West Maui Forest Reserve — Attraction in Maui

This is some breathtaking part of the world folks. Cost of entry is likely a nervous significant other in the passenger seat. The road get single-car wide along cliff edges where, as the driver, you can't tell how far that drop is. You've seen pics of like, South America, those crazy roads with the busses and the cliffs? Like that, but little to no traffic. Clockwise keeps you to the inside of the lane. At night, you can see oncoming headlights which is helpful, but you miss all of the wild wild views. If you rented a suburban, you're gonna have a bad time. The locals drive as if they know the road, so be ready for that. Very few (reasonable) areas to stop and take pictures beyond the ohai area, due to the road itself. But...

This is a beautiful hike along a lush mountain ridge with excellent views of the surrounding verdant canyon. There are a few impressive waterfalls that can be seen from a distance. We hiked after a rain and the trail was a bit muddy but not overly slippery with hiking shoes. The advantage of the rain was that we were able to witness a large double rainbow at the top. Don't get discouraged as the first part of the hike is VERY steep up a paved trail. The trail levels off after a short bit and is much easier and more scenic following the initial challenge. We very much enjoyed this hike and would recommend it as...

The nature views are great ! This one star is for google maps! Someone has to let people know the situation! If you are the first time visiting west Maui forest reserve, google will guide you to a RD loooks absolutely like the right direction, but it’s actually a local Native Hawaiians “private road ”. And because of the wrong guidance from google map in the past few years , these Native Hawaiian are really mad at travelers , we bother their lives and interrupt their kids play ground while we were accidentally been guided wrong ! The right trails are on the eastern part of the island, we tried WAIHEE RIDGE TRAIL ,...