I've lived in Kihei for many years, but have wanted to know more about the history of our town…read more Thankfully, I found that Keith does a FREE walking tour of Kihei that takes about 90 minutes. So, we signed up on their website, which is required. Tour groups are limited to 25 people, so it won't be crowded. We met outside the Kihei Library. Keith was there, eager to get to know us and we got to know each other. Keith is a fountain of information and had a notebook of visual aids to share with us. We had a short walk through Kalama Park and learned lots of the history of Kihei, back through the time of the Hawaiian kingdom, during World War II and the present day. The mystery of the life size Humpback Whale statue was solved. Who made it? How did it wind up here? Who adds a giant lei to it twice a year? My favorite part was learning about the Maps of the Mokupuni, and finding our Ahupua'a and Moku. The tour ended with a beautiful sunset from the seawall at Kalama Park. Please don't forget to tip your nice tour guide!

Keith was so engaging and informative with this easy walking tour. I almost didn't take it because…read moreWailuku is kind of run down but I would have missed some hidden treasures. It was a very good time!

Charming ! Small biz ! Woman owned ! Minority business !! A goat named Baba after Ali Baba !!…read more Tasty veggies & fruits !! Healthy food to hang out all day & nite at the beach !! What's not to like !! I I should up this to 5 * but its not as modern as I would expect & I feel others would ding it also for the primitive vibe. If you've been to Thailand, you will get it. Some might not buy anything cuz it's all outdoors & very unlike a whole foods.... There's a purple food truck at the entrance. A friendly & tame brown goat follows you around. There are the typical shrines with elephants & a lot of plots, dirt mounds, piles of vegetation. You put your hillocks of picks into a basket. The owner calculates everything by hand. No credit card machine but we joked that she should take bitcoin. What'd I buy?...A bit of everything like carrots, japanese white yams, golden potatoes, tomatoes, mini bananas, scallions, lilikoi, oranges, iimes, lemons, and flowers for the suite. We talked to all the other locals that bought lots of other items like the pineapples, greens, jalapenos, broccoli etc. They all lived close by while we came from Lahaina, about an hour away for this adventure of a farmers market. A nice drive of Maui Hawaaian splendor was well worth it to procure all these earthly bounties! I cooked the sweet carrots & potatoes, washed the tomatoes & fruit to be ready for endless beach day (s)!! Everything was fresh, tasty & delicious. That's the best if you can get a panopoly of fresh tasty local fare. Scooping out the seeds of lilikoi right now.... Simple yum.

This is a great place to buy fresh produce if you're Upcountry. They're open until 5 p.m. on…read moreSaturdays and Sundays and have a wide assortment of locally grown fruits and vegetables, including potatoes, onions, kabocha, etc. Over the years, Nui has gradually improved the property with walking paths and gardens, making it a nice place to stop and relax for locals and visitors. The food truck in the front of the property is also operated by Nui and serves delicious Thai food.

Bryan is a great guide. Very knowledgeable about Maui…read more Bryan drove us to Hana on Christmas eve. Perhaps the best tour we have ever experienced. Bryan was great in providing context for the much of the history of Maui. The Hana side of Maui is so different from the West Coast (Waiea, Kapua, Kihei), very rugged. It is very worth seeing and Bryan is an ideal guide.

5 stars Absolutely the best day....Keenan our driver was…read moregreat and flexible with what we did along the road. A lot of good laughs along the way. We are a family of 9 with 4 grandchildren. They had a blast....

This tour was so educational honestly my husband and I feel like pineapple experts now! Lots of…read moregreat pineapple tasting on the way and you get a pineapple on the way out! (Packed for TSA)! 100% recommend to anyone traveling to Maui! Tour guides were sweet, educated, and personable! This is also locally owned and operated by Native Hawaiians completely now and is the 2nd last pineapple farm in the US and last pineapple farm on Maui!! I bought a pineapple for this Christmas for all my family members and they all loved them so much!

Overall the tour was interesting, and even though I have been to the Dole Plantation, I still…read morelearned a lot on this tour that I didn't know. The pineapples were definitely some of the best I have ever had. Very cool you get to take one home (and it did survive the plane ride). I have to agree with some others that it is a little pricey for what it is, but I also understand the challenges of keeping the farm going in today's economic climate. I would say if you feel comfortable about doing a tour for that price, go for it. If not, there are lots of other cool places in that region of Maui too.

