Thursday, May 29, 2008

Day Planner for Kids

Top 10 activities with children 5 and under:
1. Sugar Museum and Tropical Pineapple Plantation Tour
2. Surfing Goat Dairy and Lavender Garden, Haleakala
3. Maui Ocean Center
4. Ho'omana'o
5. Sugar Cane Train and Paniolo BBQ Dinner Show
6. Kapalua "Dragon's Teeth"
7. Nakele Blowhole (small child in a back pack)
8. Reefdancer or Atlantis submarine and day in Lahaina
9. Day at the beach: Baby Beach or Napili Bay
10. Kaanapali Beach and Whaler's Village

Top activities with Children ages 6 and up for a 10 day trip:
1. Molokini, Turtle Town snorkel, snuba boat ride
2. Surf Lessons
3. Kapalua "Dragon's Teeth"
4. Scenic Drive up to North Shore and Hike to Nakele Blowhole
5. Luau
6. Boogie boarding at DT Flemming
7. Kayaking
8. Whalers Village and Kaanapali Beach
9. Scenic Drive to Hana
10. Extreme Sports day, pick one: windsurfing, paragliding, parasailing, ATV tour, horseback riding, jet skiing

Top 5 activities for parents while kids are at a Keiki camp:
1. Spa
2. Luau
3. Ulalena
4. Haleakala and Tedeschi Winery
5. Dinner at Gerards, or Banyan Tree (Ritz Carlton)

Note: I don't recommend going on the trip to Hana with small children. It is a very long drive with a lot of twists and turns. As an alternative drive, you may want to drive up Haleakala and visit the dairy goat farm and Alii Lavendar gardens. Although this is an hour long drive, you can plan it at their nap time which makes it more do-able. Another alternative scenic drive is on the West Side of Maui up to the Nakele Blowhole on the North Side.

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About Maui

Nickname: Valley Isle
Maui County includes the islands of Lanai, Molokai, and Kahoolawe. Together, the four islands are known as Maui Nui
Flower: Lokelani
Size: Maui is the second largest of the major Hawaiian Islands. Maui is 48 miles long and 26 miles wide, totalling 728 sq. miles
Average Winter Temperature: 71 degrees
Average Summer Temperature: 78 degrees
Average ocean temperature is 78 degrees
Average annual rainfall: 33”
Population: 141,320 (2006 census)
Tourists: 2,263,676 tourists (2005)
An average of 42,000 tourists on an average day