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Best Beaches
Maui is proud of its more than thirty miles of beaches, and with good reason. Most are pristine, with golden sand, crystal blue water and plenty of protected areas for swimming and snorkeling. One of the finest, but alas most...
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Day Trip: Lanai
Just nine miles west of Maui but seemingly a world apart, low-key Lanai beckons with miles of unspoiled beaches, incredible hikes and two excellent resorts. From Maui, you can take the ferry from Lahaina harbor, which takes about 45 minutes....
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Diving & Snorkeling
Like all of the Hawaiian islands, Maui's underwater life is as varied and impressive as its landscapes above. There are several great spots of diving and snorkeling, including reefs that are close to shore. Here are three favorite underwater experiences:
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Haleakala National Park
Watching the sunrise from the top of Haleakala volcano, at 10,023 feet and above a streaming field of clouds—is one of the main attractions on Maui. Haleakala means “house of the sun” in Hawaiian and anyone who has shivered in...
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Island Tours: Hiking & Watersports
Indagare members can contact the bookings team for an introduction to an experienced guide who has been leading half- and full-day hikes since 1994. He takes groups of eight and fewer to scenic spots, such as the Haleakala waterfall, the...
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Upcountry Exploration
Maui’s Upcountry feels like another world. Misty and often significantly colder than the coast, with rolling hills that offer breathtaking views, the region is home to many of Maui’s farms, which grow everything from Maui onions and eucalyptus to coffee...
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Whale Watching
Maui is one of the world's great places for whale watching, since about two-thirds of the North Pacific Humpback population migrates annually from the cold waters of Alaska to Hawaii's warm breeding grounds. Generally, whale season runs from December through...
Hawaii - Maui

As on the other Hawaiian islands, activities on Maui center on the ocean and the inland mountains, the latter the result of years of volcanic eruptions. At the beach on the windiest of the islands, windsurfing is king, and you can spot some of the world’s best boarders playing in the waters there. In Upcountry, the focus is on hiking. Unlike the one on Kauai, Maui’s volcano has been dormant for many hundreds of years, and more than a million people annually make the two-hour drive to Haleakala National Park to see the crater so big it could almost hold Manhattan.