Toured the farm in 2023 and brought our group of 8 back for a tour this week. Very nice upgrades…read moreand, this time, we got to watch a milking in action. Stud Hemingway is always fun to see! Feeding the goats was extra special. And those adorable "kids"! Best part of the visit is purchasing a flight (or two) of the cheeses. Added bonus was the fabulous samples of 2 cheeses and a truffle. This tour is a MUST DO when you visit Maui!

After checking out of our hotel, we had some time to kill before our red-eye flight out of Maui, so…read morewe stopped by Surfing Goat Dairy Farm. We had visited once before back in 2012 and remembered it being a great experience, and it's nice to see how much the farm has upgraded since then. They offer goat and cheese tours that you can sign up for online. This time, we just wandered around the grounds and relaxed while watching the goats and baby kids play in their pen. We also bought a $10 bucket of hay to feed the goats off to the side. We were told they were under a year old, though they were already pretty much adult-sized! They were extremely enthusiastic about the hay, and the bucket was gone in no time. It was such a fun and wholesome experience, for both me and the goats. Definitely a cute stop, and I hope to come back next time and sign up for one of the tours next time in Maui.

This was such a great experience! It's so peaceful and calm. Definitely an amazing place to reset…read moreand get in touch with nature. They have lavender products. Our favorite was the lavender honey as well as the lavender coffee!

We love lavender and being able to visit a lavender farm sounded like a great idea! So glad we did…read more Upon arrival we were greeted by the very nice person in the booth. We paid and drove in and parked. There was no problem finding a spot. There wasn't a whole lot to see as far as the lavender growing or blooming, but we enjoyed what was available. We stopped in the market store and bought some organic lavender tea, brownies, and candy. I bought a sticker and my DIL also bought a couple of things to bring home for friends. There is seating with umbrellas which we enjoyed. It was another beautiful day in Maui. After the grandkids were finished, we went out to the large field. The adults enjoyed sitting in the grass and kiddos enjoyed rolling around in the soft grass.

Nice stop to learn a lot about humpback whales and turtles as well. They have a porch out back…read morethat overlooks a historic fishpond that was owned by the royal family. The staff are very knowledgeable! Great place to take the keiki. Parking in front and free!

We walked in just as they were closing- that didn't keep the employee (Jeep) from walking us over…read moreto the lanai to talk to us about the fishing pond, turtles and humpbacks. Jeep was lovely and kind, she stayed over and conversed with us for 20 minutes. Thank you for being so kind. Can't wait to come back during business hours. PS- love the live webcam!

The waterfall here is so beautiful! We only hiked to a cliff overlooking the waterfall, but did not…read moreclimb down to the area where people were diving into the water. I totally would if I could swim! Along the trail, there were so many exotic plants and flowers.

Upper Waikani Falls is located between miles 19 and 20 on the Road to Hana. The entrance can be a…read morelittle hard to find but it's just next to the end of the bridge that you'll be driving on. It's a steep walk down which can be dangerous especially when it's wet. We were trying to find a place to park but all the closest areas had either no parking signs or cones. The closest parking area was a long walk away and at that point we weren't willing to park and walk down just to catch the waterfalls for a couple minutes. It is nice but the lack of parking makes it a hard place to stop.

Right on the way up that twisty windy road and a slightly tortuous climb down the edge of the…read morebridge await three gushing and one fine trickle waterfalls. Worth the climb down. Wear your swimsuit. Parking is just above the bridge on the left.

This is the only way to see Molokini. We did the 7 AM trip…read moreand it was next to perfect. Saw beautiful eels, some people on our tour saw sharks and an octopus. The raft is fun and adventurous and stable. It's a 15 minute ride and it's fun to get off and on the raft. You don't want or need a big craft for this tour. The guides are cool and helpful. Highly recommend, will be telling all friends who visit the island that Redline is the way! Price was just right too!

Great company to book a snorkeling tour with. We took the early boat out to Molokini from Kihei. 15…read moremin ride out there, on a smaller 24 passenger boat, so it was more on the thrilling side. We circled the crater and moored in the 1st spot where the sea life was vibrant. Perfect amount of time to see everything and get out before too many other tour companies arrived. The ride back was fun, with a couple thrilling circles to kick up some wake. Laid back and friendly crew. Highly recommend unless you can't handle the ocean and prefer something more chill.

