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Maui recreation and fun in the sun at Makena Beach & Golf Resort
Best of Maui recreational opportunities for guaranteed "Fun in the Sun" at the Makena Beach & Golf Resort. Visit the Resort Concierge where our friendly staff will assist you with Makena beach activity information, tour guides, show and luaus, dinner reservations and rentals. Let us fill your memory banks and photo books with wonderful and unique experiences.
Book your Maui Adventure with the Resort Concierge, please call:
Phone: (808) 891-4024
Email: Concierge@makenaresortmaui.com
Vacations renew the spirit, refresh the mind, and reinvigorate the body. Whether you want to lounge by the sea with your favorite book, paddle a kayak in search of turtles and whales, or take a shot at a hole in one, Makena Beach and Golf Resort offers Maui recreational opportunities galore. Makena Beach & Golf Resort’s two pools are surrounded by lush gardens and water features. Enjoy a leisurely game of croquet, shuffleboard, volleyball, ping pong or miniature golf in play areas near the pools and gardens.
Maui is magical by sea or by land. Beautiful Maluaka Beach fronts the resort and provides an inviting playground for a host of water sports and activities from kayaking to scuba diving, or even a thrilling ride in an authentic Hawaiian outrigger canoe. Explore all that the island of Maui has to offer with the following Air, Land and Sea Activities!
Complimentary Resort Guest Activities
Looking for something to do? Check out the following activites complimentary to Resort Guests!
- Two swimming pools
- Miniature golf
- Croquet
- Outdoor shuffle board
- Volleyball
- Outdoor ping-pong
- Near by hiking trails at La Perouse Bay
- Star Gazing "An Evening Under the Stars"
- Bike Cruisers
Featured Resort Guest Activities
Bicycle Cruisers
Cruise the winding scenic roads of Makena Alanui in style or take these classic bikes beachside along the flagstone roads of the historic Kings Trail, either way you'll get a sense of an era gone by and get lost in the serene environment that is Makena while getting some great cardio on these Schwinn bikes compliments of the Makena Beach & Golf Resort.
Makena Beach & Golf Resort has answered the request of guests on online review sites like Trip Advisor and Yelp, and now offers complimentary guest rental bikes. These rentals come complete with helmets, locks, and beverage holders. These classic style cruising bikes are built to the Schwinn quality standard. With over 100 years of cycling heritage, passion and expertise, Schwinn has a commitment to creating the best bikes available today. This bike was made for leisure biking, with comfort and ease-of-use in mind. Bikes can be checked out through the resort concierge desk and picked up via the bell desk.
Bikes are rented out via first come first serve basis.
Star Gazing "An Evening Under the Stars"
Get in touch with both nature and the wonders of technology, with added tiny bit of nostalgia with the resort's newest activity — An Evening Under the Stars. Due to popular demand, the Evening Under the Stars has a new location and new astronomer leading a night of campfires, s’mores and stargazing with advance technology. Complimentary for in-house guests, this activity will excite the kid in all of us.
Rebecca Sydney, Maui's resident astronomer for 23 years, brings a night of fun, relaxation and learning to the Makena Beach & Golf Resort. President of the Maui Astronoy Club, Rebecca combines the use of lasers, a telescope, ipads and a labtop to create a entertaining interactive night complete with a traditional campfire and s'more making.
This Month's Featured Activities
Ziplines!
Hike through a forest and sail through the trees!
One of the more popular activities on Maui is Ziplining. This is a unique and breathtaking way to view our island as you soar through lush valleys above streams and waterfalls. There are a handful of different zipline adventures that can accommodate the most accomplished daredevils and can be as fun for the whole family including children ages 5 and up. Some zipline tours include transportation to and from the hotel.
Play Paradise, Makena Resort’s Activity Concierge, can assist with matching you up to the right tour! Remember that the best tours sell out fast, so call now at (808) 891-4024 to set up your Hawaiian Adventure.
Land
Hana Adventure
Full day van tours to the Hana rainforest are available daily. See the most beautiful area of the Valley Isle without having to drive the scenic "Hana Highway"! Magnificent waterfalls, exotic flowers and black sand beaches provide picturesque views you will never forget. Tour includes hotel pick-up, continental breakfast & a picnic lunch.
Paniolo Horseback Adventure
Journey to an actual working cattle ranch nestled in the heart of West Maui and ride into the range. Canter up rolling pastures into the lush rain forest and gaze down into Eki Crater to view some of Maui's largest waterfalls. Descend on crashing waves along Maui's spectacular North Shore! Enjoy a Paniolo style open pit BBQ lunch, featuring ribs, baked beans, potato salad, beer and soda.
Haleakala Summit Sunrise Bike Tour
View the sunrise from above the clouds and see the magnificent Haleakala Crater from atop 10,000' elevation. Learn about the history of Haleakala while touring the Silversword plants, native endangered species and birds that have made Haleakala their permanent home. Your bicycle safari begins at 6,500' elevation on Mount Haleakala, where you will gently descend the 21 switchbacks on the western slopes of the world's largest resting volcano with only 200 yards of pedaling. Bring your camera for the scenic photo stops along the journey.
