana. Just not with Hoaloha. When we were blessed with some chatter directed at us from our driver that was more than offering us a drink from the cooler or pointing out a piece of bamboo or ginger accompanied by the same 3 facts we heard 60 times throughout the day, it was often not an interesting factoid about the area or history as you would expect from a guide. Rather we were regaled with complaints about how the local government didn’t give the people of Hana any money for anything and how they had to buy this and that out of their own pocket despite all the tourism dollars. Or told repeatedly how she took this job because she was tired of other tour guides giving fake information and telling fake stories about the area (something that at this point we would have welcomed) and how she drove the road all the time anyway so it just made sense. Or how the locals (of which she is one) are sick of the tourists and how so many of them are “bad apples”. Then she would openly laugh about how locals to Hana would break into cars and steal things from tourists even pointing out in one particular instance a car that had had its fuel siphoned off only to chuckle about how “they deserved it because they’re not supposed to park there to go to that waterfall”. I get that there are a LOT of obnoxious tourists that do dumb things and that being a local to a tourist area can be frustrating. But I have honestly never felt more unwelcome in an area than I felt along this trip through Hana. A sentiment that one shouldn’t get from the tour guide they’re paying an exorbitant amount to have guide them through the region. At the end of the day, it honestly felt less like we were paying for a tour and more like we were paying for protection and right of passage through her land with a little side dish of local politics. The straw that really broke the camel’s back for us, however, had to be our time at the black sand beach at Wai‘ānapanapa State Park. We pulled into the lot and were again given almost meaningless directions to where anything of note was at in the park, then were told we had about 45 minutes to enjoy the area. Great. So we wasted how much time shuttling around talking to her local buddies only to have 45 minutes of time out of what should have been a 2.5 to 3 hour window at Wai‘ānapanapa. Miraculously we managed to rush through the park and see a large number of great sites (and listen to a couple other tour guides who were giving actual proper tours) and return within the 45-minute window. Then, as we were getting in and ready to leave, upon mentioning how disheartened we were to have only had 45 minutes, our driver informed us that “well, technically we have another 30 minutes or so on our reservation if you wanted to go back out”. Information that would have been great to have at the BEGINNING of our stint in the park so that we might have actually had proper time enjoy getting into the water at the beach rather than simply speed hiking to some various sites of interest. But, by the time we would have grabbed our gear and gone back down to the beach again, the extra time would have been essentially worthless. I could go on with more examples of disappointments from the day - like how we didn’t get to stop at the Garden of Eden, or Keanae Peninsula, or Kahanu Gardens, or how for the areas we weren’t allowed to stop at but could only have drive by viewings of we would get whipped by them in a couple seconds, clearly going more than the 15mph limit along the stretch, or how we were denied a couple requested pull offs on areas that were clearly for pulling off because “there’s a better view up ahead” (spoilers: it wasn’t better), but honestly, it feels like beating a dead horse at this point. I have to believe this company must have at one point had great guides, and maybe they still do. But we did not receive anything resembling the rave reviews we read online. I cannot tell you what on this trip was worth anywhere near the over $1300 we paid for it. And given the plethora of other amazing tours we took in Hawaii for much, much cheaper I can’t in good conscience encourage anyone to gamble their hard-earned money with this company and this tour because you might end up with the experience we had.

Response from Host

Dec 2022

Aloha Amy, We here at Hoaloha are truly and sincerely sorry for the experience you had during your Hana tour with us. It saddens us that the experience did not meet your expectations. We promise you that all of our guides hold themselves to a high standard of customer service but also that each of them has their own personalities and grew up with unique upbringings growing up on the island. We pride ourselves on being truly local guides and allowing our guest to get a peek through our eyes. Some of the things mentioned in your review came at us as a surprise because we feel like it's exactly those moments that our guests enjoy and is the reason why many recommend us and allow us to create memories with them and their ohana. The engagement with the community members our guides have, may it be family or just friends, is something that as a visitor to the island you just never get to experience, and we are very lucky to have developed this relationship with them that we can share with our guest. We are aware that you weren't able to cross off all the stops on your list but please keep in mind that our drivers are crunching a 48hr trip into 12hrs. We try our best to provide you with unmatched service and give you a more personalized day which other companies may not be able to accommodate while balancing time management. We hope this message reached you with the warmest aloha and that the rest of your trip has been nothing short of extraordinary. If you ever come back to Maui we hope you take us into consideration and allow us to provide an awesome experience with one of our many amazing guides so that we may be able to redeem ourselves and prove that our reviews are genuine and organic. With Aloha & a Huge Shaka, The Hoaloha Jeep Adventures Ohana

Sue_F

Nov 2022

Our guide Kimo was the best. He knew the best places to stop at and knows so much history of the island. He made the drive fun and put up with us and all our questions.

Bailer69

Nov 2022

What an amazing experience. The reverse tour is the best way to do the road to Hana as you get the most of the sunlight and generally go against the traffic. The reverse way means you are on the ocean side the whole way. We couldn't recommend our host, Scotty Joe, highly enough. His local knowledge, uncanny ability to get us in the best position (using his Aloha Pocket) for photos and general personality made the day very special.

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