"Valley Isle Excursions, Inc.takes you on one of the most breathtaking drives on earth through Maui's tropical rainforest. 52 miles, 617 curves, 56 one lane bridges, pineapple fields, spectacular cliffs, bamboo jungles, waterfalls, tropical streams and pools, colorful and fragrant island flowers and rainforest vegetation are all to be enjoyed on your way to "Heavenly Hana". A 12 hour trip of beauty! Many of the pictures are taken from the bus, so please excuse blurs and raindrops on the camera.

Debra was our bus driver and our van was called


Our tour bus picked us up at our hotel at 6:45am at the
Royal Lahaina, show on the middle left on the map. We drove
to Kuhuli past the airport and then we stopped for breakfast
at The Cafe O'Lei at The Dunes Maui Lani golf course.


Ho'okipa Beach Park on Maui's North Shore, Surfing is popular in the winter.


One of many curves.


If we saw rushing water on the left side, there was usually falling water on the right side.

Rainbow Eucalyptus Trees

Red flowers in trees were either Ohia-bright red

Though it was raining, we stopped here and had fresh, warm banana bread and coffee.




Hana'Ihi'ihiolehowaonaKaua Church








On a grey day, beauty and color really stands out!



Three Bears Falls - between 19 & 20 mile markers
According to my research, the falls on the left is actually 3 but look like one
because of the heavy rainfall. So we still got 3 falls!.





or African tulips-orange red.

Hanawi Falls














Pa'iloa Black Sand Beach at
Wai'anapanapa State Wayside Park Around 11:00 am








Ann taking a picture of Dad





A picture from the top.

One of many Mongoose. They were brought over to eat rats.
Problem rats sleep days, Mongoose sleep nights.
Now the Mongoose eat the natural vegetation and fruit :(
Red Crest Bird




Valley Isle Excursions -Road to Hana

Go Hawaii Hana Pictures

Tedeshi Winery
Tropical Flowers