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3 Days in Maui
Three days is not enough Maui — but planned from a Kihei base with zero wasted driving, it is enough to fall permanently in love.
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Plan The Trip
Since 2012, guests have asked us what to do with their week. These are five plans you can follow from our lanai, and each one starts and ends in Kihei.
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Three days is not enough Maui — but planned from a Kihei base with zero wasted driving, it is enough to fall permanently in love.
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Five days unlocks the big three — the volcano, the Hana road, the west side — and still leaves sand time between them. This is the trip we would book ourselves.
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A week is when Maui stops being a checklist and starts being a rhythm — this plan schedules the sights AND the sacred do-nothing day.
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The clichés exist because they work — sunrise above the clouds, champagne at golden hour, a table at Mama's. The trick is sequencing them with room to breathe in between.
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The secret to Maui with kids is embarrassingly simple: lifeguarded sand in the morning, shade and naps after lunch, shave ice as currency — and one big adventure every OTHER day.
See the day-by-day plan →| Plan | Length | Day by day |
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| 3 Days in Maui | 3 days |
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| 5 Days in Maui | 5 days |
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| 7 Days in Maui | 7 days |
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| The Maui Honeymoon | 6 days |
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| Maui With Kids | 6 days |
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Kihei sits in the middle of Maui’s south shore, so the things most guests do more than once are close. Sugar Beach is across the street, the Kamaole beach parks are about ten minutes south, Kealia Pond’s boardwalk is five minutes up North Kihei Road, and the Molokini snorkel boats leave from harbors about ten minutes away.
The big days start from the same door. The Road to Hana begins in Paia, about 45 minutes north; the Kapalua Coastal Trail in West Maui is about 55 minutes; and Haleakala sunrise is an early-morning drive up through Kula. The table above shows which day of each plan takes which drive, so you can swap days around the weather or your reservation dates.
Every plan leaves room for the bookings that sell out: the $1 Haleakala sunrise reservation on recreation.gov, which opens 60 days ahead, and the Wai’anapanapa parking reservation on the Road to Hana. If you only have three days, the 3-day plan skips Hana on purpose; our best time to visit guide helps you pick the week.
Stay With Us
Four beachside bungalows in North Kihei, hosted by Megan & Bryan since 2012.