24 hours in Maui
Swinging by Maui with only 24 hours to explore the island? Luckily for you we’ve hand-picked the best bits of this tropical paradise to tickle your taste buds and get you all hyped up for Hawaii.
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Family Holidays
Our team is full of family travellers, meaning we know what it takes to make sure everyone enjoys the experience just as much as each other.
Honeymoons
We’ve been crafting dream itineraries for newly married couples for years. Learn more about the ins and outs of our honeymoon service here.
Solo Holidays
Our travel experts have experienced the thrills and challenges of solo travel, all with the aim of producing some of our most immersive and exciting itineraries.
Couples Holidays
Our couple itineraries are paced perfectly for you to enjoy the very best a country has to offer whilst making sure you enjoy the quality time together you’re after.
Group Holidays
No matter what the size or the occasion, we’re well versed in taking larger groups of people away for those special adventures.
Safari Holidays
With a team of experts that have worked as conservationists and wildlife photographers, we have the expertise to make your safari dreams come true.
Remote Destinations
We’ve chosen these experiences, destinations and adventures to bring you closer to the great outdoors. This is your ticket to our wonderful world.
Unusual Holidays
The world may be conquered, but enough secrets remain to keep us up all night, dreaming of ways to whisk you off to the most unique corners of the globe. Where first?
Adventure Holidays
Hike across mountain ridgelines, scramble across glaciers and kayak down rivers – these trips are designed to immerse you in vast wildernesses and ancient cultures.
Beach Holidays
Porcelain shores, perfect seas and swaying palms; the allure of a beach break is hard to ignore. Which is why we handpick the best beachfront boltholes to offer you…
Food Holidays
Food and travel have long gone hand in hand, and we have put together some mouth-watering trips that capture the palate, of countries across the world. Bon appétit.
Slow Travel
As the world becomes busier, slow travel has never felt so fitting. Whether it’s meeting fishermen in Maine or learning the Dukha-way in Mongolia, take time to connect.
Eclipse Holidays
Eclipse travel celebrates our place in the wider cosmos. Let us take you to wherever in the world the eclipse is at its most arresting, and we’ll do it in style.
Proposal Service
Found the one and want to propose in style? The moment will be a memory forever and we’re here to help you make sure it’s the most perfect moment for you and your loved one.
Train Travel
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” We’ve all heard this, haven’t we? And with these captivating luxury train journeys, we’ll show you the joy to be found travelling across the world by rail.
The Pursuit of Feeling
From impassioned and emotive journeys, to podcasts and our Feelings Engine, you’ll find something to move you and something to soothe you. We want to fire your heart and provide food for your soul.
Set Jetting
Swapping salubrious saloons and questionable lodgings for sumptuous hotels and eye-opening experiences, each of our show-stopping journeys will take you behind scenes of some of TV’s most awe-inspiring locations.
See You in the Moment
You need only bring yourselves – your people, your histories. We’ll provide the moment itself. The anticipation, the togetherness, the memory. This is something to savour. This is something to remember.
Field Trip
Education begins in the classroom, but it’s IRL that younger generations put their lessons to the test. Field Trip is a curriculum of educational encounters around the world.
Take me on a Story
A series of family experiences celebrating the transformative power of the books we loved when we were young, and the stories our children have come to adore.
Get Lost
Designed as a once-in-a-lifetime challenge, train with elite survival experts before traversing a polar, jungle, coastal, mountain or desert region in your mission back to civilisation.
Blink
The ultimate luxury camping retreat. From the Sahara desert to the Andean Mountains, with Blink anywhere you can envisage it, we will create it.
Bring it Back
Bring It Back will embed you in an entirely different way of thinking, and of learning about a culture directly from its experts on the ground. You may be surprised by what you discover.
The Great American View
This series of breathtaking journeys culminate in some of America’s most legendary sights. They are the places you’ve always sought out, and now it’s your time to find them.
James Bond
We are proud to have been selected as the official travel partner to curate James Bond inspired trips.
Agatha Christie
We’ve been hand-picked by Agatha Christie Limited to help bring Agatha’s world-famous Grand Tour to life through a series of episodic trips across Africa, Australasia and North America, and a unique prelude in London.
Tasting Notes
Eating at a Michelin – starred restaurant is one thing. But now you can learn about the country through the lens of some of the most critically acclaimed chefs in the world, by travelling with them on the ultimately culinary experience
Eater Journeys
We’re often asked who we’d invite to our ideal dinner party. Ernest Shackleton? Amelia Earheart? The entire editorial team of Eater? Easily. So we invited our friends at Eater over to dinner and quizzed them about their favourite foodie trips and then created them for you to experience too.
