Essential Tips for Visiting Maui and the Road to Hana
If you make a purchase through my links, I earn a commission that helps to keep this blog running-at no extra cost to you. We returned back to the Paia Inn exhausted after a memorable 9 hours of adventure. We just took a peak, but would have spent more time sunbathing if we didn’t have to get back to Paia by dinner.īy then, after 17 of the best Road to Hana stops, the 4 mile hike (in & out) of the bamboo forest was not gonna happen. Beautiful!Īfter passing the town of Hana we made a quick stop at Hamoa Beach, a beautiful, crescent public beach. A short, yet steep, path led us to the beach which started with large coal colored rock, followed by shiny black sand with descending sizes of pebbles. The Waianapanapa Black Sand Beach was my favorite stop along the Road to Hana. Mile Marker 32.2 - Waianapanapa Black Sand Beach Mile Marker 32 - Pa’iloa Beach Black Sand Beach Even though it is off the beaten path of the Hana Highway, this place sometimes gets so busy it has to turn away guests. Right next to Luana Spa Retreat is Nutcharee’s, a delicious and authentic outdoor Thai restaurant. But, you can sleep (or, even better, get a spa treatment) in one at Luana. Turns out it’s fancy-smancy collapsible tent commonly used in Mongolia. Why? Because I had no idea what the heck a yurt was either. Mile Marker 31 - Hana Farms Roadside StandĪfter indulging on too much coconut candy, we made a quick stop at Luana Spa Retreat to get a tour of a yurt. The coconut is hand cut, sprinkled with brown sugar and slow baked. This is where I discovered one of my absolute favorite Maui treats, coconut candy. Of a tiny handful of Hawaiian product shops. Nahiku Marketplace is a Hana shopping center, which consists Mile Marker 22 - Pua’a Ka’a Falls/Pua’a Kaa State Wayside Park It’s a quicky, right on the side of the road. The Upper Waikani Falls is also known as Three Bear Falls and is one of the most popular waterfalls of all the Road to Hana stops. Mile Marker 19.5ish - Upper Waikani Falls It will be a quick stop, but worth the perfect Hawaiian view. Mile Marker 18.8 - Wailua Valley State WaysideĪ place to stretch your legs and get a killer view! We took the stairs on the right of Wailua Valley State Wayside to the top and were treated to a view of Ke‘anae Valley, Ko‘olau Gap and the village of Wailua. Almost like Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Halfway to Hana snack shop is certainly one of those places popular due to its name and it will probably not be the best banana bread along the way, but worth the stop just to say you’ve been. Mile Marker 17 - Keanae Peninsula and Village Jumping is absolutely, positively not recommended, but at that time not taking the leap was also one of my Road to Hana regrets. The less adventurous leap from the lower portions or simply watch from the sidelines. The brave locals cliff dive from the bridge, a 25 foot drop. Mile Marker 13 - Ke’anae Peninsula ViewpointĬhing’s Pond is a popular swimming hole that many people pass by without even knowing it is there. Mile Marker 12 - Kaumahina State Wayside Park The waterfall can more easily be seen inside the Garden of Eden.
But, it was only a couple minute walk for a faraway waterfall glimpse. I am not suggesting that you do the same. The wire fence has a good size opening, where visitors have disobeyed the signs. Just like the guidebooks say, there is a waterfall lookout at lower Puohokamoa Falls, but what they don’t say is that it has a no trespassing sign. Counting mile markers makes it even more tricky than driving the switchbacks, so be very careful! That’s a lot in one day!īe warned-Most stops don’t have signs, so the guides and maps refer to their location by the mile markers they can be found at. We mapped our route, left Paia at 8:30 in the morning and made a whopping 17 stops along the Road to Hana, 8 more stops than we made while driving Nova Scotia’s Cabot Trail. Even the unpaved, bumpy part of the road with the zigzagging turns that the tour books warn you about. But, our adventurous travel plan was to do the continuous loop. Most travelers will take the 53 mile road to the town of Hana, then turn around and head back the same route they came. It is loaded with hundreds of hairpin turns, cascading waterfalls, a bamboo forest and dozens of beautiful things to see. The Road to Hana, also known as the Hana Highway, is a picturesque (and very curvy) drive along Maui’s northeastern shore. But, on the flip side of the coin we were departing to drive the Road to Hana, one of the best things to do in Maui. I will miss you Mopsey Kalua Pork Pizza and Sandy Beach Coconut gelato. After spending a memorable night in the funky town of Paia in Maui, it was sadly time to leave.
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