If I could give more stars I would. Casey offers the coolest knowledge about coffee and all of the…read morevegetation found on his farm. Not only is this highly informational, this might be the best view in all of Maui. I've been to Maui 5 + times and have never had a more fun, informational, person to person experience. Very highly highly recommended time and time again.

This was a really enjoyable and memorable afternoon while in Kula. If you are here to learn all…read moreabout coffee and tour a roastery, this isnt the right place. If you are interested in spending some time with a true gem of a person in one of the most beautiful places on Maui while exploring an expansive garden, then this is the the right place. Honestly, When Casey Shim welcomes you to his "utopia", thats exactly what it is. With high-elevation bi-coastal views of Maui island, surrounded by rolling green hills, fruit trees and flowers, up in the clouds, just standing on the property was a surreal experience. From there, you will spend time touring the garden, learning a bit about coffee and all the very many kinds of plants and fruit trees on the property. We even got to meet some horses and saw at least 3 geckos! At the end of the tour you can purchase some freshly bagged coffee as well as some coffee candy treats which were quite good. While not the traditional coffee tour you might expect, this was truly one of the highlights of our time in Kula and would recommend this to anyone open to spending some time in a beautiful place with a very very nice host.

Kelsey is just amazing! BOOK HER! You won't regret it. Both days with Kelsey were my favourite days…read morein Maui, making some of the best memories. My friend and I originally booked one day with Kelsey but had so much fun that we had to book another day before flying home. We did the Road to Hana on our first day, and West Maui on the second (before getting on our overnight flight home). Kelsey is everything you can ask for in a tour guide. She knowledgeable, flexible, keeps you safe, has everything you didn't think you need (extra towels, mosquitoe repellant, etc). She will customize any trip and that is just fantastic. On our first day, we originally wanted to do half day on Road to Hana and half day in Iao Valley. We ended up loving Hana so much that we ended up spending the entire day there. On our second day on the West side, Kelsey incorporated Iao Valley so we could still get a chance to see it! How wonderful. She also had a back up plan for our second day in case the weather wasn't nice in the West. Back up plan was to explore the south coast, and we would have been happy to do that as well. Much aloha Kelsey. My heart is overflowing. PS - she is the best photographer too! And so patient with taking all the pics you want. My friend I was traveling with hated taking any photos and having Kelsey be so open about taking your photos was the best!

We had a joyful day with Kelsey. She tailored the day to fit what we wanted to do and understood…read moreour limits as folks over age 65. We arranged the day so we could have lunch at an authentic bbq which was incredibly delicious. Saw the best stops on the road to Hanna that a big tour bus would miss. We ended up going to the Ioa Valley and waded in a mountain stream. Wow. Can check that off my bucket list! Booking Kelsey was the smartest thing we did on our trip to Maui.

We had to reschedule our hike day..due to the Kona low and the office staff were more than helpful…read more This is not our first hike with Hike Maui... we've come to Maui for the past 50 years..37 times to be exact... and Hike Maui is our go to during the past 20 years when we want to get out into the rainforest. We have taken three of their "Morning Walks" with our grandkids and it's a perfect introduction to hiking. Honestly we've had three different ...wonderful.. experiences. It's not strenuous and you're taken back to some private land that you'd not have access to if you just drove up and parked (if you found a parking spot) and hiked back in. We were lucky to have the lovely, fun, and knowledgeable guide named Randolyn ..aka Ran. She was the perfect blend of kind, patient and engaging with the grandkids, and very helpful with us old folks! On the drive on the way home she advised a few newbies to the island where some great places to eat were... they greatly appreciated her ideas! She had the most pleasant demeanor.... :) If you want a fun morning walk, call Hike Maui

