• ISBN13: 9780967007243
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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A guide for families and outdoor adventurers alike, Maui Trailblazer 2009 covers all of the island, and includes day trips to the neighboring islands of Molokai, Lanai, and Molokini.

Clear directions and concise descriptions lead to all of Maui’s well-known attractions, as well as to hidden discoveries that Trailblazer readers have come to expect.

137 different hikes and strolls to tropical rain forests and remote valleys, coastal bluffs and lava caves, Haleakala crater and the Hana Highway, cascading waterfalls, beaches, ridgetops, towns, whale-watching perches, historic sites, and archeological ruins.

Among the 44 snorkeling spots are hike-to coves and the secret places that tour boats go.

Kayakers can pick from about 20 put-ins.

Surfers can select from 38 beaches and decide whether to boogie, board, or body surf. Onlookers will find the best places to watch the surfers, windsurfers and kite-boarders ride the big ones.

The text is complimented by 10 maps and 240 photographs. Driving tours-nine of them-take readers to all the attractions, natural wonders, and historic sites.

A Resource Links section provides numbers for free visitor information and recreational outfitters, as well as hand-picked accommodations and local restaurants to suit every budget and taste bud.

A Best Of section lets you pick the right activity to suit your mood and the day. Appendices include free hula shows, farmer’s markets, what to pack, climate, history, fauna, and a Hawaiian glossary.

This new and completely revised third edition for 2009 includes a Trailblazer Kids section for adventuring families. Maui Trailblazer: Where to Hike, Snorkel, Paddle, Surf, Drive

Ocean Front at the Honua Kai Resort & Spa

Duke's Beach House is the brown building ocean front at the new Honua Kai Resort & Spa

Walk to Duke’s – stay at the Honua Kai Resort & Spa!

Duke’s Beach House Website

5-Star restaurant at a 5-star resort, the Honua Kai Resort & Spa

5-star all the way

Ahhh this is how winter looks in Maui and at the Honua Kai Resort & Spa

(808) 662-2900

Make a Reservation by Clicking Here!

(Reservations are highly recommended – make them weeks ahead of time for holidays)
(There are 600 villas at the Honua Kai – you betcha you need reservations)
(There are 400 Westin villas just a 5-minute walk away – you’ve been warned)

One of the great things about Maui is the ability to sit outside 24/7 365 days a year without the a/c running or mosquito screening.  Duke’s Beach House is just that – you sit right next to the Pacific ocean and can watch the Maui sun setting each night; folks fly in from all over the world to see just that!  The weather is perfect as are Duke’s meals, drinks, and other goodies.  Same with the Honua Kai – each villa has a floor to ceiling glass wall that opens to let in the perfect Maui weather and ambiance.

If you look up “Paradise on earth” you will see Maui as the #1 definition.  (Assuming you don’t want a 3rd world destination or overrun by warlords)

On North Beach in Ka’anapali, located in the Honua Kai Resort & Spa, Duke’s Beach House offers stunning views out to the Pacific Ocean and of the islands of Lanai and Molokai.  From this distinctly Maui vantage point, you are invited to also get a glimpse into the life of Hawaii’s most honored son and surfing pioneer, Duke Kahanamoku.

We invite you travel back to a bygone era as if you are Duke’s guest in his beachside vacation home filled with vintage surf memorabilia and photographs of his life as Hawaii’s most revered waterman and ambassador of Aloha.

This open-air restaurant offers a breakfast menu filled with traditional favorites that are enhanced with local flavors, like the Onolicious French Toast made with Molokai sweet bread and lilikoi butter. You will find the lunch menu filled with casual fare including sandwiches, burgers, salads and island favorites like Huli Huli Chicken and Ho Daddy Fish & Chips.

For dinner Duke’s Beach House not only serves up spectacular sunsets, but tantalizing pupus and share plates to start your evening. Entrees include a daily selection of the finest seasonal and sustainable fresh fish offered in a variety of preparations along with classic cuts of USDA Prime steaks.

No visit to Duke’s is complete without dessert and the Kimo’s Original Hula Pie® is not to be missed.  You’ve got to drop by and try the Hula Pie while staying at the Honua Kai Resort & Spa!

Read about Duke

Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily

Reservations accepted (808) 662-2900

Disappointing meals (and there are a lot of them on Maui) can totally ruin a dream vacation. Don’t leave your planning to chance or rely on slick advertising-driven guides. Other tourist books with their capsule “reviews” don’t come close to the insight you’ll get from opinionated, knowledgeable restaurant critics who live on Maui.

