#MAUI REVEALED ROAD TO HANA FULL#
I highly recommend reading the full Road to Hana section at least the day before your trip, and planning out where you’d like to stop. We read it pretty thoroughly before our first trip and have used it as a reference point on every visit! The book is especially useful for the Road to Hana, as it points out some of our absolute favorite (and pretty secluded!) places to stop. Maui Revealed is still probably the best book for a comprehensive guide of what to do on Maui.
#MAUI REVEALED ROAD TO HANA DOWNLOAD#
The Shaka Guide uses GPS along the trip, but there won’t be any cell service for most of the drive so you’ll need to download it all in advance.
(If you use this link to download, I’ll get a very small portion of the profit.)īe sure to download the guide before you leave for your road trip. The guide isn’t free, but for $10 you can buy all 5 audio guides for Maui, which was completely worth it in our opinion! We’ve only used the Road to Hana guide so far, but plan on using the Haleakala one on our next trip. The Shaka Guide is great if you want to do the Road to Hana without much pre-planning and just let the guide tell you where to stop. It’s a fully narrated road trip guide, that tells you when you’re approaching potential stopping points, giving you details about the stop, and even tells you when you should skip a stop if you’re rushed. Though it’s difficult to pick the best attractions along the Road to Hana, some of our favorites include Twin Falls, Ke’anae Arboretum, Upper Waikani Falls (aka Three Bears Falls), Nahiku Marketplace, Hana Lava Tube, the black sand beach and freshwater caves of Wai’anapanapa State Park, Hana Town, the Hana Cultural Center & Museum, Hamoa Beach, ‘Ohe’o Gulch and Pipiwai Trail.On this most recent trip, Sean found a new audio guide called the Shaka Guide. Hana remains as Maui’s sleepy, gorgeous getaway, and one of the best places for a relaxing holiday in nature. Shortly after, a tidal wave brought an end to the remaining sugar plantations, and Paul Fagan opened Ka’uiki Inn in order to attract tourism and boost jobs in the area, which still exists today as the luxurious Travaasa Hana Resort. With the arrival of Paul Fagan in 1944, cattle ranching operations on Hana Ranch began.
From the mid to late 1800’s, taro cultivators and fishermen were introduced to new ways of business when six sugarcane plantations were opened in Hana and its surrounding districts. In 1768, Queen Ka’ahumanu was born in a cave on the side of Ka’uiki Hill, who is largely remembered for her abolition of the Kapu System and as King Kamehameha’s favorite wife. In the 1400’s, Pi’ilanihale Heiau was built by ancient Hawaiians, which remains the largest place of worship in the Polynesian Islands and still exists today. Because he would eventually have to return to the sea, Noenoe pleaded with her father to keep them together, which he did by turning Ka’uiki into the hill overlooking Hana Bay, and his daughter into the misty rain. Hawaiian legend states that Hana’s beauty was first discovered by the demigod Maui, who named his daughter Noenoe Ua Kea O Hana, meaning the ‘misty, light rain of Hana,’ who fell in love with Ka’uiku, an adopted son of the menehune and gift from the God of the Sea, Kanaloa. If you consider yourself a nature enthusiast, or are looking to explore Maui’s best waterfalls, hiking trails, campgrounds and exotic beaches, don’t miss the famed Road to Hana.
Recognized as the most authentically Hawaiian area of Maui, the majority of Hana Town (and the road to it) remains largely untouched, filled with abundant plant life, historic sites and modest roadside attractions.
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