Open each section for pickup guidance, the typical route, and a practical packing checklist.
Recommended Pickup Times
Door-to-Door Pickup
Pickup is available from your resort, hotel, condo, cruise-port meeting point, or another agreed location. Our office will confirm the exact pickup time for your area based on the season, driving time, and sunset.
Cruise guests should call (808) 444-3770 so pickup can be coordinated with the ship schedule.
Pause in Kula or Pukalani for a food destination selected around your group’s timing and preferences.
The Upcountry Farmers Market; the day’s food stop varies. Photo: Phil Venditti · resized for web.Photo source · CC BY 2.0
Stop 10
Haleakalā Highway
Follow the historic mountain road upward, pausing at safe scenic viewpoints as conditions allow.
Laborers applying asphalt to Haleakalā Highway near the summit in 1934. Photo: Photographer unknown / National Park Service · cropped and resized.Photo source · public domain U.S. federal work
Travel the quiet backside route to Kīpahulu, then hike the Pīpīwai Trail past its banyan tree, Makahiku Falls, and bamboo forest to Waimoku Falls. Select a point on the interactive map—or use the list—to see details, photographs, and related history.
Start beside the visitor center at the junction of the uphill Pīpīwai Trail and the separate coastal Kūloa Point Trail. Interpretive exhibits, Hale Hālāwai, rock walls, terraces, and house-site evidence introduce Kīpahulu’s layered Native Hawaiian, agricultural, plantation, ranching, and park history.
The 0.5-mile Kūloa Point Trail is a separate coastal loop rather than part of the uphill Pīpīwai hike. It reaches viewpoints over ʻOheʻo Gulch and cultural sites; always obey current park closures and remain on marked trails.
Pools and cascades in the Kīpahulu District. Photo: Hawaii By Storm.
The first major waterfall viewpoint is about half a mile from the trailhead. The mapped point marks the established overlook rather than the waterfall itself.
A broad banyan with aerial roots stands along the climbing trail beyond the Makahiku overlook. Its map pin is placed approximately along the mapped trail because the tree is not published as a precise NPS geospatial point.
The large banyan along the Pīpīwai Trail. Photo: Hawaii By Storm.
Trail point 5
Bamboo Forest & Boardwalk
About one mile from the trailhead, the route enters dense bamboo and crosses wet sections on boardwalks and footbridges. Conditions can be slick even when the coast is dry.
Bamboo forest along the Pīpīwai Trail. Photo: National Park Service · cropped and resized.Photo source · NPS media use
The mapped trail ends at the established viewing area roughly two miles from the visitor center. The full out-and-back hike is about four miles with approximately 800 feet of elevation change; stay behind all barriers and follow current park directions.
Waimoku Falls from the trail viewing area. Photo: Hawaii By Storm.
Waimoku Falls viewing area, followed by the return hike on the same trail.
Map note: The trail line and mapped locations use published geographic data. Conditions, closures, safe viewing areas, and access can change; always follow current National Park Service signs and guide instructions.
Tour overview
Two Distinct Haleakalā Landscapes in One Private Day
Begin with Maui’s remote backside route to the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park. Your group will hike the Pīpīwai Trail past the famous banyan tree, Makahiku Falls, and the bamboo forest before reaching Waimoku Falls.
After the hike, continue through Upcountry Maui and climb into Haleakalā’s Summit District. Your guide will shape the final stops around the weather, park access, your group’s pace, and the best available views before sunset.
This private 12-hour experience combines two very different sides of Haleakalā in one day: a lush East Maui rainforest trail and the high-elevation volcanic landscape at 10,023 feet.
Trail and summit conditions:
This is a long day with a moderate, approximately three-to-four-hour hike in a remote area. Physical fitness is recommended. Weather, road, trail, park, and summit conditions can change the route, stop order, sunset views, or access. Summit temperatures can be 30 degrees or more below the coast.
Your private trail and summit adventure
Luxury Expedition
Travel Maui’s remote backside, hike the Pīpīwai Trail, and climb to Haleakalā’s summit in a spacious private SUV with room for up to seven guests.
Private-vehicle pricing: Prices shown are the flat rate for your entire private vehicle—not per person.
Up to 7 guests
Luxury Expedition
$1,699.95Flat rate · per vehicle
Plus 4.712% GE tax. Guests 6 and 7 will have a middle seat.
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