At the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment program offers a number of adventures, all with an ecological point, including one we found irresistible: Underwater Photography. The center supplies you with snorkeling gear, an underwater digital camera and something even more useful, knowledge of what you are going see, an orientation that emphasizes […]
Think four days of gastronomic and oenophilist nirvana, throw in an oceanside location at one of Maui’s premier luxury resorts and you’d still have to actually attend the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival to truly grasp its grand appeal for foodies. The 28th annual edition of this pioneering and esteemed Hawaii food and drink festival
For the second year in a row, two Hawaii beaches made Dr. Steven P. Leatherman’s—a.k.a. Dr. Beach’s—list of America’s Best Beaches. And one of them is no. 1: Hanalei Beach on the north shore of Kauai, which moves up from no. 2 last year. Hamoa Beach, on Maui’s lush and remote east side near Hana,
Where’s your favorite place to stay on Kauai? The best place for shopping on Maui? Your favorite Hawaii spa to get away from it all? Got a favorite town on the Big Island? We ask these questions—and many more—on the ballot for our annual Best of Hawaii feature. Results will be featured in the upcoming
The Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea is cutting room rates to their lowest prices in four years—offering visitors the opportunity to indulge in island luxury despite the economy. The rate for standard mountainside rooms at the AAA five-diamond and Mobil five-star resort now start at $395 per night. That price is valid for stays
“It was a location we couldn’t pass up,” says Hawaii chef and restaurateur Peter Merriman of the new Kapalua Merriman’s. The location is the Bay Club of the old Kapalua Bay Hotel, now gone, making way for the Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, still under construction. It was always a perfect restaurant location, out on
When the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua opened in 1991, it was the last of the cookie-cutter Ritz-Carltons, very New England-looking in the middle of some of Maui’s most beautiful real estate, the 23,000-acre Kapalua Resort. When the hotel shut down for a $160-million renovation last year, its full-time Hawaiian cultural expert, Clifford Naeole, asked that all new
It’s not August yet, but the Maui-onion madness is here. The annual Maui Onion Festival at Whalers Village happens tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. The all-day festival includes chef demonstrations, games and prizes, a beer garden, live entertainment and a raw Maui onion eating contest. We know what you’re thinking: Raw onions? But Maui’s onions aren’t
If you happen to be on Maui this weekend, you’re in luck. The annual East Maui Taro Festival kicks off this Saturday in Hana. Each year, the Hana community transforms its baseball park into a place that pays tribute to the ancient Hawaiian staple—the kalo (taro). The two-day festival includes Hawaiian music, arts and crafts
“Maui is the place where I hope to my long and healthy latter years,” says 61-year-old Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood, who moved his entire family to Maui’s Napili shorefront—wife, twin daughters and his mother. But make no mistake. Fleetwood has not retired. He’s currently on tour with a (mostly) reunited Fleetwood Mac, currently in
The Hawaii Superferry will cease operation of its sole inter-island route between Oahu and Maui indefinitely on Thursday after a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling against the company today. The court ruled as unconstitutional a state law allowing the Superferry to continue operating without an environmental impact statement. The Superferry had been allowed to continue operating
Lahaina, Maui was once a favorite hangout spot for Hawaiian royalty and rowdy sailors. You can learn much about the first capital of the kingdom of Hawaii by strolling down Lahaina’s historic trail. The self-guided walking tour features 62 historic and cultural sites. The historic “trail” is not really a trail at all, but rather
