Imagine a family vacation on a beautiful island on the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by breathtaking shorelines, beautiful mountains, hills, valleys, rare marine animals, and exotic places to stay such as luxury vacation rentals amongst several other remarkable attractions.
Its Maui, one of the most beautiful islands on Hawaii. Every second of any Maui family vacation is a remarkable experience that families cherish for a lifetime.
When you’re planning for a Maui family vacation, consider coming up with a bucket list to help you stay focused throughout the vacation.
Since there are so many attractions and exciting activities on the island, having a bucket list will make it easier for your entire family to make the most of your time.
Maui Family Vacation Planning Tips
Here are practical tips to help you get started:
Choose your favorite activities
Regardless of your family’s travel style, there are tons of activities you can do on Maui. To help you get started, we’ve compiled a simple list of things you can do while on a Maui family vacation:
Relaxing
If you’d like to sit back, relax, and unwind while your kids play around the beautiful shores of Maui, there are several magnificent beaches you can visit on the island.
The best part is you don’t have to take your kids far away from your lodge. Some luxury vacation rentals such as The Penthouse Maui is right in front of a breathtaking ocean. More so, you can go whale watching as the creatures flock the waters on the island from October to April. You can as well visit the magnificent Maui Ocean Center.
Hiking
If you’d love to hike during a Maui family vacation, you and your loved ones will get the chance to do so on various terrains from beginners to advanced level.
Interestingly, the effort is often worthy of the attractions you’ll see while trekking. From beautiful greenery, to volcanoes, beaches, waterfalls, canyons, mountains, valleys, and lots more. You should as well consider the rugged Road to Hana, one of the most popular hiking spots on Maui.
Cultural
If you’re interested in experiencing Polynesian and Hawaiian cultures during your Maui family vacation, then you’ll have to take your family to a traditional Luau. The combination of traditional entertainment and feasts are always amazing and satisfying.
Adventure-seeking
A bird’s eye view of the island of Maui is always stunning. So, if you can, go on a helicopter tour. You’ll see the best of the island that many people never get the chance to see.
The helicopter experience could be the peak of your Maui family vacation. But if you don’t enjoy flying, there’s lot you can do to have fun. You can go snorkeling, surfboarding on the wavy waters, zip lining, paddle boarding and a lot more.
Off-road adventures
If your family is cut out for mild to extreme adventure, and your kids are teenagers or even older, you may consider exploring the various paths less traveled on the island. Off road adventures are often breathtaking, tough, rugged, exciting and thrilling!
Get the right accommodation for your family
A remarkable Maui family vacation starts with a comfortable and convenient accommodation for every family member on the trip. This is why a luxury vacation rental close to the beach and other key attractions on the island is the best for every family. More so, the luxury vacation rental shouldn’t be far from the airport. This will make arrival and departure easier for the entire family.
Once you put all these in place, your Maui family vacation will turn out to be as exciting as you can imagine. Also, you’ll end up with a memory you’ll cherish forever.