I would give 10 stars if I had the choice…read more This was an easy Rainforest walk package with a little adventure of diving and swimming in the water added in, if you wanted to that is - no force. Brian was just soo fun, and soo informative. He balanced all our interests absolutely wonderfully, it was just amazing. The kid was thrilled with the his dino costume (Oh my god! the costume, he wore it on the Entire trip except when jumping off the rocks ofcourse), the adult in the other group with all the geological tectonics knowledge that flowed like an uninterrupted volcano from his mouth...non stop, and me with all the native plant life info. The Hala tree amazed me and so did the big red flower- torch ginger, which actually looks like a vibrant staff fit for a king. I would never have learnt about them in detail if not for this trip. All this besides the actual trip to the waterfalls, the encouragement he gave to the other group was astounding (I don't swim myself unfortunately, or the fun would have tripled for me). He supported, guided, advised, and made them have the time of their life with the diving and the swimming. Three cheers to the B.Rex. Hike Maui site itself had useful info for the walk and I brought the water shoes after reading about it on their site, it really worked great out there. Pick up was right on time and the directions were pretty clear, but u could have mentioned near Kahului Park and Ride, I mistook the 8 min drive for 8 min walk, and walked up from my hotel ! Hike Maui arranged for backpacks and that was very useful too. To just it throw it on our shoulders and walk freely. The little snacks were good after the walk. The best part was the passion fruit which was handed out as a parting gift. It was my first time to eat that fruit too. Note: The waterfalls are accessible privately with rental car too. You could explore the area in your own sweet time. But I did notice there were not many signs with specific directions inside the forest. And no labels on the plants. Most places no mobile signals either. That said, you could do it on your own. I cannot say enough about this trip. It is for all ages and a great little Maui to explore comfortably. PS: Hope Brian wins the Halloween costume contest today ( 31st Oct 2025)

We had an incredible experience with Kat on our Road to Hana tour. If you want to see Maui through…read morethe eyes of a local while learning lessons about the lore and culture, there is no better choice than to go with Kat! She is incredible and her tour is super informative, engaging, and top-notch. Truly worth every penny! I will recommend Kat's services and Hana tour to all of my friends who have the joy of visiting Maui!!

We had such an incredible experience with Kat at Oui Tour Maui! If you're taking the trip to Hana,…read morethis is the way to go. Oui Tour Maui is the only way to experience Hana and the true Hawaiian culture like a local. Our experience was so personalized and intimate. Kat is so friendly and knowledgeable. Our day was filled with learning and laughs - Kat treats you like family and we are so blessed to have met her!

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.

We decided to go last minute after ending up with more time than we thought while exploring the…read morearea. We didn't reserve a tour ahead of time, and the next one was not for over an hour, so we decided to just walk around the grounds on our own. We started with the cheese tasting. They offer 2 different options, and we chose the mixed. Between 2 of us, it was plenty. I would say even 3 people could share. We enjoyed most of the cheeses - a few were definitely unique. They have a patio area to sit at, and they just call your name when your tasting is ready. They give you information with the cheeses, so you know what you are trying. The shop had a nice assortment of other gifts, as well as the truffles. The truffles were definitely my favorite. You can just get one if you want, or you can pick out several to make a box to take home. We walked around and saw the area where the babies/young goats played on the surfboards, which is super cute. The adults are all over in different areas, and you will even see them on the roofs of different buildings. The tour would have been nice to learn some history and information, but it is still really nice to go without the tour. It was a fun and peaceful little experience.

Where to start this place is unbelievable the view and the relaxing country vibe. Entrance fee is…read more$5 although being Kamaaina it's only $2 what a deal . This Alii Kula Lavender farm is located in Kula approximately 25 mins from the airport. This farm is not only strictly Lavender they have all kinds of pretty flowers and trees . There's a nice little gift shop which they sell all kinds of merchandise from Lavender oils, lotions, bar soap, clothing, exfoliation soaps and more. Inside their Gift shop they also have a small cafe that they sell coffee, teas, scones, muffins and cheesecake. Normally I'm not a cheesecake person but this cheesecake also had a hint of lavender taste it was very good . The only downside to this review is that they only have porta potty . Other then that i highly recommend this stop if your visiting Maui. Support local

After checking out of our hotel, we needed to kill some time before our red-eye flight out of Maui,…read moreso we decided to stop by Aliʻi Kula Lavender Farm. We had visited before in 2012 during lavender season, which was lovely, but coming in mid-January there really wasn't much to see. Admission is $5 per person, and there's a café and gift shop on-site for souvenirs. During our previous visit, we really enjoyed the lavender scone and iced tea from the café. The views at the top are still beautiful, but I'd honestly recommend visiting only when lavender is in season to make it worthwhile. Also worth noting: it's quite windy in this part of Maui, and the terrain is very steep, so walking around can be a bit challenging.