ʻĪao Valley holds a special place in the hearts of people who live on Maui. The valley is accessible, it takes only a 10-minute drive from the town of Wailuku, Maui’s County seat. She glows with beauty, often lying at the foot of a rainbow. You can see her glisten with gorgeous sun beams shining… Read more »
The first time I heard someone use the word Spelunking, I thought they were making up a word, trying to be funny. Then, I thought my friend, who said she went spelunking on her honeymoon, was telling a variation of the classic honeymoon joke. But, it turns out that her husband had planned a surprise,… Read more »
Remember this ⇓⇓⇓ bumper sticker? Previously we mentioned it in Hana! You’ll Never Want to Leave, Part 1 Our destination for this week is Wai’anapanapa*. It is a place many residents and visitors are grateful for. So much so, that they want to declare it to the world with this bumper sticker. Wai’anapanapa is a… Read more »
Waikamoi Preserve is one of Maui’s truly hidden treasures, a sub-alpine region that has an ecological makeup unlike any other place in the world. Avid hikers love to explore unique plants and landscapes wherever they venture, so today, we are going to learn more about the myriad of unusual plants you will see in the… Read more »
If you have ever hiked in Maui you may know it has many hiking trails of varied terrain. One can hike from sea level to as high as 10,000 feet. Maui visitors that love to hike trade off their days. They spend one day sea-faring or doing ocean activities and the next day hiking. It… Read more »
A forest is a vast inter-connected ecosystem, much more than just the trees. It’s a complex world filled with diverse civilizations of microscopic creatures all the way up to the towering trees. And it includes all the animal and bird life living symbiotically with the trees and with all the extraordinary life that exists under… Read more »
What is it that makes Maui or Hawai’i the special place that it is? Most visitors would probably answer that it’s the beaches, the surfing, the year-round close to perfect weather. They would all be wrong. The most important and memorable part of Hawai’i is the people These are the people whose ancestors discovered these… Read more »