Canopy Tours * 6 Ziplines & 4 Bridges
You'll zip on six different lines through the beautiful tree canopy and cross four aerial canopy bridges on this tour. Fly high over ravines and forest floor and observe native and introduced trees and plants. Great for families looking for an educational adventure and nonstop excitement. Approx. 2.5 hours.
Canopy Tours * 3 Ziplines & 1 Bridge
3 Ziplines * 1 Bridge If you want a rush of a zipline tour but need to keep it short, this one's for you! Two zips over lush valleys and a scenic trek over a canopy bridge leading up to a 1,000-ft. line and a final zip through a tropical forest canopy.
Zipline * Side by Side
Hawaii's longest side-by-side zipline (over half a mile) with heights ranging from 42 feet to 600 feet and speeds up to 40 miles per hour. A "Maui Must-Do" activity, you can't pass this one up!
Tango Combo
The Tango Tower is located on a 1.5 acre wooded peninsula in the middle of the action; 42 feet tall; six sides and seven challenges (2 challenges on 1 side); there is also a suspension bridge leading to the top, where the launch platform for Line 6 is located. 12 people can climb at the same time.
Waterfall Walk
If you want a short, easy hike to a couple of small waterfalls and streams in a beautiful valley, this is the perfect choice. There's plenty of time to swim, jump from 10-foot rock ledges, swing from a rope swing into a waterfall pool, plus learn about rain forests from our knowledgeable guides. Fun, easy and safe. Great for families or a party of two.
East Maui Waterfall & Rainforest Hike
The most popular hike with great waterfalls from 10 to 40 feet high, big, clear swimming pools under each fall, magical rain forests, and fresh-water streams. It's a fun adventure--you can jump and rope swing into several falls--and you learn so much from the naturalist guides.
Full Day Waterfall & Rainforest Adventure
"This is it!" one Manhattan lawyer screamed when he first laid eyes on this valley. Laurence Rockefeller must have felt the same way when he bought the land, then donated it to the national parks. It's Hawai’i of your dreams. Truly. Great hiking and swimming (optional). Unbelievable waterfalls, pools and streams.
Kayak, Snorkel & Waterfall Adventure
Do it all -- hike in a rainforest, swim under waterfalls, kayak along ocean cliffs--- in one trip a 6.5 hour total. Spend 2.5 hours on the ocean kayaking along the rugged sea cliffs of West Maui and snorkel with Hawaii's large green turtles. Then go from ocean to rainforest and hike a remote valley in the West Maui Mountains. Hike one mile roundtrip along a rainforest stream to small pools and waterfalls. End the trip in an isolated, magical spot under a 20-foot waterfall.
Haleakala Crater – 4 Mile Hike
Consists of a two mile hike at 8,000 feet through native alpine scrub forest on lava rock trail with rare tropical plants and views that stretch for miles in all directions. Another two mile hike begins at 10,000 feet along a cinder trail past huge cinder cones.
Haleakala Crater Bike Tour
Is 2:30am a little too early for you? Well, check out the day tour. While you don't get to see a sunrise, you do get to see inside of Haleakala Crater and the amazing natural colors of the many red cinder cones can be seen more clearly.
Air
Haleakala National Park Tour
Travelers will have the opportunity to experience the unique scenes and atmosphere of Mount Haleakala. Before they get there, they will be able to travel through rural upcountry towns. This popular tour also takes travelers to the Iao Valley State Park and the town of Lahaina. You need to be up by 2:30am in the morning, so good nights rest is a must!
Hana/Haleakala Helicopter Tour
A wonderful exploration of the most popular points of interest on the island including Haleakala National Park and Haleakala Crater, Manawainui, Oheo Gulch (Seven Pools), Hana town and the Hana Rainforest Preserve, the largest rainforest in the United States. See hundreds of beautiful waterfalls, Ke'anae Valley and the rugged shoreline of East Maui.
West Maui Molokai Helicopter Tour
Explore deep, meandering valleys set in the rainforest of the ancient West Maui Mountains. Knife-edged ridges with mist-shrouded peaks separate the spectacular valleys. Waterfalls cascade down from towering cliffs into the streams running along the rainforest floor. See the famous Iao valley and learn about the history and culture of the sights from your pilot, who is also a State of Hawaii Certified Tour Guide. Cross the Pailolo channel to the "Friendly Isle" of Molokai. The island had the world’s highest sea cliffs, Hawaii's tallest waterfall, remote valleys and the famous Kalaupapa peninsula. Tour routes and sights visited may vary according to wind and weather conditions.
Hana/Haleakala * Early Bird
Climb above central Maui and ascend the world's largest dormant volcano, Haleakala ("house of the sun") and discover its immense moonlike crater with cinder cones towering over 1,100 feet tall. See Kaupo and Ko'olau Gaps, the huge lava flows from the crater to the sea. Hana's is home of the "Seven Sacred Pools" and Lindberg's grave. The Hana Rain Forest extends for over 180 square miles along Maui's northern coast and is the largest tropical rain forest in our nation. Tour includes views of Old Hana Town, Haleakala National Park, Kipahulu, the taro fields of Ke'anae, coastline waterfalls and the world famous Ho'okipa windsurfing beach. Look our for whales during whale watching season.
