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Here is a short list of the best Inter Island Tours in Maui as determined by client reviews.
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Maui Inter Island Tours
Day trips from Maui to Big Island and day trips from Maui to Pearl Harbor are just two of the relatively unknown time and money saving options that are available for visitors vacationing on Maui. In addition, one day tours are available from Maui to Father Damien's Leper Colony on the island of Molokai, one day tours to the island of Lanai and one day tours from Maui to the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu. Each one of these one day tours allows for visitors staying on Maui to check-off locations they would like to visit in Hawaii without having to have the expense and time constraints necessary to pack up and move for a day or two to another island.
The day trips from Maui to Big island and day trips from Maui to Pearl Harbor are certainly the most popular
Maui is a fantastic destination for your Hawaiian vacation but what makes it even better is the easy access to Maui Inter Island Tours and excursions. You can come to Maui, bring your luggage and check into a hotel or condo but then venture out on one-day tours to exciting destinations on the other islands. You will be able to return later that night and go to sleep in your original accommodation. In most instances this is a much more economically efficient way to visit locations on the outer islands. You will save the expense of hotel accommodations at the other islands and in most cases the airfare or ferry pricing between islands is already included in the price of your tour. In addition, many of these inter-island excursion prices are then offered at discount pricing as well.
What locations can you visit on one of the one-day Maui Inter Island Tours.
Fly to Pearl Harbor for the day and visit the Arizona Memorial, Battleship Missouri, the Pacific Aviation museum and Honolulu.
Visit the volcanic activity on the Big Island.
Take a ferry to Lanai and enjoy a tour of the island.
Visit Father Damien's Leper Colony on the island of Molokai.
Enjoy one of the one-day from Maui inter island tours to the Polynesian Cultural Center on the island of Oahu.
Do a circle-island tour of Oahu.
Depart from Maui on your own yacht and sail between the islands as you wish.
Checkout Tom's Tips and Insights about Maui Inter Island Tours
Its not a bad idea when you come to visit Maui, particularly if it is your first of second time, to expand your investigation of the Hawaiian Islands by taking advantage of one or more of the one-day inter island tours that are available to you. This will give you the capability of establishing your home base on Maui, and at the same time spread out and see what the other islands have to offer. You can do these one day trips to virtually any of the other islands but the ones we see most from Maui are the one day tours to see Pearl Harbor... read more.
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Big Island Air offers three different tours on their air conditioned Cessna Grand Caravan EX, which is the only turbine-engine, jet prop tour airplane in the State of Hawaii. Turbine engines are superior to piston or reciprocating engines in terms of safety, reliability and performance. The added power of a turbine allows us to show many places/things a conventional engine will not allow while operating well within the aircraft's normal range limits. More Info / Buy Now
Robert's Hawaii is the largest sightseeing company in Hawaii offering tour options on all the islands. In addition to running a variety of land tours on each island, they also offer "room and car" packages for inter-island travel. Robert's Hawaii has branched off into ownership of many of the other major activities found throughout the islands. More Info / Buy Now
The Expeditions Ferry Service is the main means of transportation to shuttle back and forth between the islands of Maui and Lanai. Ferry service on this picturesque commute can be purchased separately or it can be included with a jeep rental. More Info / Buy Now
One of the very largest sightseeing tour companies in all of Hawaii is Polynesian Adventure Tours. They operate a large variety of tours on all the islands as well as offer 'same day' interisland tours from your island of origin to the other islands allowing you to see an outer island without having to relocate and move to another hotel there. They operate the finest vans, mini-motor coaches and luxurious full size motor coaches with deluxe, large 'see out windows' for the very best views. More Info / Buy Now
Makani Kai Air Charters provides air transportation to Molokai from Oahu and Maui. It leaves conveniently from both Kahului or Kapalua airports on Maui and from it's own heliport near Honolulu International Airport. The Turboprop Cessna Grand Caravan and the twin engine Piper Chieftain aircrafts can accommodate up to 9 passengers. Private air tours can also be booked. More Info / Buy Now
If you are staying on one Hawaiian Island but would like to visit the highlights of another island in the chain then the one-day inter-island flights and tours offered by Aloha Sunshine Tours are just what you're looking for. These inclusive tours simplify your itinerary and make your touring experience 'care free'. More Info / Buy Now
Experience 5-star luxury cheauffer driven service in ultra luxury vehicles to USS Pearl Harbor Tours and other Oahu Highlight Sightseeing Tours. Private Tours and Shared vehicle Day tours available. More Info / Buy Now
So, here you are on Maui. You're enjoying your stay here, but you may be interested in going to see other islands.
So, this can be done without actually having to go move to another island, change hotel rooms, get new Rent-A-Cars, and going through all that. You can actually do one day tours of various islands from Maui, which is really really convenient. We got one day tours that'll take you over to Lanai, we can get you to Molokai, we can get you to Oahu, and Pearl Harbor and all of that. We can also get you to the Volcanic Activity and then return you the same day. You go to sleep in the same hotel, in the hotel bed that you woke up in that morning. So, these are some options that we have.
Let's take a look at a map here so we can a little bit better idea of what we've got going. So here's Maui, this is Maui county. The first island that we have that you can get to, on an inner island kind of a day, is going from Maui over to the island of Lanai. And that you would do by going to Lahaina, getting on a ferry. We have a ferry that cruises across, takes a little bit more than an hour. You'd go over to Manele over here and off load. And then you could visit the island. There's two beautiful hotels that are there. You can also arrange for a Jeep and cruise around. And then go back to the ferry, come back for the day. So, that's one thing you can do. That's one island.