Food journalists James and Molly Jacobson are two big-city-exiles who live on Maui and dine out an average of 11 times per week. Their honest, take-no-prisoners review guide is written with the philosophy that people who love to eat and prefer not to waste money on bad food should know the truth about Maui’s well-marketed dining scene.

Tens of thousands of elated and relieved visitors have trusted Top Maui Restaurants (both the online version and previous editions of this book) to guide them to the best eats on Maui.

In this 2010 edition you’ll find:
* The top romantic restaurants worth the splurge.
* The best inexpensive but tasty places.
* Hidden gems you wouldn’t find unless a local revealed the secret.
* A user-friendly reference to help you fulfill any food craving.
* Insider secrets and tips to help you get the most out of your Maui vacation.

NEW for 2010: A brand new Top Maui Tips section with useful, insider information to get the most out of your Maui vacation. Our best recommendations for planning that special wedding or anniversary event. Includes our top picks for great activities and cultural events.

Dining out on Maui is more expensive than any place else in America. For less than the price of a bad breakfast, this handbook could save your vacation. Top Maui Restaurants 2010 from Thrifty to Four star: Indispensable Advice from Experts Who Live, Play and Eat on Maui

Honua Kai Resort & Spa Rainbows

Just about every day you will see rainbows around Maui

At the Honua Kai look at the mountains starting about 4 PM and you will see…

Duke’s of Maui Restaurant is Now Open!

January marks the official opening of the “Resort” at Honua Kai – both towers open, all 3 swimming pools open, lazy river open, and our own 5-star, world class, restaurant open – Duke’s of Maui.

This is fantastic news – our very own 5-star restaurant ocean front right on Honua Kai property.  Here is the latest photo of Duke’s:

Duke's of Maui is the brown building ocean front

Read much more at this link.

Beach Access Parking Lots:

This is the true hidden gem of FREE parking in Maui – look for the blue and white signs; some are round and some are square.  Maui demands that the when resorts are built beach access roads and parking lots be built for free and given to Maui before building permits are issued.  So around EVERY large resort you will see the blue and white access signs.  Unless you know what to look for you will overlook them.  Parking is free and unlimited.  Locals construction workers like to park there during the day but at 4 PM they clear out.

North of the Honua Kai there is a HUGE beach access that we owners paid for with higher purchase price from the building permits that demanded about 10 acres of free parks and parking.  Well folks dining at Duke’s park in the lot and don’t have to pay Honua Kai a penny in parking – why not.

Whalers’ Village:

You can get 3 hours of FREE parking by parking at the paid parking lot and spending at least $15 at some of the shops in Whalers’ Village.  The ABC store is a minimum of $15 but each store has its own minimum – find out before you buy at a store.
TRULY FREE PARKING @ WHALERS VILLAGE, On a Space Available Basis
In addition to the Whalers Village pay garage described above, there is another, little known “Beach Access” parking lot, located about 50 yards south of the Village (towards Lahaina); it is actually a long, narrow area squeezed in between the Village and the Westin Hotel. It is identified by a small, rather nondescript, blue sign for “Beach Access,” and is intended for persons wanting to visit Kaanapali Beach for “recreational purposes” (swimming, boating, hiking, visiting sacred sites…”). There are about 47 parking spots here, each specifically labeled “Beach Access,” and SCATTERED throughout this long, strip lot (containing about 100+ total spaces), which runs perpendicular to the ocean.

There are two caveats, however: (1) There are an even larger number of parking spaces which are for private or commercial use, and vehicles will be towed for violating their use; and (2) the 47 “Beach Access” spaces supposedly “go quick” most mornings, although turnover may be much greater in the afternoons and evenings. My personal belief is that most of these spots are being illegally used by workers and commercial vehicles at the Village (without any enforcement against their use); I suspect that there is actually very little “turnover” among these spaces.

This space is available seven days a week, and offers an inexpensive way to visit Kaanapali Beach all day long, particularly if you arrive early. Weekend use by local residents is believed to make this space even scarcer. There is no time limit, but overnight parking is NOT allowed. NOTE: Technically, evening visitors to the Village do not meet the “recreational purposes” definition for this parking area, but this rule is apparently not enforced.

MORE TRULY FREE, “BEACH ACCESS” PARKING LOTS, as available
There are 5 hotel parking lots, located directly alongside the ocean side of Kaanapali Parkway, all of which have a FEW FREE parking spaces, on a very limited basis. Each can be identified from the Parkway by small, blue and white signs labeled either “Shoreline Access,” or “Parking – Beach Users Only.” Each free lot is physically separate from the main parking lot of each associated hotel. Open spaces are reportedly difficult to actually obtain, with most being taken early in the AM. Turnover does occur, and is believed to be much greater in the afternoons and evenings: You just have to get lucky!

