Rating:
Maui | Ocean Front | Luxury
Hotel Hana Maui
A
winding highway with one-lane bridges over waterfalls leads to this East
Haleakala hotel set on a ranch in Hana. The hotel is also close to Hana
Cultural Center, 1 block away, and Hamoa Beach.
Opened
in 1947, this 66-acre coastal resort was fully renovated in 2002. Isolated
on the eastern side of Maui's Haleakala mountain, it's accessed by a 3-hour
drive on a winding, two-lane coast highway, with one-lane bridges over
waterfalls. The hotel is set in a working ranch, and horses graze on a bluff
overlooking Hana Bay. Celebrating couples, eco-adventurers, and vacationing
businesspeople come for Hawaiian history, culture, and entertainment, and
the many on-site recreational and spa services.
The hotel lends gear for snorkeling, bicycling,
fishing, and other sports. Other complimentary activities include daily yoga
and aqua-aerobics; lei making, ukulele, hula, or pandanus weaving classes;
and guided garden walks. Oceanfront horseback trail rides and treatments in
the 9-room spa are available for a surcharge.
Each
guest's stay begins with a fragrant fresh flower lei, fruit juice, and a
chilled towel presented at the valet-parking driveway or the reception desk.
The activity desk lends complimentary equipment for snorkeling, boogie
boarding, bicycling, and other sports. A wellness center by the oceanfront
pool and spa tub includes cardio equipment, free weights, weight machines,
and massage treatment rooms. Spa treatments are available in 9 rooms, all of
which offer ocean views, at the hotel spa. Complimentary group activities
include daily aqua-aerobics and yoga; hula, lei making, ukulele, and
pandanus-weaving lessons; and guided garden walks.
The Paniolo Lounge off the hotel's lobby features live local Hawaiian
entertainment five nights a week. A library, salon, gift shop, and Hawaiian
art gallery are also adjacent to the lobby area. A club room has cable
television, a VCR, a small videotape library, and a desktop PC with
high-speed Internet access. Self-service laundry facilities by the garden
pool are complimentary for guests.
On
Wednesday evenings, managers host a complimentary cocktail reception for
guests, with wine, mai tais, sushi, and hors d'oeuvres at the Plantation
House.
This
66-acre resort features 66 guestrooms, all of which have one king bed or two
queen beds with down mattress pads and 300-thread-count organic-cotton
sheets. Ceiling fans, screened sliding doors to lanais, and opening windows
with adjustable shutters for privacy allow each room to be cooled by ocean
breezes. Colorful comforters and curtains are adorned with traditional 18th-
and 19th-century kapa (Hawaiian bark art) patterns. Hardwood floors
are covered with woven pandanus mats.
Teak
room furnishings use wood recycled from Chinese oxcarts, and light sconces
are made from coconuts. Lanais are furnished with a table and chairs, and
lounge chairs. All rooms have wet bars with mini-refrigerators and
complimentary beverages (fresh Hana coffee, herbal teas, bottled water, and
sodas are replenished daily). Bathrooms have a second telephone, walk-in
showers, separate soaking tubs, organic-cotton towels, made-in-Maui
toiletries, magnifying make-up mirrors, bathrobes, and slippers. Each closet
has a safe, padded hangers, an ironing board with iron, bug repellent, and
umbrellas.
Main dining room - Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Hotel Hana Maui offers the only fine dining in Hana, serving seasonal Pacific, Asian, and American cuisine, and featuring local seafood and produce. Dress is resort casual. Blue-and-green wave-shaped banners are suspended from the ceiling in this airy dining room with ceiling fans and French doors opening onto a lanai. A Friday-night dinner show includes performances by Hawaiian musicians and dancers.
Paniolo Lounge
- Locals join hotel guests in this casual open-air lounge adjacent to the hotel lobby. Local Hawaiian musicians and dancers perform Wednesday through Sunday. Seating is available indoors or on the small lanai. The menu includes light fare such as sushi rolls and pupus (Hawaiian appetizers).The activities desk lends snorkeling equipment and boogie boards; tennis racquets and balls; beach-cruiser bicycles; fishing poles; pitch-and-putt golf balls and putters; croquet mallets and balls; and board games at no charge. The hotel has two outdoor pools, and complimentary morning yoga and aqua-aerobics lessons are offered daily at the garden lap pool. The wellness center pool and spa tub have an ocean view and poolside bar. The wellness center includes cardio equipment, free weights and machines, and massage treatment rooms. Guests may also take complimentary lei making, hula, ukulele, or weaving classes, and special activities for children are offered Monday through Friday during July and August.
Complimentary guided garden tours are offered twice a week. Horseback coastline trail rides, private four-wheel drive excursions, beginners tai chi, and guided nature walks are available for a fee.
The wellness center includes a weight room with cardio machines and treatment rooms for hot stone massage, Polynesian mineral body scrub, and a facials using fresh fruits and native nut oils. Hawaiian lomilomi, shiatsu, and Thai massage, as well as Reiki, craniosacral therapy, and energy medicine treatments, are available.
AMENITIES AT A GLANCE:
| Description: | Configuration: | Occupancy: |
| Bay Cottage Garden Junior Suite King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (3 max) |
| Bay Cottage Garden Junior Suite Queen Beds | 2Q | 1-2 (3 max) |
| Bay Cottage Deluxe Junior Suite King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Bay Cottage Ocean View Hotel Room King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Bay Cottage Ocean View Junior Suite Queen Beds | 2Q | 1-2 (3 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Ocean View King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Deluxe Ocean View King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Deluxe Ocean View with Spa King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Ocean Front King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Deluxe Ocean View with Spa Queen Beds | 2Q | 1-3 (3 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Ocean Front King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Ocean Front Queen Beds | 2Q | 1-2 (3 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Superior Ocean Front King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Superior Ocean Front with Spa King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage Ocean Front Suite with Spa King Bed | 1K | 1-2 (2 max) |
| Sea Ranch Cottage 2 Bedroom Suite with Spa | 1K & 2T | 1-2 (4 max) |
| Plantation House | 1K & 2T | 1-4 (4 max) |
| * K = King, Q = Queen, D = Double, T = Twin, H = Hideway | ||
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