Surf Air
We’re proud to launch a brand-new series of exclusive US trips with ground-breaking private air company Surf Air. Bringing our combined knowledge of ground and sky together, we’re helping you to see the world in style.
Take the Open Road with Auberge
With the iconic hotel brand Auberge Resorts, we’ve created a new series of tailormade, luxurious road trip itineraries. Emblems of America’s most iconic landscapes, regions, and people.
Remarkable Drives of Discovery with Auberge
Following on from the much lauded ‘Take the Open Road’ series, here’s five brand-new bespoke, multi-destination trips created with our friends at Auberge Resorts Collection. Delve deeper than ever before.
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Undoubtedly the best way to start the day in Maui is with an early morning surf. Do as the locals do and head to Ho’okipa before sunrise to avoid fighting for a wave at one of the most consistent surf spots on the island. Paddle out amongst Jurassic green turtles and keep an eye on the horizon for explosions of water as the humpback whales cruise past in the distance. If surfing’s not your thing Ho’okipa is also a great lookout point to watch the little rippers catch some waves before they head to school and with a small, relatively secluded beach it’s the perfect spot to spectate. It can get a little touristy here later in the afternoon so if you don’t fancy tripping over towels and wading through oiled up bods then be sure to visit before the mid-day rush.
From January to early April, thousands of humpback whales migrate to the warmer waters of Maui and the best place to see these gargantuan creatures is by boat. Head to the harbour at Kihei and book yourself on the Four Winds II, child friendly with a water slide and parent friendly with a complimentary bar, the whale watching trip includes snorkelling and an on-board BBQ. The boat moors up alongside Molokini, a volcanic crater which is home to hundreds of species of reef fish. Snorkelling is optional, but with equipment available to use free of charge and some of the best diving in the world it really is worth jumping in and having an under-water cruise.
Now that you’re in the spirit of things and ready to embrace all things ocean it’s time to try out the local seafood. The Fish Market is the best place to grab a quick and tasty lunch. There is no avoiding the queues here, but it is most definitely worth the wait. A bit rough around the gills, what they lack in interior design skills they make up for with outstanding culinary ability. Order yourself an Ono burger Cajun style, a local delicacy with plenty of bite. The type of fish dishes available vary as the menu is planned around what has been caught that morning, but rest assured whether it’s Ahi or Mahi Mahi you won’t leave disappointed. Or hungry.
The Road to Hana is one of the most scenic routes in the world. While the entire drive is a little lengthy for a 24 hour trip, there are sights along the way that are worth a stop in for a few hours. The Bamboo Forest, in particular, is not to be missed. Park on the side of the road and clamber through a mysterious hole in a hedge only to be greeted by walls of jade bamboo, leaning precariously towards each other to form an overhead canopy of delicate green shoots. Trek along precarious paths, scale mud walls and ramble across riverbeds, stopping along the way at the many waterfalls for a refreshing dip in the volcanic spring water. If it has been raining it’s worth taking some decent walking shoes or trainers as it can get a little messy.
Maui is cocooned between two dormant volcanoes, one of which happens to be the best place to view the infamous island sunsets. If you’ve got a decent hire car and not one of the more unreliable Maui cruisers, grab some beers and head up Haleakala for sun downers. At an elevation of 10,000 feet, park up and find a good spot to settle in and watch the usually luscious green landscape turn an extraordinary shade of orange. Normally peppered with shivering tourists in skimpy shorts and tank tops, be sure to pack hoodies, socks and scarves as when the sun goes down the temperature drops dramatically. We’re talking British winter cold…
After a busy day full of breath-taking sights and heart racing activities you should by now be hungry enough to eat a horse….thankfully that’s not on the menu but fresh fish certainly is. For a nod towards more traditional Polynesian tastes book in at Mama’s Fish House. Maui’s first ever fresh fish restaurant and located on the shores of a beautiful private bay, dinner here is world renowned. Once again the menu is subject to fishing activity and so varies daily but with the name of the fisherman who caught your Wasabi Crusted Calamari or your Kampachi Ceviche on the menu, this is a personal service unlike any other on the island. If you simply can’t face moving after all that food book in for a night at The Inn at Mama’s, where beach front cottages will be a welcome sight and haven of relaxation after a day exploring Maui.
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