Free parking spaces may be found at the following lots:
Sheraton Maui (inside the ground floor corner of the main, pay Sheraton concrete garage, this physically separate garage entrance is at the SOUTH border of the Sheraton property and contains 21 spaces).

Kaanapali Beach Hotel (mostly low rise buildings, just south of the Sheraton), has 10 spaces and are reached by entering the main driveway to the lobby: the spaces are to the right of the lobby, at the northern corner of the lot…and clearly labeled “Beach Parking Only.”

Kaanapali Alii (located between the Kaanapali Alii condominiums and the Marriott), and totally separate from the main Alii parking lot; this tiny lot has a mere 10 parking spaces; a white-and-black sign INSIDE the lot says “Beach Parking Only.”

Maui Marriott (located within the entrance to the main Marriott lot, but just outside of a large concrete garage; contains just 10 spaces)

Hyatt Hotel (located at the south border of the Hyatt, sharing a large parking lot mainly intended for some Hyatt guests and service vehicles; this area offers most of two rows of 23 public parking spaces. This is reached via a long “service road” between the Hyatt and the golf course; one helpful HINT is to follow the sign that reads “Luau Parking.” There are blue and white signs INSIDE the lot which read “Beach Access Parking,” and specific spaces are so labeled on the pavement. [This area is deceptively hidden, but is a large lot to the south of all the Hyatt buildings.] The Hyatt is located at the southernmost border of Kaanapali Beach, making this lot the furthest distance from Whalers Village: It’s about a 15-20 minute walk.

A seemingly good strategy for finding FREE parking would be to drive directly to the Sheraton (follow the Kaanapali Parkway to the most northerly hotel (the Sheraton), and check to see if space exists inside its covered SOUTH corner of the lot. Continue driving South from there, checking at the large lot between the Village and the Westin Hotel, try your luck at the tiny lots near the Kaanapali Alii and Marriott, and finish by looking in the hard-to-find Hyatt lot. If you decide to pay, the Kaanapali Beach Hotel has the least expensive parking = $10/day.

ALTERNATIVE FREE PARKING, ONE MILE FROM WHALERS VILLAGE, is an easy stroll along a beautiful beach and resort parkway:
Visitors who enjoy walking (and free parking) should consider parking at Kahekili Beach County Park (totally free, and LOTS of space…perhaps for 100+ cars). This park is NORTH of Whalers Village, and located at the very southern edge of the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas; it is about a 25 minute walk to reach Whalers Village…and you will enjoy every minute getting there and back.

If you are primarily interested in just “walking ALONG the beach,” starting at Kahekili Park is an easy and beautiful PAVED stroll along the shore, thru 2 attractive hotel properties (the Royal Lahaina, and Maui Kaanapali Villas, both of which welcome walkabout visitors), and stretching around (and thru) the Sheraton Hotel…and then along the paved Kaanapali Beachwalk leading to the Village…and even beyond to the Hyatt. It’s an easy and gorgeous walk alongside the ocean and the beach, borders a lush golf course and lots of swaying palm trees, and passes seven major resort properties…all with gorgeous grounds, fancy lobbies, and pools for your viewing: IT’S ALL GOOD

Hey, if you plan on walking a lot anyway, it doesn’t make any difference if you start at the free Kahekili Park or at any of the Kaanapali parking lots, IF you are going to be walking between both areas. You can easily make a full day of beach enjoyment by parking at Kahekili, strolling one mile to Whalers Village, and taking your time to visit all 7 major resort properties, lobbies, lush vegetation, and elaborate grounds. There is also excellent swimming at Kahekili Beach Park, which is adjacent to a spectacularly beautiful beach that stretches for about one-half mile to the northern edge of Sheraton @ Black Rock. This beach is actually just as pretty as the famed Kaanapali Beach that is south of the Sheraton…and is never crowded or even “busy.”

Just to put this walk into perspective: Timeshare owners and guests at the popular Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas consider themselves very fortunate to be located on this long stretch of beach that borders their resort and Kahekili Park. Many of these folks stroll and jog this walkway to Whalers Village and beyond EVERY day! [To be completely truthful, there are probably more of them that ride the free shuttle between their Villas and the Westin Hotel, which is adjacent to the Village!]

• ISBN13: 9781400008353
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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