ALOHA!
The Road to Hana is one of the most famous tourist activities in Maui.
And to experience Hawaii, Gordon Ramsay even chose to highlight the Road to Hana on his show Uncharted! The entire episode was about the Hana coast.
So basically, some sort of Hana experience is probably one of the great Maui adventures that you will very much want to have as part of your time in Hawaii!
So the Road to Hana is a drive along the Hana Highway to the town of Hana (and beyond).
This is a trip to the lush and very green East Maui.
Most people do this as a day trip, and the Road to Hana is all about the small stops to make along the way.
You’ll be driving with mountains on one side and ocean on the other side. There are opportunities for stops to walk into a rainforest, as well as stops with grand ocean views. The Road to Hana is also known for being able to see many waterfalls.
There are a ton of amazing views to be seen on the Road to Hana.
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Best Hana tours
These are the best Maui tours to get an epic Hana experience!
Aside from driving the Road to Hana and making several stops as a classic Road to Hana driving experience, you can also choose to experience what Hana offers in another way.
Take your pick to experience Hana from land by van or by foot or to experience Hana from the skies by helicopter!
With the Road to Hana tours listed below, there are reviews that you can read from people who have taken the tour, so be sure to look for that!
1. Driving the Road to Hana tour
This will give you a more classic Road to Hana experience, without having to plan anything on your own!
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2. Hana rainforest helicopter and ranch tour
See the lush East Maui landscape and Maui waterfalls from above, and then go for a guided tour on a Hana ranch
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3. Guided East Maui waterfall hike through a rainforest
Learn about Hawaiian plants and culture as you hike through the rainforest, and have a chance to safely go jumping and swimming at waterfalls
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Road to Hana tour or on your own?
So, if you have decided that you must do the Road to Hana, the next question is…
Drive the Road to Hana on your own or do a Road to Hana tour and have someone else do the driving?!
Well, to be lame, it really depends. 😜
There are truly sooooo many things to do on the Road to Hana that planning for it might start to feel overwhelming!
So if you want to leave the planning of the Road to Hana highlights to someone else (and learn about the small coastal East Maui towns and Hawaiian culture while you’re at it), that’s when you might love a Road to Hana driving tour.
This will allow you to get a deeper Hana experience to give you further knowledge of the Hana coast.
That said, it is totally reasonable to do the Road to Hana on your own. Plenty of people do.
Road to Hana bus: Can you get to the Road to Hana by bus?
No, you can’t really do the Road to Hana by public bus.
There is a bus that goes to some places on Maui, but it doesn’t go to any truly meaningful Road to Hana sights.
Technically the bus does go along a little bit of the Hana Highway.
For example, you can get to Paia by bus.
Paia is often considered the unofficial start to the Road to Hana.
But going to Paia is more like a trip to Paia. It’s not doing the Road to Hana.
Going to Paia won’t give you a taste for what the Road to Hana is all about.
The bus goes nowhere near the town of Hana, so this means that you can’t go to Hana by bus, or by using any form of public transportation.
The furthest along the bus goes on the Hana Highway is the bus stop at the intersection of Pauwela Road and Hana Highway on the Haiku Islander bus route, which is a little past Paia.
This is as far along on the Hana Highway as you can go by bus, and Hana is around 40 miles away from the bus stop.
So if you want to do the Road to Hana on your own, you need to rent a car on Maui.
If you won’t be renting a car, the only way you can experience Hana is through a tour!
HAPPY TOURING THE HANA COAST!
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