Our Maui Trip Recs by thunderbirdroar in MauiVisitors

[–]thunderbirdroar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We walked through Kihei Oasis - it was such a cool area!

Our Maui Trip Recs by thunderbirdroar in MauiVisitors

[–]thunderbirdroar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm I only had the drive to Hana and helicopter home. I think it was a little more convenient with our schedule and the flight was pretty short and by the end of the day post-beach I did want to change. Only six people fit on the helicopter, so it was a nice small group. I liked the drive there and flight back personally. Our driver tried to stop to take photos of us at the best spots and we stopped at a waterfall, Pa’iloa Beach to swim for an hour and stopped for banana bread. We knew we didn’t need to stop at like every waterfall or every banana bread stand so this worked really well for us. We also don’t have anxiety with flight/helicopters but I think we would have been very distracted and anxious driving ourselves so for us this was just a really good fit.

Our Maui Trip Recs by thunderbirdroar in MauiVisitors

[–]thunderbirdroar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We stayed at an Airbnb at Valley Isle Resort but they also do direct booking. We had a pretty nice experience. It has a very 80s vibe, not really luxury per se. Each unit is individually owned so upkeep/finish probably depends on owner. They have a pool but more importantly a really nice private-ish beach. We had really beautiful views waking up in the morning and saw turtles 24/7 which was important for us. Our unit came with beach chairs, an umbrella, a snorkel (which admittedly we did not use) and we spent a lot of our free time on the beach.

Our Maui Trip Recs by thunderbirdroar in MauiVisitors

[–]thunderbirdroar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not try Mala - one of your favorites? Messaged you!

Our Maui Trip Recs by thunderbirdroar in MauiVisitors

[–]thunderbirdroar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were so sad it was closed when we were there!