Itinerary feedback?
Hello, I am spending 5 nights in Waiʻānapanapa State Park as my first time in Hawaii or anywhere tropical. My plan is to really only spend a day in the park checking it out. The rest of the trip would be spent driving around the island looking at stuff and doing stuff. Below is a rough itinerary that I threw together. Let me know if there are any glaring issues I’m naive to or if you notice something I could squeeze in. Ideally suggestions for $100 or less per activity but I can be talked into bad financial decisions.
Day 1 Land in the afternoon Take RTH to Waiʻānapanapa State Park Sleep
Day 2 Walk around the park and surrounding area. If I run out of park before dark I’ll go checkout Hana and grab a bite.
Day 3 Get up early Drive to waihee ridge trail from Waiʻānapanapa Do the trail Drive to Ocean Vodka distillery for a tasting tour Go home to Waiʻānapanapa
Day 4 (in need of suggestions for S/SW region) Go to Pīpīwai trail and pools at oheo 🤷♂️
Day 5 Morning is open, maybe hit some RTH spots I missed otw in from landing? Then, I plan to drive to kalahaku overlook and time it up for sunset. Google says it’s just under 3hrs each way from Waiʻānapanapa. Accurate? After sunset, if feasible I’d like to stick around or maybe drift south toward the observatory and look at the stars. Never seen them without light pollution before.
Day 6 Wake up in Waiʻānapanapa, zipline in kaanapali at noon. Ideally squeeze a meal in on the way there. Open to suggestions. Finish up in the afternoon, would like to take the north route through kahakuloa and probably hit another food spot on the way to the airport where my flight is 9pm.
I do realize it’s a decent bit of driving and I have heard how narrow and winding the roads are. Google maps added it all up to 450mi at 18hrs. Reported driving time on here seems higher than what Google tells me it’ll take, let me know if I’m picking up on that correctly.
Thank you
Hello, I am spending 5 nights in Waiʻānapanapa State Park as my first time in Hawaii or anywhere tropical. My plan is to really only spend a day in the park checking it out. The rest of the trip would be spent driving around the island looking at stuff and doing stuff. Below is a rough itinerary that I threw together. Let me know if there are any glaring issues I’m naive to or if you notice something I could squeeze in. Ideally suggestions for $100 or less per activity but I can be talked into bad financial decisions.
Day 1 Land in the afternoon Take RTH to Waiʻānapanapa State Park Sleep
Day 2 Walk around the park and surrounding area. If I run out of park before dark I’ll go checkout Hana and grab a bite.
Day 3 Get up early Drive to waihee ridge trail from Waiʻānapanapa Do the trail Drive to Ocean Vodka distillery for a tasting tour Go home to Waiʻānapanapa
Day 4 (in need of suggestions for S/SW region) Go to Pīpīwai trail and pools at oheo 🤷♂️
Day 5 Morning is open, maybe hit some RTH spots I missed otw in from landing? Then, I plan to drive to kalahaku overlook and time it up for sunset. Google says it’s just under 3hrs each way from Waiʻānapanapa. Accurate? After sunset, if feasible I’d like to stick around or maybe drift south toward the observatory and look at the stars. Never seen them without light pollution before.
Day 6 Wake up in Waiʻānapanapa, zipline in kaanapali at noon. Ideally squeeze a meal in on the way there. Open to suggestions. Finish up in the afternoon, would like to take the north route through kahakuloa and probably hit another food spot on the way to the airport where my flight is 9pm.
I do realize it’s a decent bit of driving and I have heard how narrow and winding the roads are. Google maps added it all up to 450mi at 18hrs. Reported driving time on here seems higher than what Google tells me it’ll take, let me know if I’m picking up on that correctly.
Thank you