Molokai. We also have single day tours that you can get over there. We have a ferry also that'll take you from Lahaina take over to Kaunakakai and from there's a few options. You can Rent-A-Car and drive around. You could take a tour of the island. They meet you there and then you get to scoot all the way around, see it all. We even have a tour that'll take you up to Kalaupapa Lookout. And then you can, at that point, do a Hike Down to Father Damien's Leper Colony and then back up. That's only for some people that are really in shape, obviously, but that's available to you. And then they bring you back to the ferry and then you come back. So, that's a full day that you got going there on one of those options with a rental car or the tour or the Hike Down to Kalaupapa.
Another way that you can visit Molokai is by leaving from Maui in a Plane, a small one, and flying directly over to Kalaupapa, landing there. And then spending some time, usually about a four hour tour cruising around Father Damien's Leper Colony and seeing everything that there is to see there. It's quite amazing. So, those are the tours that we have go to Molokai.
But, what many people really wanna see is over here on the island of Oahu. And, so we have tours that will leave from Maui and fly you over to Honolulu and then take you to see various places on Oahu. Now these can be in smaller aircraft, that you can kinda flightsee on the way over and so on. Those are some options and then when you land here you'll be doing another tour. Most prevalent among the tours that we have are on the regularly scheduled airlines. So, you're gonna be going over on Hawaiian perhaps. And so these require tickets that you're gonna just show up at the airport. You're on Maui and then you're gonna be flying over to Honolulu International Airport. You'll be met there by someone who will then take you in a van, or whatever vehicle they've got, and do the various activities that you can do on Oahu.
Primarily, what we're talking about on Oahu and what everybody really wants to see, the main attraction there is Pearl Harbor. And there are a number of different tours that see a number of different things. So depending upon how you organize it for what you wanna see, you can go over to see Pearl Harbor. Once there, you're gonna be seeing the Arizona Memorial. You'll see the USS Missouri, the big battleship. That was where they signed the treaty at the end of World War II, at the end of the war. There's the USS Bowfin, which is a submarine that was operational during those times. You get to actually walk in there and see how the submariners lived. You've got the Aviation Museum that's there and there are other exhibits that you can walk around and see. So, those are some of what could be offered depending upon which tour you're taking.
There are also tours, once you're there, that'll take you there and take you beyond up to the Dole Plantation, up to the North Shore, up where we have all the big surf, and see those beaches. Take you to Polynesian Cultural Center, spend some time there. Cruise around the back side and see this coastline. So, there's many different activities. There's places in Honolulu right downtown that they'll take you and show you. So there's a number of different options that you have of getting to Oahu and seeing different things.
We have similar excursions to this, that go the other way from Maui and take you over to the Big Island here. These can be very similar in the sense that you're on the regularly scheduled airlines that are gonna fly from Maui to the big island. You're gonna land here, generally you're gonna land in Hilo, which is here. And you're gonna be going over to see all the volcanic activity that you'll see in this area, particularly Kilauea area. These are full days, but you're really going to get a chance to see the Volcano from the ground, to see the lava, to experience the Thurston Lava Tube, all the various things that are over there: steam and vents that are happening all around you. You're gonna get a sense of what it's like to be at this area where this volcano is. So, you'll drive around, they'll show you all these different things and then they're gonna fly you back.
I'm gonna talk a little bit more about those tours in just a moment because there's some things you need to know, but there's also one other option you can do in terms of the Big Island. That is to take one of the small fixed-wing aircraft, Flightseeing Aircraft we call them, that will leave here from Maui, kind of view Maui. And so you get the overview of Maui from the air, or part of it anyway, and then they take you over to this same rift zone that we're talking about here on the big island. And you're getting to see the volcanoes from the air, which is pretty amazing. And there's some spots in there that you really don't get the full picture of what it's all about until you see it from the air. And they are quite amazing, those. But essentially that's a much smaller tour, maybe a little over two hours. Fly all the way over to the big island, crisscross it, see all that rift zone really really well and then bring you back to Maui. You also get the, you know, get to see the Hamakua Coast and all the beautiful places that you're gonna pass on the way there. And also, flightsee Maui as well.
So, but let me get back to the other part, where we're talking about the tours that involve the regularly scheduled airlines and then the tours. The one thing that you really need to understand about this, and I don't think there's anything else that we have that's really like this in terms of a tour, but when they put these together, they organize these flights with the airlines. And then organize the tour that you're gonna be getting and so on. And on these you have to be a little bit careful before you book them because they are non-refundable, non-transferable. If you don't go you lose your money. That's the way it works.
And they're also really, nowadays, really security conscious about everything. We need to know your first, middle, and last name, your date of birth. You need to have the certificates or driver's licenses or passports, whatever it is, available to show people. And if you don't have it, that's not good. They're not gonna let you do the tour. So, it's not that it's that much you need to have, but you do need to have certain things. We'll make sure that you understand what they are, but the one thing you need to understand is that these are gonna be non-refundable. So they're worthwhile, they're fantastic to do, they really save you a lot of time and energy because you can do it all in the same day. But, there just is that one caveat that you should be aware of.
In any event, this is the inner island activity that we have from Maui. So, you can come here and enjoy all the things that Maui has to offer. And then take a day and fly off to the Big Island, fly off to Oahu, fly off to Kalaupapa or take a day on a ferry over to Lanai and enjoy other islands as well.
So if you have any questions about Tours or Activities in Hawaii, just give us a call or check out tombarefoot.com. We're here to help.
If you've realized that you made your hotel accommodations on a different island from something you wanted to see don't fret. We can arrange for a variety of different one day tours that will get you over to see what you want to see for the day and then bring you back.
Visit the Hana Coast on Maui, the volcanoes of the Big Island, the Waimea Canyon on Kauai or Father Damien's Leper Colony on Molokai, and return on the same day.
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