OT: Maui

[GIGGLES266]

Sorry about this being off topic but really want to know if any of my DIS friends have ever done the sunrise bike tour on Maui.
My employer gave me a Hawaiian vacation as a "thank you", will be leaving cold Michigan mid- January for Maui, and am in the final planning stages. Just wondering if anyone here has done it and if so, would you do it again? Thanks!

 

[FreshTressa]

No, I wouldn't do it again. It was kind of long and boring. There didn't seem to be much to see once after we left, the best view was at the beginning.

The view from the top was spectacular. We went up again at sunset and thought it was even more beautiful than sunrise. A very memorable experience.

 

[mrsv98]

I have been to the top of Haleakala and it is not to be missed, but I took a bus tour. I tend to agree that the best part is at the top and the ride down can get a bit long. The road to the summit is the fastest ascending road in the world, so you know the ride down is pretty swift. I suggest taking a bus tour up, it will give you plenty of time to watch the sunrise and then, since you get picked up from the hotel at about 3am, you can nap on the way back down!

The other thing you really *must* do is go whale watching. The Humpback season will be in full swing and it is amazing. The Humpbacks use the Maui basin as a "nursery." They travel from Alaska and give birth to their babies and then spend the months until about May raising them and giving them whale lessons. I have vivid memories of watching a mama humpback breech time and again and her little baby imitate her every time. Amazing.

Oh man, I really miss Hawaii! Have a wonderful time!