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Maui: Looking for tips for travelling with seniors

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Even though I don't think I would do the Hana HWY again, this is a trip anyone can make. We took my wifes parents who were about 80 on this trip and they loved it. The trick is to leave before the tour buses head out. Otherwise you end up with no where to park in some areas. Many of the cool waterfalls have limited parking. On this adventure there is a really cool garden called the "Garden of Eden". It is near the halfway point to Hana and is a decent rest stop with great views.

The real road hazard are the tour buses. They take up too much of the road on corners. The main way in to Hana is the Hana HWY. If you skip to the 2 minute mark on this vid you can see why I like this trip and why I also dislike this trip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ER2K-ERLlk

The back road to Hana, the Pillani HWY, has about 6 miles of on your toes driving.

Bill
 

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Strongly agree. A trip to Maui without the drive to Hana is NOT complete. This is the real Hawaii and especially given that they will probably never return, this really is NOT even an option. You MUST do it!


I must say I strongly disagree with those who say the Road to Hana is too long for older folks. If I had just one day trip to make on Maui with older folks, I think that is the one I would do (unless someone in the group has serious motion sickness problems). You can even take a comfortable escorted tour if you don't want to drive it yourself.
 

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Maui was just hit with some wacky weather. Tourists had to be rescued in the mountains due to mud slides, etc. Make sure you check to see if the road to Hana is passable, and especially the road past Hana.
 

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Something like 100+ people drown per year by flash floods in HI.
They even have a saying... Turn Around, Don't Drown

The other day people got stuck over by Kee Beach (Kauai) due to a flash flood, and had to wait it out for a few hours.
 

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Their is usually a tiny stream that crosses the road right before Ke'e beach.

With heavy rain, and a flash flood this little stream becomes huge, and it can block the road, and erode a deep ditch down the middle of the beach to the ocean. Happened a few years ago, and the pictures are some place on TUG.
 

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The other day people got stuck over by Kee Beach (Kauai) due to a flash flood, and had to wait it out for a few hours.

Had this happen many years ago. We got stranded coming back. Happened to find a little restaurant/bar where we could wait it out. Quite pleasant actually. :D
 

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Strongly agree. A trip to Maui without the drive to Hana is NOT complete. This is the real Hawaii and especially given that they will probably never return, this really is NOT even an option. You MUST do it!

We own a timeshare on Maui and it took us YEARS before we did the road to Hana. Maybe because we did know we were coming back it wasn't that big a deal. But with two little kids we didn't think it would be a fun drive.
 

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I'm not a fan of the road to Hana but I get terribly car sick. However, it's one of the few activities that an 80 year old could reasonably do. Maui is great for people who like to be active, so it's rather difficult for me to think of things that a senior would enjoy other than lounging on a beach chair.

Of course, if you can swing the price, I'd highly, highly recommend a day trip to Oahu to see the Pearl Harbor sites. There are a few companies who will take passengers from Maui. It's something like $450pp but I think an 80 year old would get far more out it than most of us.
 
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