The Bird Lovers' Road to Hana

Rates

Private Guided Tour for up to 6 People - $1435.00 for 1-4 people $195.00 for each additional guest

Minimum 10 years old

Duration

9-10 Hours

This tour is for the all bird lovers who want to experience the famous Road to Hana!

With the Bird Lovers' Road to Hana, not only do you experience the road trip of a lifetime, but your guide will make sure that you find the most species of birds along the way!

NOTE: this is NOT a birding tour, but rather a Road to Hana tour for bird enthusiasts, led by one of our wonderful bird "nerd" tour guides. Our native Hawaiian honeycreepers are NOT found on this tour, but you'll be able to look for and talk about birds to your heart's content!

Here is what you can expect on the Bird Lovers' Road to Hana:

Pick up time: 8:00AM

We pick you up from your hotel or meet in Kahului at 8am. We highly recommend you meet us at Target Kahului to maximize the time on the road. Otherwise, we offer free hotel pick-up for South side properties (Kihei, Wailea, Ma'alaea). Hotel pick-up available for West Side properties (Lahaina/Ka'anapali to Kapalua) for $295.

Highlights of the Bird Lovers' Road to Hana

We start our loop of East Maui by heading to the "backside," going through Maui's Upcountry area. Although rare, we have a small chance at sighing a pueo (short-eared owl) on the way. (Note: going all the way around East Maui is weather dependent and cannot be guaranteed).

Along the wind-swept backside, we stop several times to enjoy the views, stretch our legs, and try to find white-tail tropic birds that sometimes soar along sea cliffs.

If in season, we stop at a local pond to find a few shore birds: Hawaiian stilts, Hawaiian coots, black-crow night herons, or maybe a wandering tattler. We then arrive just south of Hana by Koki beach which offers great views of Alau island, a sanctuary for great frigatebirds.

We stop in Hana town for a well-deserved lunch at one of the local food trucks. In the afternoon, we make our way to Wai'anapanapa State Park, to see the Black Sand Beach and its large colony of endemic Hawaiian black noddies.

We then proceed on the most famous part of the Road to Hana, weaving in and out of a thick rainforest canopy, passing countless waterfalls, and enjoying magnificent views of the coastline. As we stop to enjoy the views and take photos along the way, we might encounter the seasonal Kolea (Pacific Golden plover) Northern cardinals, red-crested cardinals, and maybe Japanese white-eyes (aka warbling white-eyes), and maybe a melodious laughingthrush (aka Chinese hwamei).

If you're interested, we can stop at the Garden of Eden (optional, separate entry fee $20pp) to make friends with the resident peacocks and ducks.

And to finish our wildlife watching, we can go say aloha to our resident “honu” (turtles) on Ho’okipa Beach!

This tour is ideal for birders, birdwatchers, other bird-curious folks and wildlife enthusiasts!