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Ultimate Guide To Driving The Road To Hana, Maui

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If you’re looking for an adventure on the Hawaiian island of Maui, then driving the Road to Hana is one of the most famous road trips in Hawaii and an epic adventure waiting to be had.

It’s considered one of the best road trips in the USA because it is beautifully scenic from start to finish, stopping off at beaches, waterfalls, jungles, and swimming holes.

There is nothing distracting you from the essence of life on the Road to Hana Town, except perhaps some soothing melodies blaring from your speakers.

Paia Beach – The Road to Hana

The mountain streams provide a refreshing reward for the many twists and turns.

Hold your stomach tight, up ahead you have 617 hairpin curves and 56 one-lane bridges. You’re going to need a bit of stamina, especially on that long winding road home. You’re going to be wishing you could click your heels three times.

In this Road to Hana guide, I have shared with you the best Road to Hana stops with a few tips for driving it, so you can have the best experience possible…

Essential Bookings for the Road to Hana

Car Rental for Road to Hana

Road to Hana Tours

If you don’t have a car or want to rent one, there are organized tours through Get Your Guide you can join. With them you can cancel up to 24 hours in advance.

How long is the road to Hana?

jeep Driving the Road to Hana, Maui

The road to Hana start point is from the town of Kahului and finishes in the town of Hana is 64.4 miles (103.6 km) from end to end.

The whole drive is embedded on the side of the high jungle cliffs plunging into the sea revealing panoramic Pacific Ocean views, bamboo forest and Norfolk pines, sacred waterfalls and swimming holes, lava tubes, tropical flowers and roadside food stands.

The Hana Highway is a long stretch of a two-lane road and it takes about 2.5 hours to drive without stops!

The Road to Hana stops are marked out by Road to Hana mile markers, but these aren’t always clearly marked!

The Hana highway continues to Kīpahulu as Hawaii Route 31 (the Piilani Highway) and has other worthy things to see (some say the best of the Road to Hana stops), but as mentioned it’s poorly marked.

We attempted to keep going past Hana but it felt like we were just turning and turning and had no idea where we were or how far we were from the waterfalls and swimming holes, so through exhaustion gave up to return back to Ka’anapali.

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