If you have no idea where lilikoi, guava, papaya or pineapple come from or how they look growing in an orchard or a field, Maui Tropical Plantation is the place to go. It’s a demonstration 60-acre farm where you will ride in the Tropical Tram past tidy plots of coconut, sugarcane, macadamia nuts, coffee, ginger and several tropical fruits. These...

Leaving Maui without seeing a Haleakala Sunrise borders on deprivation. Mark Twain trekked to the top and declared it to be “the most sublime spectacle I ever witnessed and the memory of it will remain with me always.” You won’t forget it either. Ever. First things first. The National Park Service now requires a reservation to visit Haleakala Crater; make one on...