Must see in Kauai, Hawaii, Maui?

nycfan said:
Yeah, my husband and son are stubborn bastards when it comes down to it, picky as hell in their own ways. I already cancelled the zodiac tour of the Na Pali coast sea caves for my husband and agreed not to have a privately chauffeured drive up the road to Hana so my son wouldn’t feel too exploitative (now I’ll be the chauffeur for the three of us), so just going with the flow. I love to swim and swim laps nearly daily for exercise. On my own, it would be snorkeling and boating most of the time with a helicopter trip thrown in. I’m too old for that kind of hiking in Na Pali but fortunately the last time I was I Kauai we hiked down into the Waimea canyon over to the top of a massive waterfall and sat in the little pool just at the edge of that. So at least I’ve done a lot of truly spectacular things on Kauai already in this lifetime and just want to enjoy it with my family 30 years later.
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Tell your son that the Maui locals are hurting since the Lahaina fires and they need the money desperately. Also, a local driver can help educate him on local customs and make sure that you respect areas off limits to tourists. It is the least exploitive way to do the trip and most culturally sensitive. He probably has visions of an African colonizer in his head.
 
Calheel said:
Tell your son that the Maui locals are hurting since the Lahaina fires and they need the money desperately. Also, a local driver can help educate him on local customs and make sure that you respect areas off limits to tourists. It is the least exploitive way to do the trip and most culturally sensitive. He probably has visions of an African colonizer in his head.
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He does. Colonizing is a daily concern for him these days.

PS, that was also by FAR the most expensive way to do it (outside the top 0.5%(?) means, whatever that looks like) but it sounded great to me, so worth the splurge. But it matters more that my uptight guys enjoy it.
 
nycfan said:
We picked Waikiki for ease of access to the cruise port on Saturday. We get in around 7 pm local time on Thursday and expect to be wiped out, so really have all day Friday to get our internal clocks adjusted somewhat and either crash on the beach or get outside that area to see some sights.

we’ll figure it out but my husband and son have so many things they won’t do I’m starting to wonder why we didn’t just rent a house in the Virgin Islands instead.

Nope, nope, it’ll be great. I just have to get them there.
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If you are staying in Waikiki be sure to eat at Duke’s.
 
RE: the Big Island, a day trip is a good plan. . We decided to drive around it in a day. The roads were narrow and curvy. I t took all day just to make it back to our hotel and we had little time to explore. Other than the volcano I don't have any significant memories.
The Napali Coast on Kauai was amazing. And say hey to Puff in Hanalei..
 
nycfan said:
About to head to Hawaii for the holidays — we’re doing a couple of nights in Honolulu before doing the cruise as a floating hotel approach to spend two days in each of Maui, Hawaii & Kauai.

Staying on the beach in Waikiki and will probably spend Thursday night sleeping after the long trip and Friday adjusting to the time zone. I do have us on a boat to view Waikiki and fireworks at night. We’re renting a car in Maui and Kauai, so have a lot of flexibility (subject to weather). Doing cruise excursions to Volcano National Park and Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

I’ve been to and driven all over Kauai once before, but that was nearly 30 years ago. We will definitely be back to canyon and TBD on a boat around the Na Pali Coast — it is stunning but the seas are rough and right now might be too rough the two days we are there.

Anyway, any suggestions on must see things in Maui, Kauai, Hawaii or Honolulu?

Fair warning, my son is going through college student let’s not exploit anyone White Lotus reaction and he doesn’t like to snorkel. My husband suffers vertigo. Sooooo I won’t get to be nearly as adventurous as back when we hiked and kayaked all over Kauai back in the day (when we spent a week there on the cheap due to relatively recent hurricane damage and cheap airfare).
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Ummm. This is a working vacation, right?
 
Big Island - rent a kayak and go to the Captain Cook monument and snorkel.
Kauai - make the drive to Ke'e beach.
 
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