Free Things to Do on Vacation On Maui, Hawaii

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Find free things to do on vacation on Maui. The following information is excerpted from
mauihi.com

Beaches - All 81 Maui beaches are free and open to the public, many have showers, restrooms

Swim with the turtles at Maluaka Bay

Swimming Pools - open to public at Wailuku War Memorial, Kihei, Lahaina, Pukalani

Surf Watch - any shore

Watch the 400 humpback Whales that winter in Maui from beach, car or lanai

Watch Expert Windsurfers - Hookipa Park

Playgrounds - Kihei's Kamaole and Kalama Parks have free swings, slides, and jungle gyms.

Play Tennis - public courts in Wailuku, Kahului, Kihei, Lahaina, Makawao, Pukalani, Haliimaile, Hana

Go Hiking - Haleakala, West Maui Mountains, over fifty trails

Watch a Sunset - any evening, anywhere

Stargaze - the night sky is full of more stars than you can imagine.

Watch a Moonset - 1-3 days before a full moon, at 1-3 hours before sunrise.

Take a Shuttle Bus (some free and others cost $1)
# Whalers Village - Kahana - Napili
# Ka'anapali Resort Trolley
# Wailea

Central

Wonder at the Iao Needle

Visit Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens, Iao Valley - picnic and paddle in the stream

Tour the Hawaii Nature Center - great exhibits for kids

Behold Daytime Hula Shows once or twice per week. Call for days and times: Kaahumanu Center 877-3369

Don't miss the Paper Airplane Museum & Tin Can Man in Maui Mall - Store and museum with collection of paper airplanes, planes and vehicles made out of pop cans.

Drive around the Kahakolua side of the island - see old Maui, taro paddies

Lahaina

Learn about whales at Hale Kohola Humpback Whale Museum & Whalers Village Museum, Whalers Village Shopping Center

Check out the Lahaina Whaling Museum behind the Crazy Shirt store at 865 Front Street, Lahaina. Look through free giant binoculars in back of the store.

Browse through 18 Art Galleries - Get map of galleries at Visitor Center in Courthouse behind Banyan Tree

Friday Night is Art Night on Front Street, Lahaina Lahaina Arts Society, Lahaina. Get map of galleries at Visitor Center in Courthouse behind Banyan Tree

Walk around the Banyan tree in Lahaina

See Hawaiian Petroglyphs - ancient rock carvings about 1 mile back of Olowalu General Store, ask directions in store.

Daytime Hula Shows once or twice per week. Call for days and times:

* Whalers Village 661-4567
* Lahaina Center 667-9216
* Wharf Cinema Center 661-8748
* Lahaina Cannery 661-5304

Upcountry

Visit a Cowboy Town - Makawao

Look into the Viewpoints Gallery - local artists collaborative, fine paintings & sculpture

Watch the Glass Blowers at Hot Island Glass - spectacular art glass pieces

Stop by Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, near Makawao - fine arts exhibits, classes, shop

Go to Haleakala National Park - see the Crater, silversword, Science City

See exotic blooms at Sunrise Protea Farm

Taste Hawaiian wine at Tedeschi Vineyards, Ulupalakua

Kihei

Stroll the path at Kealia Pond Wildlife Refuge

Visit Hana Ka Lima Arts & Crafts exhibition, Outrigger Wailea, Friday (808) 874-7822

Walk the shoreline nature path between the Outrigger Wailea and the Kea Lani

Tour the Art & Sculpture at the Grand Wailea Resort

Ogle Daytime Hula Shows once or twice per week. Call for days and times:

Wailea Shopping Village 879-4465

Hana

Drive the Road To Hana - tropical jungle, waterfalls

Swim under a Waterfall - Twin Falls, Oheo Gulch

See Tropical Plants at the Keanae Arboretum

Visit the mysterious caves at Waianapanapa Park

Tour the Hana Cultural Center

Visit Charles Lindbergh's Grave

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