The 12.5-hour Road to Hana adventure tour with lunch
Twelve and a half hours along Hawaii Routes 36 and 360, with a light to-go breakfast, 45 minutes for lunch at Hana Farms and the park entry fees already paid.
Updated 22 October 2026
In shortThis is a full-day Road to Hana adventure tour by air-conditioned van, 12.5 hours door to door, with pickup and drop-off at specific Maui hotels, a light to-go breakfast, lunch at Hana Farms and all admission and park entry fees covered. A professional driver/guide narrates in English across the 64.4 miles of Routes 36 and 360, with 40 minutes at Puaa Ka'a for a swim in the waterfall-fed pool and 20 minutes at Wai'anapanapa State Park. It suits travellers who want the fullest version of the route in one day and are happy to spend most of it on the road.
12.5 htour length
from $277per adult
★ 4.92279 reviews
What this Road to Hana adventure tour is
The tour on this page runs 12.5 hours and starts from $277, with 4.9 ★ (2279 reviews). Pickup and drop-off are at specific Maui hotels, and on the west side access is limited to Lahaina. The road out is 64.4 miles of Hawaii Routes 36 and 360, with 620 curves and 59 bridges, 46 of them one lane wide, where oncoming traffic takes turns. That arithmetic is why the day is this long and not three hours.
The extra hours go into the stops. Twenty minutes out of the van where the lava shelf meets the water, 20 minutes at Wai'anapanapa State Park, 40 minutes at Puaa Ka'a State Wayside with a swim in the waterfall-fed pool when conditions permit, and 45 minutes for lunch at Hana Farms. All admission and park entry fees are included, which counts most at Wai'anapanapa: reservations are required for both entry and parking, they come out 30 days ahead one day at a time at midnight Hawaii Standard Time, and there are no same-day slots.
Hawaii's official tourism page encourages visitors to do the road as a permitted guided tour instead of driving it themselves. Here a professional driver/guide narrates in English, the vehicle is air-conditioned, and a light to-go breakfast is handed out at the start. Rain is routine on this coast, since Hana averages 82.28 inches a year and every month brings at least 4 inches, so pack a layer and wear sturdy shoes for the pool at Puaa Ka'a.
Road to Hana Adventure Maui Tour with Lunch
The longest day on this site: 12.5 hours, hotel pickup and drop-off, lunch at Hana Farms, swim time at Puaa Ka'a and all park entry fees included.
Hana Highway - Road to Hana600 min Most of the day is the drive itself: waterfalls beside the road, one-lane bridges and curve after curve. You return along the same coast in the afternoon, which puts the ocean on the other side of the van and the light behind you.
Paia A drive-by through Paia, the plantation town built around camps that housed workers of the old Paia Sugar Mill.
Lava formations and ocean viewpoint20 min Twenty minutes on foot where the basalt shelf drops into the water and the swell pushes spray up through the rock.
Lunch at Hana Farms, pre-set options45 min Forty-five minutes for lunch at Hana Farms, 2910 Hana Highway past mile marker 31, from pre-set options. The meal is included in the price.
Hana Bay A drive-by at Hana Bay and its black sand, where Route 360 ends at Keawa Place.
Wai'anapanapa State Park20 min Twenty minutes at the black sand beach park, with sea stacks, blow holes, a natural stone arch and the native hala forest above the shore. Entry and parking reservations are part of the tour.
Puaa Ka'a State Park40 min Forty minutes at Puaa Ka'a State Wayside, 5.0 acres of small waterfalls and pools, with a swim in the waterfall-fed pool when the weather and water allow. Restrooms here.
Ho'okipa Beach Park Ho'okipa on the way back, where windsurfers and surfers use the afternoon wind off the north shore.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
Light to-go breakfast
Tour narration by a professional driver/guide
Lunch at Hana Farms, pre-set options
All admission and park entry fees
Air-conditioned vehicle
Pickup and drop-off at specific Maui hotels
Not included
Gratuities
Port pickup and drop-off
Meeting point and pickup
Pickup and drop-off at specific Maui hotels. On the west side of Maui, access is restricted to Lahaina.
The 12.5 hours describe the tour itself, not your exact pickup and drop-off time. Contact the operator no less than two days before your date to get your pickup time and the exact spot to wait at, such as the front entrance.
Be in place at least 5 minutes before your pickup time, and allow a 10 to 15 minute grace period, since the driver collects other guests in the same area.
If your hotel is not on the pickup schedule, the operator will give you a nearby meeting point. Some properties do not allow pickup of non-hotel guests, and there are no pickups at private residences or short-term rentals.
Port pickup and drop-off is not part of this tour.
Ages: infant 0–2, child 3–11, adult 12+
How this compares with the other Road to Hana adventure tours
Take the $210 small-group tour if you want the most reviewed day on this site, 7 to 11 hours, with meeting points at Kahului Harbor for cruise guests and 434 Kahiki St for island guests. The $259 farm-to-table tour suits food-minded travellers who want Wai'anapanapa admission handled from a Mercedes Sprinter, while the private Maui by Storm day at $1600 fits a group of up to six who want the vehicle to themselves.
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