Edachang Posted December 8, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 8, 2018 I am arriving Maui at 8am by cruise on May 2, 2019 and have rent a car from Enterprise Car Rental for 1 day. Is there any good and must see places for a 1-day itinerary? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted December 9, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 9, 2018 You can drive most of the island in a day....I'd recommend a guidebook, to see what interests YOU the most! You cannot, for instance, do the Road to Hana and anything else in one day.....Maui is a beautiful place....get familiar with it, before you decide HOW to spend your short time there! We spent 10 days, and still didn't see everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepCalmBearOn Posted December 10, 2018 #3 Share Posted December 10, 2018 It depends on what your interests are. Lahaina is the former capital of the islands and an old whaling town. There is lots interesting there. Up Country is cattle country and not something people think of when they think of Hawaii. You can drive to the top of Haleakala (the tallest mountain in the world, base to tip) and hit some of the Up Country towns. Paia is a nice little town. I am not a fan of the Road To Hana. Others love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edachang Posted December 10, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted December 10, 2018 So, do you think renting a car is a good idea or a day spending in town is enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted December 11, 2018 #5 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Renting a car is a great idea, and discussed here almost daily. Are you docking in Kahalui (not much to do close by, so wondering town isn't really an option), or tendering into Lahaina, where wondering the town could be a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimA75 Posted January 23, 2019 #6 Share Posted January 23, 2019 We just did the road to Hana and loved it. You could do at least part of it and still get an amazing experience. Do some research on it. I don’t know what time you have to be back on board. Just make sure you keep an eye on the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink845 Posted February 4, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 4, 2019 We will be overnighting on our cruise and will be renting a car the first day. We plan on driving to Haleakala. The last time we were there we took a tour with Princess to Haleakala and did not really have much time to spend there. The ride back and forth took some time (a lot of switchbacks at least 20) and then they took us for lunch (not really very good), a waste of my time but I was a novice and now my husband and I will be renting at car and doing it ourselves. The view is fabulous up there in the clouds. The second day, we will taxi over to the beach at Kaanapali and then end back up in Lahaina town. Lots of shops and little restaurants. I am so looking forward to it. The only downside is when we booked this cruise we were supposed to overnight in Kauai as well but RCCL changed the itinerary to include only one day in Kauai. A downer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimA75 Posted February 4, 2019 #8 Share Posted February 4, 2019 7 hours ago, pink845 said: We plan on driving to Haleakala If you plan far enough ahead you can do this on your second day and get a reservation to watch the sunrise there. We did that about a week ago and it was breath taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink845 Posted February 5, 2019 #9 Share Posted February 5, 2019 The sunrise would be great. But in the event that we run into any issues on the return from Haleakala, we will forgo the sunrise and head up to the top on our first day in port. Then we can ditch the car for the night and the following day we can go to the beaches of at Kanaapali. We are planning on spending a few days in Maui as we travel to Australia later in 2020 so we will do the sunrise at that time. Good suggestion however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sweethearts Posted February 5, 2019 #10 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, pink845 said: The sunrise would be great. But in the event that we run into any issues on the return from Haleakala, we will forgo the sunrise and head up to the top on our first day in port. Just curious what sort of issues you are thinking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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