Sandy Beaches and more

I’d heard that there were a lot of beaches on Maui, but I was not really prepared for what we encountered.

There are literally beaches everywhere! Small ones, large ones, wide open ones, intimate ones, straight ones, crescent-shaped ones, you name it, it is there. Many of them are open to the public. Picnic tables, ample parking (paved as well as unpaved) and portage-potties are provided at most of them. It does say a lot about the Maui “culture”. You’ll see interesting types on those beaches – surfers, families with kids, tourists, “hippie” types (complete with VW Combi-vans), lots of Jeep Wranglers, fishermen and, sadly, homeless people.

Grassy parking area with picnic tables.
The beach with access from that picnic area.

There was a beach just next to the hotel we stayed at, literally a 2 minute walk from our room. I went snorkeling there as we could see turtles swimming around. No, I did no get to see a turtle while out, I guess they made a point of avoiding me 😂. 

This was “our” beach. Out hotel was that one on the far left.

The other thing that struck me was how few people were on the beaches. Perhaps because there were so many to choose from, but we did not see a single beach that was busy, certainly none that were crowded! Even the small beaches, those that were only 50-100 feet wide, were sparsely populated, no matter how pretty or idyllic the location..

Wide open beaches with no-one in sight
Cozy, hidden beaches with just a few people
Some beaches had rocky outcrops and views of spectacular houses.
Many beaches has a lot of driftwood. We had a picnic sitting quite comfortably on one of the fallen tress.

 

Flora

The flora of the island was spectacular. You would expect the iconic hibiscus and plumeria (known as “Frangipani” in Australia), but there was so much more! We saw all kinds of amazing, spectacular flowers growing everywhere.

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