Description
- Air conditioned and licensed round trip transportation from your Kahului Maui cruise pier!
- English speaking, local and trained Maui shore excursion guides!
- Visit Maui Tropical Plantation!
- Included tram ride of the plantation!
- Visit Iao Valley State Park and Iao Needle!
- Visit to Maui Ocean Center!
- Escape the cruise ship shore excursion crowds and enjoy unique sights of Maui and surrounding area!
Understand why the land and sea have always been so important to the Hawaiian people. Enjoy a full day excursion to see Maui Tropical Plantation, Iao Valley State Park and Maui Ocean Center.
Departing from the Kahului Maui cruise pier, it is a short 20-minute drive to the Maui Tropical Plantation, a 60-acre (24 hectares) working plantation located in the Waikapu Valley. Here you will enjoy a fully narrated, 40-minute tram ride that takes you through beautifully manicured grounds to see many of the tropical fruits and other produce grown here. Some of the trees, bushes and crops you will see include sugarcane, coffee, macadamia nuts, pineapple, papaya, mango, guava and bananas.
During the tram ride, you will be treated to a coconut husking demonstration and learn more about the benefits and uses of coconuts. After the tram ride, there will be time to browse through the Kumu farmers market and the large gift shop where there are usually some local homemade or locally grown samples for tasting.
Continuing west, a 20-minute drive takes you to the 4,000-acre (1618 hectare) Iao Valley State Park. Here, you will take a pleasant walk on a 3000 foot (914 meters) paved path through the verdant greenery to one of Maui's most striking rock formations, the 1,200 foot tall (365 meters) Kukaemoku or Iao Needle. Over millions of years, erosion has carved it into its current day form. Lush green vegetation has covered most of it giving it a nice green coat. You will also learn about the valley's bloody history.
Turning south, a 20-minute drive brings you to the west coast and the Maui Ocean Center. Here, through a combination of more 60 indoor-outdoor exhibits, a walk-through underwater tunnel and the largest collection of live Pacific corals, you will have an up-close view of the marine inhabitants of the Pacific Ocean including native fish, Hawaiian green sea turtles, 6 species of sharks and some of the oceans most elusive creatures. You will have approximately 90 minutes at the center. There is even a touch tank area for a real hands-on experience.
Taking a slightly different route back through the Waikapu Valley, your excursion ends back at the Kahului Maui cruise pier approximately 30 minutes later.
Where we meet
For this Kahului Best of Maui Excursion, you will meet your guide on your Kahului Maui cruise pier. All necessary details will be printed on your Electronic Shore Excursion Ticket.
Cancellation
Cancellations up to 24 hours prior to excursion are subject to a 15% cancellation fee. Cancellations within 24 hours prior to excursion are not refundable.
For the Kahului Best of Maui Excursion, we issue full refund for your deposit or full payment to us if: Canceled by client prior to excursion date with a minimum of 24 hours prior notice by email to reservations@shoreexcursioneer.com.
For cancellation reasons below, you must contact us via email within 14 days after your excursion:
- Your ship arrives into port late and you cannot make it in time to the meeting location (we will verify with the tour operator).
- Your ship skips/misses the port.
- Weather conditions or equipment failure prevents the operator from running the excursion.
- A medical problem prevents you from safely participating in the excursion (we will verify with the excursion operator and the guest may send doctor's note). This applies to individuals only and not the remainder of the group.
- Cancellations/deposit refund requests that do not comply with the above may not be subject to refund.
- Refunds may be subject to a service charge fee as determined by the payment processor, please refer to Terms and Conditions for more information.
