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Twelve favorites from a month on Maui in May 2011 — heavy on the Hāna Highway, with stops at Haleakalā and ʻĪao Valley. Shot on a Nikon D90, no filters. Smaller than the other islands because I haven't been back with the camera in a while.

Nikon D90 May 2011 Maui

Hāna Highway 4 shots

Upper Waikani (Three Bears) Falls with pool, Hāna Highway

Upper Waikani · "Three Bears" Falls Three parallel chutes drop into a single pool. Best from the roadside pull-off; the Garden of Eden gives you a higher angle. Garden of Eden →

Garden of Eden waterfall, Hāna Highway, Maui

Garden of Eden Arboretum Paid botanical garden at mile 10. The waterfall views and the Keʻanae Peninsula overlook are the reason to stop. Visitor info →

Waikamoi nature trail through native rainforest, Hāna Highway

Waikamoi nature trail Short loop through native rainforest off the Hāna Highway. Easy stretch-your-legs stop with serious old-growth. Trail info →

Waiʻānapanapa black sand beach cove, eastern Maui

Waiʻānapanapa State Park Black sand cove just before Hāna town. Reservation required for non-residents — book it before you commit to the drive. Reservation info →

Past Hāna · Kīpahulu 4 shots

Hāmoa Beach Small crescent cove just past Hāna. The overlook view is half the reason to make the drive. Beach info →

Waimoku Falls at the end of the Pīpīwai Trail, Kīpahulu

Waimoku Falls, Pīpīwai Trail A 400-foot chimney waterfall at the end of the Pīpīwai Trail. Two miles up through a bamboo forest from the Kīpahulu visitor center. Hike notes →

ʻŌheʻo Gulch tiered pools, Kīpahulu, Haleakalā NP

ʻŌheʻo Gulch (Seven Sacred Pools) Tiered pools below the Pīpīwai trailhead in the Kīpahulu district of Haleakalā NP. Swimming closed often — check before you go. Visitor info →

Makahiku Falls from the overlook on the Pīpīwai Trail, Kīpahulu

Makahiku Falls, Pīpīwai Trail The first big waterfall on the Pīpīwai Trail — about half a mile in, ~200 feet tall, viewed from a fenced overlook. The trail keeps going to Waimoku from here. Hike notes →

Haleakalā 3 shots

Upcountry Maui view from the slopes of Haleakalā

Upcountry, Haleakalā slope Looking down from the road up to the summit — central Maui's isthmus and the West Maui Mountains in the distance. Park info →

Haleakalā crater from the Sliding Sands trailhead, Maui

Haleakalā crater · Sliding Sands Looking into the basin from the Sliding Sands trailhead at the summit. Roughly 7 miles across and 2,600 feet deep — technically an erosional valley, universally called a crater. Park info →

Haleakalā silversword plant near the summit, Haleakalā NP

ʻĀhinahina (silversword), Sliding Sands Endemic to this volcano. Decades to flower, then dies. Stay on the trail — root systems crisscross the cinder where you'd never see them. Sliding Sands trail →

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ʻĪao Valley and Kūkaʻemoku (Iao Needle), Wailuku

ʻĪao Valley · Kūkaʻemoku The green spire above Wailuku. Quick stop — small park, short paved walk, big view if the clouds cooperate. Visitor info →

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