BEST HIKE IAO VALLEY When the sun shines down on Iao Valley, nothing can compare to its beauty. The streaming crystal clear water that’s unpredictable on some days, glisten as strands of sun rays touch the water. Iao Valley is surrounded by abundant exhibitions of vegetation. Hiking trails are plentiful in the area. Get a […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best Hike on Maui: Twin Falls
BEST HIKE TWIN FALLS When it comes to accessibility, natural beauty and fun, Twin Falls is an easy choice for Maui’s Best Hike. Located off Hana Highway at Mile Marker 2 in Haiku, Twin Falls offers a breezy 1.5 mile hike through lush terrain, rewarded by waterfalls and swimming holes. Port-a-potties are available, and […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2016: Best Hike on Maui: Pipiwai Trail
BEST HIKE Pipiwai Trail Pipiwai Trail is possibly the most breathtaking and amazing hikes I have ever treked on this island. Aside from all of the waterfalls, secret swimming spots, and centipedes the bamboo forest is the best part. Walking on a walkway through the chutes, as they creak and groan in the wind, you […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Hike on Maui Bamboo Forest
BEST HIKE ON MAUI Bamboo Forest The Pipiwai Trail has an emerald jewel in the middle of its hike to the Waimoku Falls. This treasure is the Bamboo Forest, a lush woodland of bamboo stalks and leaves which one can explore via the hike’s boardwalk path. There is so much bamboo it makes you wonder […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Hike Bamboo Forest
Best Hike Photo credit to Sean M. Hower Bamboo Forest Although our readers didn’t specify which Bamboo Forest is their top pick, our readers seem to think that both hikes are equally wonderful. Both locations are on the opposite ends of Hana and hiking through either Bamboo Forest will allow you to immerse yourself in […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Hike on Maui: Bamboo Forest
Best Hike Bamboo Forest Even for Maui, this is an impressive hike. Known as the Pipiwai Trail, it starts near Oheo gulch in Hana and runs about four miles round-trip through gorgeous, sublime bamboo trees before ending at the impressive Waimoku Waterfalls. Along the way there are bridges, boardwalks, Banyan trees, waterfalls, streams and all the tropical […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2012: Best Hike on Maui: Bamboo Forest
Best Hike Bamboo Forest Hikers, nature-lovers and photographers fall in love with this hike on a regular basis (and if Maui had pandas, they would, too). The trail winds through a forest of the spindly, graceful and hollow bamboo trees. Along the way, you will find a few waterfalls with pools for swimming and cooling […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2011: Best Hike on Maui: Bamboo Forest
BEST HIKE Bamboo Forest Fifteen minutes in the limelight is so overrated. What’s way better (and what MauiTime readers deem is the isle’s best hike) is a day bathed in chartreuse crepuscular rays you explore the perennial evergreen of East Maui’s “Bamboo Forest.” Early en route to Hana, you can’t miss the spot–rentals and Maui […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Hike on Maui: Bamboo Forest
Bamboo Forest This is arguably the quintessential Hana hike, the one every visitor should do and every kama’aina should do again. It’s got all the essential elements—mud, bridges, waterfalls—and, of course, the bamboo: towering, majestic, creaking, closing in around you almost to the point of claustrophobia. East Maui offers so many treasures it’s hard to […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Hike on Maui: Bamboo Forest
HIKE Bamboo Forest Choosing just one hike in a place as beautiful and diverse as Maui is tough, but truly, if you could take only one hike, this would be it. As you walk along the wooden footpath, towering bamboo gradually closes in around you. Soon, the light dims and you’re transported to another world, […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2006: Best Hike on Maui: Polipoli Redwoods
EDIT PICK: BEST HIKE Polipoli Redwoods There is something unquestionably Star Trekish about making your way across the Haleakala Crater on a moonlit night, and following the Iao Stream into the interior of the West Maui Mountains definitely has its charms, but there are few hiking pleasures better than a stroll through the Redwoods at […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Difficult Hike on Maui: Haleakala
BEST DIFFICULT HIKE haleakala Haleakala National Park boasts miles and miles of hiking in lava sand as well as freezing temperatures and rocky trails. And it all takes place in a crater reminiscent of some Martian tundra. Oh, and there’s a lot less oxygen than you’re used to inhaling. Yeah it’s a challenge. If you’re […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Easy Hike on Maui: Iao Valley
BEST EASY HIKE iao valley At the end of Iao Valley Road, or Highway 32 in Wailuku, is the state park dedicated to a 2,250-foot, natural rock pinnacle and running, freshwater stream that is enveloped by the walls of Pu’u Kukui Crater. It is also a tranquil area, lush with exotic tropical plants and clear, […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Hike that will Work you on Maui: Haleakala
BEST HIKE THAT WILL WORK YOU Haleakala Yeah, it’s a beautiful hike all right. And anything that’s worth having is worth working for, right? Unfortunately for my relationship at the time, the 11-mile, two-day hike through 10,000-foot Haleakala Crater was just about the beginning of the end. Maybe it was the three miles of slippery […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Easy Hike on Maui: Iao Valley
BEST EASY HIKE Iao Valley Iao Valley is one of my favorite places on Maui, and it is conveniently located just at the edge of town. It’s a really easy walk along the tourist circuit, keeping to the paved trail that winds down to the taro patches by the stream and up to the little […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2003: Best Hike on Maui: Wainapanapa
Best Hike WAINAPANAPA Walking along the coast at sunrise toward the ancient burial ground is an energizing experience. The sun is intense, the clouds turn a brilliant, fiery orange, and the fierce waves crash into the serrated coastline. Hopping along the jagged lava rocks is an adventure as you try to keep to the trail […]