Lahaina, Maui Port Reviews

This port requires a tender, which is horrible. You bob around in a small boat for sometimes an hour waiting your turn to get to the dock/pier. Too congested with boat traffic.

Visited: Dec 28, 2019

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Snorkel excursion excellent boot crew and nice snorkel spot to see turtles

Visited: Nov 18, 2019

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Beautiful port! We again walked, shopped, ate and enjoyed the time there. We had 2 days there, but the second day we were unable to go to shore because of the high waves.

Visited: Apr 30, 2019

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Best excursion was the catamaran ride... 2 hours and drinks and snacks served with beautiful site of the ruby princess. was a tendered port also.. always lines there but hey thats expected. Shopping right there within very close proximity that was our best port this trip. with beautiful sites from entering the bay...

Visited: Apr 08, 2019

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very nice - enjoyed the excursion

Visited: Oct 27, 2019

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We did sugar cane museum, drove up a crater, Walmart etc. It was wonderful, other than the wreck that held us up. We had two hours to go 21 miles and it took us over 3 hours.

Visited: May 19, 2008

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Maui is my favorite place, rented a car, drove around west Maui which is beautiful. Snorkeling at Kapalua bay and Maluaka bay where we saw turtles. Tendering in Lahaina was slow especially second day with rough seas. Old lahaina luau is great.

Visited: Apr 30, 2019

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Renting a car on Maui is substantially more difficult than on the Big Island, and more expensive. The nearest car rental outlet to Lahaina harbor is Hertz at the Hyatt. They claim they have a shuttle, but it runs just once between 8:30 and 9:30 and we never saw it. So it’s a $30 cab ride to rent a car. The car was $98 a day versus $48 on Hawaii and $53 on Oahu. We went south the first day looking for a beach to snorkel. The conditions were terrible. Because of the height and direction of the swells, waves were breaking right on shore and the water was churned up. We should have checked the daily report https://thesnorkelstore.com/maui-snorkeling-conditions-reports/. Then we would have known that. The next day we went to Honolua Bay. This is a terrific snorkeling spot and it’s always calm. It’s surrounded by land on three sides and facing Molokai, so no swells can get in. The shore itself is very rocky, so it’s strictly for snorkeling. Also, parking is very limited and it’s at least a 300 yd. walk from the road to the water. Hawaii is not California where they have large paved parking lots at all the state parks. Most of the fish and coral formations are on the eastern side of the bay. Turtles are found on the western side. Dolphins also made an appearance. Honolua Bay is a must stop for snorkelers. We would like to spend some more time on Maui. Some of the sights like the road to Hana and Haleakalā are too time consuming to be done from a ship while tendering.

Visited: Sep 13, 2019

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Wish we could have had a couple days at this island.

Visited: Mar 24, 2019

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Tenders are always a pain in the butt. Way too short of a day in port. We ubered to the car rental and did the northern road around towards Hanna. Ask the rental car people for a map. We went up to JAWs surfing competition. Which was so super-cool. The drive was really lovely and not all that scary. The we doubled back to paia, got shaved ice and then cut across the island to get back to drop the rental car. Maui has the best views along the shore. Ensure you have time to stop frequently when doing the dive.

Visited: Dec 04, 2019

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