Maui Activities

The nonprofit Pacific Whale Foundation (PFW) has redesigned its adoption program of humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins or endangered false killer whales, with all proceeds going to the research, education and conservation efforts.

PacWhale Eco-Adventures hosts a festive Halloween Cocktail Cruise that departs from Māʻalaea on Halloween night.

PacWhale Eco-Adventures is offering a limited-time ecotour Oct. 3-13 for people to support researchers from the Pacific Whale Foundation, the Marine Mammal Research Program at the University of Hawaiʻi and Stanford University as they survey the waters off Lānaʻi and test new equipment.

Through its ongoing initiative mālama kekahi I kekahi (to take care of eachother), Maui Ocean Center provides kindergarten through 12th-grade students access to marine education through field trips.

The Maui Ocean Center’s Marine Institute is offering the ‘Keiki o ke Kai’ program, which introduces high school juniors and seniors in Maui County to diverse marine science and ocean conservation topics.

PacWhale Eco-Adventures is offering a new Dolphin Watch Deluxe roundtrip cruise to Lānaʻi that is designed to inspire marine conservation while providing vital funds for the Pacific Whale Foundation’s Research, Education and Conservation programs.

First Hawaiian Bank launched a month-long, statewide Slippah Drive benefitting Child & Family Service. New slippers donated to FHB at the bank’s Maui County branches will stay on island to help Maui County families.

Maui Now received complaints from individuals who tried to access the system only to find that many dates and popular weekend slots had already been taken. Visitors to the site report that within minutes after the publicized 7 a.m. opening, the site was booked solid through the end of the year.

Maui Ocean Center launches its Nā Hoa Kai annual membership for Hawaiʻi residents on Sunday, July 4, 2021.

A Father’s Day weekend tradition, dating back an estimated 70 years, brings families of fishers out for the only regular rainbow trout fishing opportunity in Hawai‘i.

Viewers can tune in at 5:30 p.m. each day, June 21-25, and enjoy entertainment, food demonstrations, craft how-to’s and hear the stories from communities on Maui, Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i and in Hāna.

The 2021 Nā Kamehameha Commemorative Pā‘ū Parade and Ho‘olaule‘a is going virtual this year, and will be available for release next Saturday, June 19, 2021.

Seabury Hall will host their popular Rummage Sale traditionally held in conjunction with their annual craft fair as an independent event Saturday, June 5 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. inside and near their gymnasium. The school had an extra year to collect gently used clothing, furniture, toys, books, household items and more for their […]

Kaunoa Senior Services’ Meals on Wheels Program is seeking volunteers to help deliver fresh meals to the homes of qualified seniors from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday.

Blue Hawaiian Activities begins operations with 19 concierge offices throughout Maui and Oʻahu, and will further expand to Kauaʻi and the Big Island in the coming months.

The completed phase marks a new milestone in restoring and regenerating Pōhakuokalā Gulch, an important watershed in Upper Kula – the project also creating jobs for the unemployed in 2020.

Aina Townsend, 22, of Wailuku, drove off in his very first fully-paid-for vehicle on New Year’s Eve. The man who works as a security guard at a local grocery store didn’t know that doing what he felt was right would land him in such a lucky position.

Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center has expanded its gallery shop for their annual “Hui Holidays” from Nov. 20 through Dec. 24. The expanded gallery shop features local, handmade gifts by over 100 Maui artists, crafters and vendors.

In conjunction with National Cinnamon Roll Day, family owned and operated Trilogy Excursions will provide free cinnamon rolls and coffee on Sunday, Oct. 4 in Lahaina and Kihei.

There are a number of celebrities who have called Maui their home and some who continue to live (either some or part of the time) on the island. You may spot one of them, or some of them, all together.