Polynesian Adventures Haleakala Sunrise Tour
Haleakala Sunrise with Breakfast
Your expert driver guide will greet you at your hotel and welcome you aboard a state-of-art minibus that features wide side windows to allow views along the way to the summit area. Your driver guide’s live tour narration is augmented with captivating video segments shown on high tech vehicle monitors. Once at the summit and above the clouds, take in the stunning views of the rising sun. Upon descending from the dormant Maui volcano tour, you will join newfound friends for a delicious local style breakfast at Kula Lodge with its upcountry hospitality and breathtaking views of the west Maui mountains before returning to your hotel.
$199.00 (plus taxes and fees)
Tour Details
Set your alarm to be ready for a 2:00/2:30 a.m. pickup from your hotel.
Dress warmly! The temperature can be as low as around 20 degrees Fahrenheit, but the sight of the sun rising should warm you up.
Haleakala National Park admission fees included.
Ranger Station at Haleakala National Park entrance.
Comfortable 38-mile drive to the summit area of “The House of the Sun”, Haleakala.
Breathtaking sunrise viewing at 9,740 ft elevation summit area as you view the dawn of a new day from the top of the world.
Haleakala Visitor Center, with its souvenirs, fact-filled publications, and helpful staff.
Top of the line Grech minibus tour vehicles with excellent amenities, superb visibility windows, and visual presentation on monitors (available in 6 languages) to augment professional live narration.
Remarkable views of Kula, Upcountry Maui, and environs during descent.
Delicious breakfast at beautiful Kula Lodge.
Viewing of Maui Sunrise
as it rises above the clouds is the climax of the morning. The unforgettable show of light and color bursting into view is a spiritual experience for many. Majestic views from the 9,740ft elevation are unparalleled anywhere. They are so expansive that under especially clear sky conditions other islands may be seen several miles away.
Haleakala Silverswords
The silvery hairs, fleshy leaves, and low-growing rosette form of the Haleakala silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) allow it to survive in hot, dry climates like the aeolian desert cinder slopes of the crater. Silverswords live between 3 and 90 years or more. They flower once, sending up a spectacular flowering stalk, and then die soon afterward, scattering drying seeds to the wind.
Delicate silverswords ('ahinahina), once ripped up and taken home by visitors as souvenirs, now depend on management efforts for survival. Park staff fence silversword-munching ungulates out, destroy non-native plants that would crowd out silverswords, and educate park visitors to stay on trails to avoid stepping on fragile silversword seedlings and root systems.