A driving tour into the past of the island of beaches from pre civilization to present day. A trip back in time with your mind's eye painting the Maui of yesterdays.
Ancient settlements and a way of life brought from the southern pacific is where our story starts, more accurately just before our first mariners guided their large seagoing canoes to the islands of Hawaii. They navigated by the stars and the clouds and the feel of the water beneath their hulls. They navigated by the sun and the birds and the marine life they came upon, each contributing a clue as to their location relative to land and their intended direction of travel.
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The stones of Ma'alaea are two boulders moved here and saved from a vanished village nearby. When building the breakwater for the new harbor at Ma'alaea, stones from the village were brought down from near the lighthouse but the two at this location were saved due to their significance to the ancient hawaiians of that village.
Two rock temple foundations probably used for sacrifice of only the highest alii and chiefs. Kahekili set up his court here after his father came to the heiau to die in 1736. Imagine warriors training for war in the form of various types of boxing and wrestling to master technique and gain strength for battle. Keopuolani was born here at Pihahakalani and went on to become the wife of Kamehameha the first and give birth to Liholiho, Kamehamea the second.
A royal fishpond built sometime around 1500. It is now a wildlife sanctuary managed by the State of Hawaii department of natural resources.
Kahikinui was an early and ancient settlement of Polynesian voyagers. Many of the foundations of their domiciles and temples are still intact today. Nearly all are on private land and require a local guide to visit.
An early and vibrant settlement of the polynesian voyager
A small peninsula north of Hana where the land juts out into the sea and is very flat and well watered.
Koko O NaΜ Moku - Bloodshed of the islands battle where Kaanapali golf course now lays and plays.