Beach territory on Maui's Southwest shores…read more I honestly cannot remember any distinguishing feature about Kihei as I can about Lahaina. Kihei has more residential and commercial areas and better beaches. We stayed in Kihei at the WorldMark Resort and it was only a few minutes walk to one of the three Kamaole beaches across the street. I like that it's not very far from Wailea and Makena and a shorter distance to traveling the famous Road to Hana. I dunno, for some reason we found ourselves returning back to our resort early every day... like 7:00p or around 8:00p at the latest which is why we found ourselves returning to Lahaina often just to hang around and eat, window shop... eat (again). Nightlife seems to be more fun there. Plus the first Ululani Shave Ice is in Lahaina located in an open-air stand, set back from the street a few steps in a courtyard, at 790 Front Street. This was our first trip to Maui and now that we've done most of the touristy things if there is another chance we return to the Valley Isle I'd prefer to stay in Lahaina. Kihei is the sunniest, driest end of the island and a little rain can mean intense flooding... during our stay in Kihei it did just that! Locals we've talked to said it's not often they get heavy rains on this part of the island but the isolated downpour on 9/9/22 was too much for Kihei resulting in flooded roads and causing closures. I was super bummed about this because we were supposed to drive up to Haleakalā National Park to watch the sunset and see the full moon. Kihei is in southwest Maui, about 25 minutes from Kahului Airport Kīhei (OGG) Review #2737

Kihei doesn't pretend to be a high end resort town like Wailea or Ka'anapali. Less touristy than…read moreLahaina by far. Yet the beaches are still beautiful, the weather is drier and the restaurants more affordable. Find a condo to stay at, saunter around this smaller sleepy town and rest assured that all the other sights of Maui really aren't that much further way by car. You're used the commute coming from the mainland right? This commute is way friendlier and calmer so don't worry. The place to stay in Maui for the everyday Joe.

I love this highway a lot in my time in Maui. It is called the Hana Highway. I was a tourist there…read moreand I played one of the guided tours while driving this highway. The guided tour was on point with where I was on the highway. It played melodies and instructed turns and upcoming paths. Driving this highway was pretty difficult because there were narrow turns and everything was just narrow. Any slight mishap can land you down the ocean. The breathtaking part about this highway were the trees! I love the trees so damn much that I had all windows rolling down. There were mango and eucalyptus trees everywhere. I smelled mangoes and eucalyptus the whole time. The eucalyptus trees were a good refresher and awakening call! They also purified my car and got rid of any food odors from meals I had in the car! Thankfully they acted as a perfume and air freshener! The whole car ended up smelling like eucalyptus! Luckily these eucalyptus trees were everywhere in Maui! The whole ocean was all around the highway! The ocean water skep sparkling from the sun! The highway was very flat and not much hills. There were some parts of the highway that felt like I was driving on the ocean. There were people surfing. There were some points on the highway that allow you to go into the ocean and just take a swim or dive. I did stop in the middle of the highway to snorkel. There were so many colorful fish as you go down and deeper into the ocean. Very beautiful fish. The beach was also save because I left my belongings on the branches of a nearby tree and nobody stole it even though there were people chilling on the beach.

Day 1 we had our reservations for Wainapnapa SP and Haleakalā for the pipiwai trail. We drove from…read moreKihei, leaving around 7am and did not have much traffic. We stopped at Aunt Sandy's banana bread in the morning and a food truck for lunch. We spent the night in Hana. Day 2 we did the various stops at botanical gardens, waterfalls, beaches. It was a great time.

Shannon and Hoku were amazing guides for our zip experience. We had our kids and 10 and 12 and have…read moreexperienced our zips on the island. We decided we liked this one best for the views and that you canʻt see the bottom. Made it a little more adventurous. Shannon brought the jokes! Nice to have local guides too made it more native and local.... we will be back! Mahalo! Kilohana and Ohana

Great time!! Ray and Noah were our guides, they were awesome. Super helpful and knowledgeable about…read morethe island. I will return on my next trip! Also, the scenery was beautiful!