Maui Hawaii for Golf at it's Best

 Makena Resort has exceptional golf courses

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A section of golf facilities are sited in Central and South Maui Hawaii, from private golf clubs and spas to the County-run public course. The Maui Country Club in Spreckelsville is the only private country club on Maui. Although it is open every day, Mondays are the only day that it is open for play to the public.

Wailea has three golf courses and two clubhouses, The Blue Course, The Wailea Emerald Course and The Gold Course. The Elleair Golf Course in Kihei is a realistically priced daily fee golf course, located on Lipoa Street near the Maui Research & Technology Park.

Makena Resort has two exceptional golf courses: North and South redesigned and created from the original 18 holes by Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Wailuku has numerous courses: Sandalwood Golf Course, 2500 Honoapiilani Highway and Waiehu Municipal Course. Pukalani Country Club is located in the cooler Upcountry at 360 Pukalani St in Pukalani.

Helicopter tours are a great way to see some of the most rugged landscape that isn’t accessible by land and have the pilot talk you through the various attractions. Some trips include touring views of the surface of Haleakala Crater and the waterfalls along the coastline of the North Shore rainforest. Some companies fly to Molokai, where soaring waterfalls and 3,000-foot vertical sea cliffs provide an amazing sight.

Tours leave from the heliport at Kahului Airport, with different destinations, length and cost with air time varying from 30 to 90 minutes. Tour helicopters typically have two passenger seats at the front with the pilot and four in the back and look like airborne glass bubbles, so the view is usually brilliant wherever you sit.

Over half of Maui is rural and uncultivated and offers endless opportunities for hiking expeditions. You'll discover rain forests, volcanic craters, lava tubes (including Kaeleku Cavern), cloud forests, lava coastlines and mountain ridges to be explored.

You can hike independently but few trailheads are marked and a lot of good hiking land is privately owned it would be easier to do a guided hike. There are different types of hikes such as: waterfall hiking tours, a rain forest hike and an historical hike and others.

For keen horse riders, there are various guided horseback tours available including: Discover Kipahulu - the native Hawaiian culture and Tours of the incredible Haleakala Crater.

The tiny volcanic Islet of Molokini is a Marine Life Conservation District and has some excellent dive sites. The Islet’s prominent crescent shape acts as a guard from strong waves and currents.

Molokini is a habitat to around 250 fish species, including surgeon fish, tangs, parrot fish, Moorish idols and other varieties. As Molokini is a marine life conservation district, it means the fish are not to be fed, caught or removed. Also, visitors are not permitted to walk on the actual island itself.

Molokini Dive Sites Include:

Inside Crater: Beginner to Intermediate diver’s site. Marine life includes Butterfly Fish, Octopus, Moray Eels, and Trumperfish, with depths from 10’ to 60’.

Enenue: Intermediate diver’s site, Marine life includes Chub, Rudderfish, Butterfly Fish, Tuna and Whales during the winter months. This dive site is suitable for beginners in the shallows but becomes a more advanced dive, as it gets deeper. The depths at this dive site are from 50’ to 120’.

Back Wall: This is an advanced diver’s site; Marine life includes large Schools of Fish, Pelagic Species and Whales during the winter months. This is considered a drift dive and the entry points will vary owing to the direction of the currents. The wall drops vertically out of sight even though visibility can reach over 100’. The depths at this dive site are from 130’ to 160’.

Other Dive sites on Maui include:

F-6-F Hellcat: Beginner to Advanced diver’s site. The F-6-F Hellcat wreck from World War II lies directly off Kihei in south west Maui. It is upside down with its engine around 20yds from the fuselage, with a depth of 30’.

Hidden Pinnacle: This is an advanced diver’s site; Marine life includes Coral, Pyramid Butterfly Fish and Sponges. Because of the location of this site, it can only be reached when conditions allow. A pinnacle rises from the ocean floor at 120ft to the surface. Octo coral and sponges cover the pinnacle and schools of pyramid butterfly fish and other plankton feeders feed in the water column. Pelagic encounters are also likely at this dive site. The depth at this dive site is 120’.

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