Haleakala National Park

• The Haleakala volcano has had at least 10 eruptions in the past 1,000 years. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, future eruptions are likely. For now, the Haleakala Crater is the most popular tourist site on Maui's eastern coast and its highest peak. The park has several natural features. Travel to the top of the peak, over 10,000 feet above sea level, and walk above clouds or hike across deserts, tropical wilderness and see waterfalls and streams. A popular option is to rise early and drive to the top of the crater to see the sunrise.
  
  

Hana

• Visitors can easily spend a couple of days in Hana. The town has a variety of places to stay, including luxury hotels and simpler bed and breakfasts. Hana is known as a laid-back destination where visitors can swim in the ocean and sit and walk along the sand. Hana is also home to the Taro Festival, a two-day event that celebrates the Hawaiian taro plant, which is considered the life force of ancient Hawaiians. The plant is usually pounded into poi, which visitors can do at the festival, but it is also used to make other foods that can be sampled at the festival. The festival also features Hawaiian music and arts and crafts.
  
  

Kahuna Garden

• Kahanu Garden is on the Hana coast in one of the largest forests in the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Island plants are the primary plants to see here, especially plants that are significant to Hawaiian people. Other Pacific Island plants are vital to the cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. Plants here were transported from one Pacific island to another on ancient voyaging canoes. Another must-see at the garden is the Pi`ilanihale, believed to be the biggest ancient place of worship in Polynesia. The structure, made of lava rock, is a National Historic Landmark.
  
  

Kapahu Farm

• Walk through 2.5 acres of taro patches and feel how soft the plant's leaves are at the Kapahu Farm. Natural springs irrigate the taro beds, which grow among other plants, such as ulu, or breadfruit, coconut, sugarcane and banana. At the farm, visitors can learn taro cultivation methods by stepping in the mud and participating. Native Hawaiians teach visitors medical uses of the plants. Visitors will also help prepare leaves of hala trees for weaving baskets and toys and pound taro root into poi.